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Posted August 01, 2017
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tinyE: ...
Have you ever had a problem with the Space Bar squeaking?
Yes, check the mouse cable isn't trapped under it...


badumpah!
Posted August 01, 2017
I'm using a "Das Keyboard 4 Professional" with blue cherry switches.
Had a lot of problems with other keyboards, keys getting stuck and such. This one has been working like a charm for years now.
Posted August 01, 2017
CM Storm Quickfire Pro Red
Q-Pad MK85 Red

Not a chance I'd go back to a non-mechanical keyboard.
Posted August 01, 2017
Well I'm using A4tech X7 G300 keyboard and recently got another one in case my current one dies
Posted August 01, 2017
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KasperHviid: Not sure about the brand, but I'm using this here thing:
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

Seriously though, what on earth did you do to that poor piece of equipment? It's like the PC hardware equivalent of the tortured frankensteinian toys of the sadistic kid next door in Toy Story.
Posted August 01, 2017
I use a Logitech K400r wireless for general stuff. Works alright and I think Logitech Setpoint Software is a mess but I use my PS4 controller primarily for games anyway.
Posted August 01, 2017
Why it looks a little like this one.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-leb-2Apkyfg/TvHNqdQ0XbI/AAAAAAAAIfU/ENzNic1_0m0/s1600/colesteel-01.jpg

It's funny to hear modern gamers complain if they have to press shift from the home row of keys when little ladies in the olden days managed to do it with those contraptions
Posted August 01, 2017
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muntdefems: Well, I'm having a not so pleasant one right now... :\
Aww, that's a shame.
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tinyE: Logitech G105 Gaming Keyboard

the keys light up! :D

The WASD keys are also a different color to make finding them easier I guess.
The blasted website doesn't even specify what the mechanism is.
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GR00T: Weird how you guys both posted keyboard related threads at the same time.

I'm using a Logitech G11 which I bought years ago, although I just recently grabbed a Gskill Ripjaws KM780 RGB keyboard with Cherry brown switches.
An excellent upgrade. I've never used cherries, but as I understand I've basically skipped a few steps anyway. :P
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Maighstir: At the moment? I'm at work, heading home in a couple minutes, so a rather shitty HP-branded thing with model number KU-0316.
Yeah, that does look like a crummy keyboard. I think I have a model similar to it, as a dust attractant.
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Wishbone: I'm using a Chicony KB-9850. I got it from the place I worked 15 years ago as it was going to be thrown out, because even back then it was already old as hell. It's stayed with me ever since, surviving a series of PCs, monitors and mice, but the keyboard stays the same. I like it, and it works perfectly, so I have never seen any reason to buy a new one.

It's a wired PS/2 keyboard, and it looks almost exactly like this (sorry for the small image, but it's the best I can find of that exact model), only with Danish layout, and much, much dirtier.
Cleaning a keyboard like that really shouldn't be too hard, especially with a bit of retrobrite.
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KasperHviid: Not sure about the brand, but I'm using this here thing:
That...looks like a custom job.
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Rixasha: I have two keyboards attached. I'm writing this with a 1988 IBM Model M. Pleasing to type on if you like to make some noise.

The other keyboard is a Filco Majestouch-2 Tenkeyless Tactile Action (cherry browns), modded with o-rings to muffle the sound of bottoming the keys. I'm not sure if that was a good idea - it made it feel much more like a rubber dome - but it's still a great keyboard and I use it for most of my gaming.
I've got a Lexmark rubberdome Model M upstairs. I dunno, it almost feels like a tactile uncanny valley, kinda wrong, you know?
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kokosabre: Well I'm using A4tech X7 G300 keyboard and recently got another one in case my current one dies
Well, what's going wrong?
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Pheace: CM Storm Quickfire Pro Red
Q-Pad MK85 Red

Not a chance I'd go back to a non-mechanical keyboard.
This is how I feel now. And the Unicomp board isn't too expensive, nor does it light up like a holiday tree.
Post edited August 01, 2017 by Darvond
Posted August 01, 2017
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Wishbone: I'm using a Chicony KB-9850. I got it from the place I worked 15 years ago as it was going to be thrown out, because even back then it was already old as hell. It's stayed with me ever since, surviving a series of PCs, monitors and mice, but the keyboard stays the same. I like it, and it works perfectly, so I have never seen any reason to buy a new one.

It's a wired PS/2 keyboard, and it looks almost exactly like this (sorry for the small image, but it's the best I can find of that exact model), only with Danish layout, and much, much dirtier.
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Darvond: Cleaning a keyboard like that really shouldn't be too hard, especially with a bit of retrobrite.
Well, it's not exactly difficult, but it does take a while to do it properly. Ordinary soapy water will do it. I did clean it once about 10 years ago, but I really should get around to doing it again one of these days. What I did last time was to pop off all the keys and soak them in a bowl of hot soapy water, then wipe off the case itself with a wrung-out cloth soaked in soapy water. Finally I took the keys out of the bowl one by one, scrubbed them, rinsed them off, and then left them on a dry dishcloth to dry for a couple of hours before putting them back on the keyboard.
Posted August 01, 2017
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Maighstir: At the moment? I'm at work, heading home in a couple minutes, so a rather shitty HP-branded thing with model number KU-0316.
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Darvond: Yeah, that does look like a crummy keyboard. I think I have a model similar to it, as a dust attractant.
At home, though, I use a QPad MK-80. Wonderful Cherry MX Blue switches, and backlight.

I do have a bunch of other keyboards as well, most of them not currently in use. A couple Model-M ones with DIN plugs, a cheap Japanese-layout rubber-dome USB one I purchased when I got the idea that I should try typing as part of learning the language, a couple Apple ADB keyboards for my old Macintoshes, a couple USB keyboards for Mac, the Belgian/French layout PS/2 one I bought and switched around keys to make it qwerty (because fuck azerty) for my first x86 machine (based around an 550Mhz Athlon and a Gigabyte motherboard I can't remember the model of), the keyboard from my Logitech Cordless MX Desktop combo is probably still around somewhere (the mouse is long gone and I'm not certain I have the receiver), I've a minimal scissor-switch bluetooth keyboard for my PS3, and finally there's the absolutely horrific XBox 360 chatpad, which I've previously reviewed somewhere around here.

I may have forgotten a couple, and I can't be arsed to move the few metres I'd need to check.
Posted August 02, 2017
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Maighstir: At home, though, I use a QPad MK-80. Wonderful Cherry MX Blue switches, and backlight.

I do have a bunch of other keyboards as well, most of them not currently in use. A couple Model-M ones with DIN plugs, a cheap Japanese-layout rubber-dome USB one I purchased when I got the idea that I should try typing as part of learning the language, a couple Apple ADB keyboards for my old Macintoshes, a couple USB keyboards for Mac, the Belgian/French layout PS/2 one I bought and switched around keys to make it qwerty (because fuck azerty) for my first x86 machine (based around an 550Mhz Athlon and a Gigabyte motherboard I can't remember the model of), the keyboard from my Logitech Cordless MX Desktop combo is probably still around somewhere (the mouse is long gone and I'm not certain I have the receiver), I've a minimal scissor-switch bluetooth keyboard for my PS3, and finally there's the absolutely horrific XBox 360 chatpad, which I've previously reviewed somewhere around here.

I may have forgotten a couple, and I can't be arsed to move the few metres I'd need to check.
Ooh, do you happen to have an AlphaGrip somewhere?
Posted August 02, 2017
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Darvond: Ooh, do you happen to have an AlphaGrip somewhere?
Unfortunately not. Would love to try one out, but I can certainly bet that it wouldn't help me much. After having used keyboards for several hours every day for over 20 years now, I still haven't learned to touch-type and need to look where my fingers are.
Posted August 02, 2017
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Maighstir: Unfortunately not. Would love to try one out, but I can certainly bet that it wouldn't help me much. After having used keyboards for several hours every day for over 20 years now, I still haven't learned to touch-type and need to look where my fingers are.
I suppose that's just an age thing.
Posted August 02, 2017
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kokosabre: Well I'm using A4tech X7 G300 keyboard and recently got another one in case my current one dies
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Darvond: Well, what's going wrong?
Nothing yet, just like to have a spare in case of something happens so I can replace it right away.
Posted August 02, 2017
I have two: the standard Apple keyboard w/ numpad for my Mac and an el cheapo Logitech K120 for my Winbox.

I never understood the obsession people have with mechanical keyboards. I was never a fan of all that clacking.
Post edited August 02, 2017 by mistermumbles
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