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Offline scotprice

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Hello from Texas
« on: Mon, 25 April 2016, 13:03:40 »
Hello,

I just got into the mechanical keyboard game a few months back when I bought a Corsair K70 RGB (Cherry Browns).  I have since bought a POK3R (looking to sell/trade), and found a Dell AT101W with Black ALPS. 

I am really looking into building a 65% board, and hand wiring it!

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Re: Hello from Texas
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 25 April 2016, 13:09:24 »
Hello,

I just got into the mechanical keyboard game a few months back when I bought a Corsair K70 RGB (Cherry Browns).  I have since bought a POK3R (looking to sell/trade), and found a Dell AT101W with Black ALPS. 

I am really looking into building a 65% board, and hand wiring it!

Welcome.
Do you have a favorite switch of the two/three types you own?

Why do you want to sell the pok3r?

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Re: Hello from Texas
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 25 April 2016, 13:14:28 »
My favorite switch out of the ones I have tried is definitely the MX Blues.  The browns are great, and I had a Corsair K70 with reds before returning for the browns.  The Dell's ALPS are a little hard to get used to.

I want to sell/trade the POK3R because I dont like not having arrow keys.  I thought I would be fine with it, but it turns out I am not.

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Re: Hello from Texas
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 27 April 2016, 06:06:21 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

A bit of a contrast between the Pok3r and the Dell!

65%?  Have you considered a WhiteFox?
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Offline scotprice

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Re: Hello from Texas
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 27 April 2016, 21:07:40 »
Rowdy,

I was looking at the whitefox, but I was too late for the drop.  I went ahead and bought a magicforce 68 to try out.  I am also looking at the Leopold F660M, but I really want to build a board myself.  Handwire it, and everything.  Problem is finding the 65% plate.

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Re: Hello from Texas
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 01 May 2016, 01:44:04 »
Rowdy,

I was looking at the whitefox, but I was too late for the drop.  I went ahead and bought a magicforce 68 to try out.  I am also looking at the Leopold F660M, but I really want to build a board myself.  Handwire it, and everything.  Problem is finding the 65% plate.

Your best bet might be to sign up for info once the WhiteFox (parts) becomes available.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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