XMIT's a DT legend (I’m sure he won a Wingnut or two in the day, if you've heard of those), so no harm done or intended, I bet. He and Palatino just so share that welcome attribute of needing to shift a lot of keyboards!
Summer Sale - Many keyboards - UK/EU
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
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podgen
- Location: Scotland
- Main keyboard: A zoom TKL B) (not vintage, i know)
- Main mouse: some wacky £20 sideyways one
- Favorite switch: Honestly, probably white alps
I'm not sure what you mean by wingnut, but I'd have to agree!Muirium wrote: 05 Aug 2023, 18:06XMIT's a DT legend (I’m sure he won a Wingnut or two in the day, if you've heard of those), so no harm done or intended, I bet. He and Palatino just so share that welcome attribute of needing to shift a lot of keyboards!
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XMIT
- [ XMIT ]
- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
Nope, never won a Wingnut. Kind of like Leo DiCaprio and an Oscar - I'll never get one!
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Go on, flame me for posting. palatino has been a forum friend for many years now, and I wish him the best with his sales. In fact I had to stop myself from inquiring about an item or two. I'm glad our friends in the UK have a chance to snag some deals.
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Go on, flame me for posting. palatino has been a forum friend for many years now, and I wish him the best with his sales. In fact I had to stop myself from inquiring about an item or two. I'm glad our friends in the UK have a chance to snag some deals.
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podgen
- Location: Scotland
- Main keyboard: A zoom TKL B) (not vintage, i know)
- Main mouse: some wacky £20 sideyways one
- Favorite switch: Honestly, probably white alps
Haha, my apologies if I came off aggressive, it wasn't my intentionXMIT wrote: 05 Aug 2023, 19:12 Nope, never won a Wingnut. Kind of like Leo DiCaprio and an Oscar - I'll never get one!
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Go on, flame me for posting. palatino has been a forum friend for many years now, and I wish him the best with his sales. In fact I had to stop myself from inquiring about an item or two. I'm glad our friends in the UK have a chance to snag some deals.
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
Next couple of days should be good! I’m just photographing the second batch. Also trying to keep on top of messages. It’d be so much easier if the DT system organised it by conversations instead of many separate messages per person.
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podgen
- Location: Scotland
- Main keyboard: A zoom TKL B) (not vintage, i know)
- Main mouse: some wacky £20 sideyways one
- Favorite switch: Honestly, probably white alps
That's good to hear! I know what you mean, the system's so janky that I've resorted to just checking the forum spy heart every couple hours, things happen so infrequently that it's easy to see if something's gone onPalatino wrote: 08 Aug 2023, 23:09 Next couple of days should be good! I’m just photographing the second batch. Also trying to keep on top of messages. It’d be so much easier if the DT system organised it by conversations instead of many separate messages per person.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Technical improvements at DT? Suffice to say that’s not going to happen. We can’t even update the banner art. 
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
Likewise - I had to stop myself asking about a couple of yours. My wife now practically has an allergic reaction to rectangular parcels. Good luck with the Xtreme Xmit Xit Mission.
XMIT wrote: 05 Aug 2023, 19:12 Nope, never won a Wingnut. Kind of like Leo DiCaprio and an Oscar - I'll never get one!
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Go on, flame me for posting. palatino has been a forum friend for many years now, and I wish him the best with his sales. In fact I had to stop myself from inquiring about an item or two. I'm glad our friends in the UK have a chance to snag some deals.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Downsize to the MaxXx!
I’m lucky my perennially weaksauce budget for acquisitions has never let me hoard collect too much. If desire had ruled the day, I’d be flogging off boards by the hundreds too. All those tempting dead ends left unexplored. “Like keebs in rain.”
I’m lucky my perennially weaksauce budget for acquisitions has never let me hoard collect too much. If desire had ruled the day, I’d be flogging off boards by the hundreds too. All those tempting dead ends left unexplored. “Like keebs in rain.”
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Reimu64
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Whatever I'm testing
- Main mouse: Logitech G402
- Favorite switch: Kailh Box Pink...so far
- Contact:
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stevedreams
- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Noppoo Choc Mini
- Main mouse: Steelseries Kai
- Favorite switch: MX Clears
- DT Pro Member: -
PM'd
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
Replied!
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
Replied!
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
I was the one who (finally…) bought the NEC APC-H412 Palatino was selling in this thread (#32). Shipped out good and quick. Can recommend! I've just been too busy lately to give it the TLC it needed until now. Looking much better after a good strip and clean, but naturally Scotland's dark and dismal today so pics will have to wait.
This is my very first experience with blue ovals, or indeed any NEC switches. How do I like it?
First impression is I like this quite a bit. The keyfeel is a quirky, quite distinctive beast, all right. It's light and it's satisfyingly clicky, both of these are good things to me! Actuation is sharp and high in key-travel, yet the tactile feeling of the click is very different indeed from clicky NMB Space Invaders. Somehow, it's just about as satisfying. The click is quite its own thing: sharper than Space Invaders, though it sounds more like them than blue Alps. I'll have to settle into it for a bit then pull out the Focus FK-555 for the comparison there to become apparent enough to define. For now, all that I can say is that it's something else indeed.
Perhaps what reminds me most about Space Invaders is that these NEC switches are just as easy to actuate with a gentle touch and no clicking!
It's a pretty decent board, I like it. The build's alright, the design is quite tasteful, all it really lacks is a bit of flair for key colours which are as drab as the sky today. My main complaint is the Caps Lock key has some internal logic (presumably to filter out common false positives), which gets in the way of my using it for Control, as I remap my modifiers. Speaking of which: the looooong spacebar has a similar effect here as on the AT, only more so without the whitespace to separate the mods from one another. Without the Model F's heavy weighting, it just feels like it ought to be a regular spacebar to my expecting thumbs. Nothing I couldn't get used to but an unusual accommodation for me in a critical area of the keyboard.
But aye, I've been after an NEC in my collection for years, and this one does not disappoint. I like it. The choral ringing of the plate included. I knew what I was in for…
This is my very first experience with blue ovals, or indeed any NEC switches. How do I like it?
First impression is I like this quite a bit. The keyfeel is a quirky, quite distinctive beast, all right. It's light and it's satisfyingly clicky, both of these are good things to me! Actuation is sharp and high in key-travel, yet the tactile feeling of the click is very different indeed from clicky NMB Space Invaders. Somehow, it's just about as satisfying. The click is quite its own thing: sharper than Space Invaders, though it sounds more like them than blue Alps. I'll have to settle into it for a bit then pull out the Focus FK-555 for the comparison there to become apparent enough to define. For now, all that I can say is that it's something else indeed.
Perhaps what reminds me most about Space Invaders is that these NEC switches are just as easy to actuate with a gentle touch and no clicking!
It's a pretty decent board, I like it. The build's alright, the design is quite tasteful, all it really lacks is a bit of flair for key colours which are as drab as the sky today. My main complaint is the Caps Lock key has some internal logic (presumably to filter out common false positives), which gets in the way of my using it for Control, as I remap my modifiers. Speaking of which: the looooong spacebar has a similar effect here as on the AT, only more so without the whitespace to separate the mods from one another. Without the Model F's heavy weighting, it just feels like it ought to be a regular spacebar to my expecting thumbs. Nothing I couldn't get used to but an unusual accommodation for me in a critical area of the keyboard.
But aye, I've been after an NEC in my collection for years, and this one does not disappoint. I like it. The choral ringing of the plate included. I knew what I was in for…
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
Glad you’re enjoying it and giving it the attention I couldn’t! If you love something, set it free…
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Keyboard Tiger
- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: DFK102 (White Alps)
- Main mouse: Some ergonomic stand up thing
- Favorite switch: I'm too wet behind the ears
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