Post your keyboard/keycaps!

photekq · 21 Mar 2016, 20:57

Daniel wrote: @photekq Is the skytex the one from Tinnie?

It is the one he found all those years ago, although I didn't get it from him directly. There were other owners between us

DanielT · 21 Mar 2016, 21:02

photekq wrote:
Daniel wrote: @photekq Is the skytex the one from Tinnie?
It is the one he found all those years ago, although I didn't get it from him directly. There were other owners between us

Oh, that's where I know the board from... I remembered seeing one a long time ago. Great find, I guess it took a long time to track it down. Nice one

I'm always thrilled when I see a vintage Cherry board that is not "classic beige" , sorry but I'm drawn to the dark side

photekq · 21 Mar 2016, 21:08

DanielT wrote: sorry but I'm drawn to the dark side

Here's one you might like

356n mkii black

seebart · 21 Mar 2016, 21:10

photekq wrote:
ramnes wrote: Did you buy that G84 with hopes to make sixty come back? Because I don't see any other reason to buy such a thing...
I bought it 2 years ago!

Seebart yours contends very well! That board is an absolute beauty. I actually would have bought it if it weren't for the missing key and my OCD!

E3E wrote:
seebart wrote: Well as usual I have nothing on photekq but at least my doubleshots are older, thicker and crunchier.

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That texture, though! Jeez. Extremely classy key caps. You never see texture quite that strong these days.

Khers wrote: Wow, that is quite some stuff to come back to, photekq. Amazing.

And the texture on the caps on your board, seebart, is simply stunning! Interesting to see that it is a German layout keyboard, but qwerty, rather than qwertz, and I do have a soft spot for those mods.

Thanks guys. Like I wrote in my Pertec thread these Micro Switch doubleshots are different with that texture to all my other Micro Switch doubleshots that are glossy, other than that the keycaps are identical. Yeah the layout is strange Khers, I'm not sure if Pertec went their own way or this being from 1978 is simply pre layout standard.

HzFaq · 21 Mar 2016, 21:50

photekq wrote: Here's one you might like

356n mkii black
Spoiler:

Filthy, every time I see one of those it makes me want to get a Das II

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shreebles · 22 Mar 2016, 10:28

HzFaq wrote: Filthy, every time I see one of those it makes me want to get a Das II .

Visually, I'm more drawn to the Das 4c

Spoiler:

I actually read good things (but also a few bad) about those Greetech Browns, but come on, if it's clones it's gotta be CHEAPER, damn it! Also according to Livingspeedbump that keyboard is supposed to be pingy as hell... Really seems to be a nice board, but only for display

ramnes · 29 Mar 2016, 00:50

Old pictures, but never posted them. It's now done.

ramnes · 29 Mar 2016, 01:14

And another old moody picture that I forgot to post:

photekq · 31 Mar 2016, 17:40

Beautiful IBMs ramnes. I need one of the Japanese SSKs!

Not sure how I feel about these switches.. They're quite nice, but not all that I expected they'd be.

scottc · 31 Mar 2016, 17:55

Yep, they're unfortunately way overhyped. Don't get me wrong -- they're probably the best clicky discrete switch that I've used (not that that's difficult, given the weak competition) -- but they're definitely not what they're hyped up to be.

photekq · 31 Mar 2016, 17:57

scottc wrote: they're probably the best clicky discrete switch that I've used

I'm not sure I'd even say that! I think I might prefer vintage MX blues..

scottc · 31 Mar 2016, 18:00

Really? I honestly can't stand any MX blues, though I don't know what qualifies as "vintage" and how exactly they differ. Their high-pitched rattle is like a swarm of locusts or banging your fingers on eggshells, and they're not even very tactile to boot. I think I'd like them if the tactile slider part was more like MX clears than browns, since the tactility is where blue Alps wins massively.

seebart · 31 Mar 2016, 18:53

photekq wrote: Beautiful IBMs ramnes. I need one of the Japanese SSKs!

Not sure how I feel about these switches.. They're quite nice, but not all that I expected they'd be.

I'm not sure I'd even say that! I think I might prefer vintage MX blues..

Nothing wrong with that at all, at least you now know. All just preference.

Nice group shot ramnes!

DanielT · 31 Mar 2016, 19:12

scottc wrote: Really? I honestly can't stand any MX blues, though I don't know what qualifies as "vintage" and how exactly they differ. Their high-pitched rattle is like a swarm of locusts or banging your fingers on eggshells, and they're not even very tactile to boot. I think I'd like them if the tactile slider part was more like MX clears than browns, since the tactility is where blue Alps wins massively.

I hate MX Blues with one exception, the ones in Dolch keyboards, I love those. I like my Dolch more than the SSK

davkol · 01 Apr 2016, 11:49

HAL · 02 Apr 2016, 12:04

Spring time: natural light

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ramnes · 02 Apr 2016, 17:02

RGBW Nixdorf switches

DanielT · 02 Apr 2016, 17:17

Nice

If you use 1.8mm LED you can mount them inside the switch and if you have some milky tops like the Nixies have the effect is really cool. And the best part is that you can remove the switch top without messing with the LED's.

ramnes · 02 Apr 2016, 18:43

DanielT wrote: Nice If you use 1.8mm LED you can mount them inside the switch and if you have some milky tops like the Nixies have the effect is really cool. And the best part is that you can remove the switch top without messing with the LED's.

Hmm, interesting, do you have a picture of that effect? Though, I'm using SIP sockets here, so I would have to remove the tops each time I want to change the LED if I were using 1.8mm ones, right? And I'm not even sure SIP sockets and 1.8mm LEDs could fit together under the top...

rddm · 02 Apr 2016, 19:45

if you use some pcb sockets from harwin you can. I can give you the reference.

DanielT · 02 Apr 2016, 19:48

I will take a picture on my board. I don't like SIP sockets, in fact this is why I'm mounting the LED's inside the switch, I want to able to open the switch if I need to. It doesn't work with SIP sockets there isn't enough space. I have tried SIP sockets and they were a pain to solder and considering I don't swap LED's there was not advantage for me.
@rrdm: that's interesting, sockets that small, never saw any like that.

Redmaus · 02 Apr 2016, 19:50

ramnes wrote: RGBW Nixdorf switches

That looks awesome. I didn't even know rectangular LED's fit inside of Cherry MX switches.

scottc · 02 Apr 2016, 19:50

That sounds very interesting. The biggest pain of LEDs is that it stops you from opening switches. If that wasn't a problem, my FaceW would already have Nixies in it.

Nice picture, ramnes.

DanielT · 02 Apr 2016, 20:05

scottc wrote: That sounds very interesting. The biggest pain of LEDs is that it stops you from opening switches. If that wasn't a problem, my FaceW would already have Nixies in it.

Nice picture, ramnes.

I hate you

you have that many nixies !! My dream is to build a 60% with nixies, but I missed that train when the Nixdorf boards were cheap, I was moving back home at that time

scottc · 03 Apr 2016, 01:33

Oh no, sorry DanielT! That's a shame. Yeah, I got one single board of them. They didn't come cheap, though...

I paid more than I was comfortable spending on them, but hopefully it'll be worth it. I'm thinking of trying to trade one of my fancy boards for something worth using them in once I have some more spare time.

By the way, in case you hadn't guessed, that's your FaceW that I'm talking about! I'll be home tomorrow night, remind me to show you how slick it looks now that it's wearing E80-3000HASRO caps.

DanielT · 03 Apr 2016, 12:03

I think those caps look really cool with the blue LED's

As for the Nixies, well maybe one day I'll get some. One thing I have learned is to have patience, in time tou get what you want for the right price.
For me linear MX switches are perfect and one thing that I have noticed, the more you use them the smother they get. I have a board with stock brand new MX Red, at first they felt like crap with sand inside but after 6 months they are smooth and really nice with no lube or stuff like that.
In a month or so I should have all my projects finished and then I will make a thread with my collection.

ramnes · 03 Apr 2016, 13:51

Sadly DanielT, I think you missed the Nixies train... I doubt we'll see more of them soon.

DanielT · 03 Apr 2016, 14:07

ramnes wrote: Sadly DanielT, I think you missed the Nixies train... I doubt we'll see more of them soon.

I'm sure it will take some time. Last time was when Ascai found some and that was 4 years ago, so maybe in 4 years

Or I will buy 2-3 here 2-3 there, leftovers from other users until I get enough for one 60%
I have the first one for this

only need 63 more

I'll make a thread for this

ramnes · 03 Apr 2016, 21:38

LED lightning is soooo much better with Nixdorf clear tops:

DanielT · 03 Apr 2016, 22:28

Really nice that acrylic thingy with Deskthority

not no mention the board.
Now I realise I never got my sticker... I missed the whole thing somehow...