Yes, the Music City, Nashville, TN. I am sure there are a few of us out there.
Just getting into mechanical keyboards after learning how to type on old IBM Selectrics and IBM Model M keyboards back in the day. By the time I could afford my own computer in college, rubber domes were king and I had no idea why they felt so different, but I knew they were way cheaper than what I was used to. Then I got a laptop in 2007, and still used my Microsoft Natural Keyboard when I was at a desk.
I started doing some research a few weeks ago, and I bought a Apple Extended II on eBay that came with the iDevice dongle. I have to say, typing on these dampened salmon Alps keys brings me back to a time in high school when they only had one Mac in the library with a very expensive CD-ROM (look out guys - very high tech here for 1991). It also reminds me of the days of Netscape and telnet chatrooms.
I will say that I am about 5 WPM faster on average than with my Microsoft Natural Elite (50-55 vs 55-60). You would think an ergonomic keyboard would be faster, but not really because those have greater finger travel sometimes and they are rubber domes (bottoming out).
With the AE II, I am not sure where I want to go from here. The Alps switches are in not the greatest shape on this board - I have already opened up some of the switches to bend the leafs to get some of the keys to work again after cleaning it. I can also tell that some of the switches have already gone "clicky", but it is a bit quieter now that I have cleaned it. It must have washed away funk from those rubber dampers. I can also tell that not every key is uniform in force and hysteresis - something that most aging Alps keyboards must suffer from. I would love to try out Cherry MX Blues and Browns as well as the Matias keys. I would love to try out an Alps SKCM blue, but the Northgate Omnikey go for way too much with a keyboard with no real support. Still can't decide between full size, TKL, and 60%.
I would also love maybe building my own keyboard as I am pretty handy with a soldering iron after putting together small electronics, like the Objective 2 (O2) headphone amp, as well as building a few tube guitar amps. I have never programmed a Teensy, but I guess I am not afraid to try. I just have to find the time and the right project.