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Offline lee+

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The Most Expensive Keyboard
« on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 15:45:16 »
So this is the most expensive keyboard thread.

http://www.datamancer.com/cart/keyboards-c-65.html?zenid=PNdyX7bkoa9enat0K3l5M1

I wonder how well you can type on these ...
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 15:50:13 »
Quote from: lee+ on Thu, 23 June 2016, 15:45:16
So this is the most expensive keyboard thread.

http://www.datamancer.com/cart/keyboards-c-65.html?zenid=PNdyX7bkoa9enat0K3l5M1

I wonder how well you can type on these ...
unassembled 356cl is worth like 2-3x as much as the most expensive datamancer
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 16:04:25 »
Shouldn't we limit this to production models?  Anybody can make a keyboard out of admantium and inflate its price.
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 16:27:50 »
Steampunk or "art" keyboards should have a thread of their own, not tied to price.
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 17:25:27 »
Isn't the most expensive production keyboard the Optimus Maximus Terrbilis Superbus or something?
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 17:42:44 »
Quote from: chyros on Thu, 23 June 2016, 17:25:27
Isn't the most expensive production keyboard the Optimus Maximus Terrbilis Superbus or something?

Yeah, I think that one is over $2K
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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:17:58 »
Those datamancers aren't really meant to be used for productivity. The design actually makes it quite annoying to use. It only exists so super rich people can show off. That being said they are very cool looking and i wonder why there aren't keycaps styled like that for any other keyboard.
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 19:14:38 »
Quote from: klennkellon on Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:17:58
Those datamancers aren't really meant to be used for productivity. The design actually makes it quite annoying to use. It only exists so super rich people can show off. That being said they are very cool looking and i wonder why there aren't keycaps styled like that for any other keyboard.

You can buy the keycaps and just put them on any Cherry MX board.  Massdrop has run them a couple of times now despite them not being very popular.  :P
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 23 June 2016, 19:16:11 »
Personally, a "steampunk F-122" has been on my project list for several years. However, practical guy that I am, it will have to be something that I can use without compromise.

So, for starters, I will not fabricate "funky" keys and will keep a stock IBM-BS stem+cap system, although blanks, colors, and dye jobs will be on the table. Lesser-used keys around the perimeter might be fair game for "odd" capping.

The thing that makes this completely viable is that the internal assembly screws down into the metal bottom pan, and with these 2 things intact, you can add all the pipes and gears and accessories that you want.

If I could strip the front plate and get it plated in copper or brass, now THAT would be a great starting point!
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline lee+

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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 24 June 2016, 18:29:16 »
Oh, I'd love to have a sold brass case for a good keyboard!

Too bad we're all using different keyboards or we could make a project of it ...
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Offline lee+

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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 24 June 2016, 18:39:45 »
Quote from: klennkellon on Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:17:58
Those datamancers aren't really meant to be used for productivity. The design actually makes it quite annoying to use. It only exists so super rich people can show off. That being said they are very cool looking and i wonder why there aren't keycaps styled like that for any other keyboard.

I thought so, it doesn't really look as if you could type on it well.

I like designs like the Model M.  Imagine that in solid brass, with brass key caps, in all it's complicated simplicity.  Or a Model F with 122 keys ...
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 24 June 2016, 22:42:59 »
Quote from: klennkellon on Thu, 23 June 2016, 18:17:58
Those datamancers aren't really meant to be used for productivity. The design actually makes it quite annoying to use. It only exists so super rich people can show off. That being said they are very cool looking and i wonder why there aren't keycaps styled like that for any other keyboard.
They must be because I couldn't type on a keyboard like that I would lose all my ****s.
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 07:52:16 »
the steam punk era has left the nest. wait 25-30 years for it to return
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 11:39:05 »
Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional HP Japan is the most expensive keyboard retailing at $4,200 ++
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #16 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 16:40:13 »
Quote from: QuincyJones on Sat, 25 June 2016, 07:52:16
the steam punk era has left the nest. wait 25-30 years for it to return

Since the keyboard that I plan to base the project on is just over 30 years old, I would say that the timing is about right.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #17 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 17:21:09 »
Steampunk is horribad. Everything about it.
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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #18 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 17:35:15 »
Quote from: demik on Sat, 25 June 2016, 17:21:09
Steampunk is horribad. Everything about it.

I agree that when it is bad, which is the majority of the time, it is really stupid and embarrassing.

But when it is good, it can be exceptional.

And that is as true of the books as it is of the hardware.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #19 on: Sat, 25 June 2016, 21:42:29 »
those steampunk boards look like they would be quite uncomfortable to type on, especially those spacebars.
anyone ever typed on one?
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Offline lee+

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Re: The Most Expensive Keyboard
« Reply #20 on: Sun, 26 June 2016, 06:37:38 »
What's wrong with steampunk?

Everyone designing, building, buying, using or appreciating a mechanical keyboard is a steampunk at heart, even if the very keyboard doesn't have a distinctly steampunkish look or feel to it.

The plasticpunks of nowadays please keep in mind that plastic is in many cases merely a poor substitute for better materials.
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