Finally my Canadian friend! Pics when you areready plz. My guess is you will like Topre, a lot. I used to rant and flame Topre for the insane prices, but they are very good in their own way.y11971alex wrote: ↑A Topre Realforce SSK (55g).
XMIT wrote: ↑Topre XF01TS from Japan, Topre Type Heaven, 3278 beamspring, IKBC 87 and 108, some donor Brown Alps. I've been busy lately...
Well, they'll be arriving only slightly after my two 5251s. It's time for a battle of the giants: best mechanical vs best rubber dome!
Yes of course, but that's like comparing a 1960's general motors car with a 1990's japanese car! In fact don't drop one of your 5251's on that Topre or you'll be left with japanese shambles!y11971alex wrote: ↑As well-built Realforce keyboards are, I can already predict that the build quality component of this head-to-head will go to the 5251
Hmm. One of them is an environmental and safety disaster?seebart wrote: ↑Yes of course, but that's like comparing a 1960's general motors car with a 1990's japanese car!
This is a couple months' of acquisitions, funded by some keyboard sales, some trades, some Christmas gifts, and a whole lot of luck. I don't post in this thread very often. I'll add them all to my online keyboard collection soon enough.
. The 3278 was, well, a minor miracle, a friend decided to sell it to me. All shall be revealed in due time.Let's crack open our Type Heavens to harvest the rubber domes and slider housings then we'll continue attheicearcade's Topre experiments using JTK Sliders to create the next XMIT Keyboard.XMIT wrote: ↑Topre XF01TS from Japan, Topre Type Heaven, 3278 beamspring, IKBC 87 and 108, some donor Brown Alps. I've been busy lately...
FWIW, if going that route I'd forego all the capsense nonsense and just put a magnet in the bottom of the sliders. There is no reason you can't have a Hall effect board with Topre domes underneath. It's worth a shot one of these days.RexS wrote: ↑Let's crack open our Type Heavens to harvest the rubber domes and slider housings then we'll continue attheicearcade's Topre experiments using JTK Sliders to create the next XMIT Keyboard.XMIT wrote: ↑Topre XF01TS from Japan, Topre Type Heaven, 3278 beamspring, IKBC 87 and 108, some donor Brown Alps. I've been busy lately...
This is my dream. Yes, I dream of XMIT.
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I partially bought it for myself, partially so it wouldn't get lost to the shadowy depths of lurker oblivion, and partially because I had you in mind, Chyros.Chyros wrote: ↑Goddammit >.> .
imo it looks better stocksnuci wrote: ↑Got lucky on an industrial M13 but thought I'd play with it a little and am thinking about putting on black M13 buttons/labels. Buttons are photoshopped in but I have a spare set from a bad M13 keyboard (that's where the label came from). It came with red and black trackpoint rubber tops. I like the black with this color scheme. What do you think?
y11971alex wrote: ↑http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... u132873188
(Hoping this is plate spring!)
I like the contrast, looks really sharp.wobbled wrote: ↑imo it looks better stocksnuci wrote: ↑Got lucky on an industrial M13 but thought I'd play with it a little and am thinking about putting on black M13 buttons/labels. Buttons are photoshopped in but I have a spare set from a bad M13 keyboard (that's where the label came from). It came with red and black trackpoint rubber tops. I like the black with this color scheme. What do you think?
I don't see why it wouldn't be. Looks like a rebadged -001.y11971alex wrote: ↑y11971alex wrote: ↑http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... u132873188
(Hoping this is plate spring!)
Yeah that's just about my favorite thing in there too. I was thrilled to find that. The owner took good care of it. Everything, down to the single page advertising slips are still in the box - a map of the game, that huge (200 or so page) game manual with a metal ringed spine. No one gives you a nice game manual anymore : /gogusrl wrote: ↑love that BG2 Collector's Edition.
