when i first read this i thought of the old IBM mechanical keyboards that were part of the green tube IBM CRTs. they weighed 80 bounds, made of 12 gauge steel, could hold up a car, hefty.
On Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:49 PM, JP <jp@jptechnical.com> wrote:
I got a Das Keyboard in 2000 when they first came out... no key cap indicators and all. I used it till it went soft on me :-(. A year or so ago I wrote the company a haiku about how my keyboard lost it's click, and they gave me a discount on the ultimate so it was the same price as what I paid in 2000, which was pretty awesome. I also have some other mechanical keyboards, pretty much all cherry mx blues cuz I love me some clicky. I don't like the ISO keyboard standard though, that gigantic enter key is no good. I do like Tenkey-less (TKL) keyboards and occasionally a poker style or another 60%. But they need to retain the same key size and width at least on the home row or I can't type worth a lick.
I have a lolita spyder with the kaihl switches, overall good but I have 2 squeaky/sticky switches, and it is definitely not in the key cap but the switch. :-(
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
I always use 'mini' style keyboards with a freestanding
numeric keypad on the left.....
I used mini keyboards for quite a while, but eventually the low travel got to me. I switched to das keyboard http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-ultimate/ and haven't looked back. They make a no-keypad version, but not a leftie numpad.
Definitely throws visitors when they see the blank keycaps. It's what I could find on eBay, not intended to show off my mad skilz. Haven't had a twinge in my wrists since switching.
Somewhere I have an ADB Apple Extended Keyboard II and USB adapter. Those were sweet switches.
jermudgeon
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