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Offline chyros

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What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 06:36:11 »
OK, so this is way too much fun to not give its own topic. What is your favourite keyboard that's greater than fullsize? I'm thinking battlecruisers and bigger here :) . I love massive keyboards like this so I have quite a few in this category I really like xD .
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Offline mike52787

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 09:18:53 »
I saw a green alps board with a sun type 5 layout on taobao, really regretting not buying it. Not sure if it counts as a battlecruiser, but its bigger than fullsize.
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Offline keyladding

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 10:26:44 »
Model M 122
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Offline emdude

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 10:36:46 »
The Focus FK-5001/9000 is pretty nifty.
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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 30 August 2016, 18:22:45 »
Same old story.
« Last Edit: Wed, 31 August 2016, 16:05:54 by fohat.digs »
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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 08:53:06 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 August 2016, 18:22:45
Same old story.
Ill be needing a wrist rest for my battleship, where did you get one of that length or is it custom?
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Offline Hypersphere

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 09:06:17 »
IBM F122 with US ANSI mod.

IBM F107.

NMB PC122 with black "Space Invader" tactile/clicky switches.
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Offline Birdsht

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 11:05:24 »
Compaq compatibles scanner and keyboard.  Ran it hard for 10+ years on its sweet cherry blues and loved it. Passed it onto my little brother that beat on it solid for another 5 years every time he died FPS games.  Its still alive in a closet somewhere, never died, not one key. Picked it up at the Compaq outlet in Houston around 1996. Cost was about $30.





Surprised to find a handful on eBay, new and used from $40-$85.  Cant imagine those are selling too much.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COMPUTER-KEYBOARD-SCANNER-COMPATIBLES-COMPAQ-New-Sealed-Original-Box-96/151759683120?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38846%26meid%3D8af2c33ef1674b31808223eb9ee3c912%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D152204455243
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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 15:37:13 »
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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 16:42:21 »
Quote from: mike52787 on Wed, 31 August 2016, 08:53:06

Ill be needing a wrist rest for my battleship, where did you get one of that length or is it custom?

It is a standard full-size. The wrist rest is 20" long, a Model M is 19" and a 122-key terminal is 22" (with case).
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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: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 31 August 2016, 20:27:20 »
I really liked the look of that Sun keyboard with the Fujitus you reviewed. Gorgeous keyboard. I especially love the sharp keycaps.
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Offline chyros

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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 01 September 2016, 02:58:06 »
Quote from: klennkellon on Wed, 31 August 2016, 20:27:20
I really liked the look of that Sun keyboard with the Fujitus you reviewed. Gorgeous keyboard. I especially love the sharp keycaps.
Ah, the Type 5c? Yeah, those are really elegant -looking :D .
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Re: What's your favourite greater-than-fullsize keyboard?
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 04 September 2016, 05:58:41 »
I'll just stick with a boring old Model M 122, which I haven't had a chance to get working yet.  Or keycaps, my local source kinda dried up.
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