What is your first mechanic keyboard?

[Rafen]

Leopold FC200 with brown switches.

[megnin]

1st: Das Keyboard II (modified Cherry G80-3000) Blue MX
2nd: Filco Majestouch Bluetooth with Brown MX

[GeorgeStorm]

First was a Ducky TKL with blues, only got rid of it a month or two ago (after having been through many other boards)

[InSanCen]

First up was a Model M, and I used it for ~15 years.

A second was acquired as the first developed issues. A chance acquirement of a Wang 724 led me down the road to my current set (NOT a collection... I use them!). 2x 1391406, M13, Model F AT, Boscom 122, Wang 724, AT102W, TVS Gold, G80-3000, 2x Cherry G80-1800, a Unitek and and IBM LPFK.

[Gilgam]

Commodore 64, new
Then Apple II

Je vous parle d'un temps que les moins de 20 ans ne peuvent pas connaitre...
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[ranviper]

Just made the switch this year from dome. Got a Xarmour U9BL Cherry MX Browns used from a forum, and just got a wasd cluster set of WASD keycaps as well.

Love it, next I either want a ducky shine or KBT Pure.

[bobohobo]

Filco MJ2 MX Red.

[DanGWanG]

Das Professional with Blues

[terrpn]

Whatever came with original Mac's? Think they were ALPS.

From there IBM Model M.....still got it

[bebuxe]

Since I am a new kid on the block. Mines is the Noppo Choco Mini Brown MX (wanted Red, they had ran out).

If I was from a richer family, I might have had Model M.

[Joe221]

My brother and I bought a used IBM PC with its original keyboard, back in the mid 1980s. Unless, does anyone know what type of switches were in an Atari 800, that predates the PC.

[13eightyfour]

I've just got my first couple of mechanical boards, an RM Nimbus with ALPS buckling springs, a Dell AT102W with black alps and a Chicory with fake cherry whites.

I'm using the RM as my daily driver and love it even though it's hideously loud.

[boost]

Ducky 1087 mx browns

[kekstee]

A Filco Majestouch 2 with Browns. It's also the only keyboard I have so far, but I am trying to change that by getting a Poker (unfortunately no Reds wherever I look). Will be my first one with ANSI Layout, so I can finally spend some money on keycaps :)

[The_Beast]

WASD V1 Custom with browns

[Gaben]

Mine will be a HPE 87 in Cherry MX Brown once it gets here next week hopefully, can't wait to see the difference after using a $10 Logitech board for years.

[maxrunner]

That color is actually interesting, i was thinking of painting my ortek mck-84 with orange or black

[grilkip]

First one I got was a Filco tenkeyless with browns, I still have it, I use it for my game pc.

Tried lots of different stuff since, the little one survived everything though.

[Swede]

An IBM Model M. I knew nothing about the pricing for these so I offered a very good price! For the buyer.
Looked like it had been in a coalmine or something as it was pitchblack with soot, took me 12 hours to clean it.

[nuuna]

Qpad Mk-50 with mx red, was only under 70eur

[303]

Das model 2 represent!

Rocked that thing until I got my poker last week... how long ago was the Das II released? 5 years?

I got it right at release, the funny thing was I had previously wanted the Das 1, I was disappointed that it didn't have the "individually weighted switches" of the Das 1, if only I'd known what good fortune it was to get the model 2 instead.

Glad to have spent my time with the blanks, but seriously want the Miami DS group buy to go through so I can throw that set on the Das.

[PointyFox]

1st: QuickFire Pro (brown) : returned due unlevel board and BIOS problems.
2nd: QuickFire Rapid (blue) : returned due to bad space bar.
3rd: Filco Multicam (black) : keeping (space bar isn't perfect, but better than the QuickFires')
4th: QuickFire Rapid (red) : returned due to bad space bar.

[maxmalkav]

My first mechanical keyboard was a Benq, indeed a rebranded Acer with Acer ALPS (I have discovered this detail not too much time ago). I got the keyboard from a junk pile at my university, so I got it for free. That was back in 2007. This keyboard didn't last too much.

Last year, a friend of mine found a Model M in the garbage. It was in quite good condition and he gave it to me for free. To thank him, I gave him a Dell rubber dome (the one with the fancy shape and a card reader), it was decent, but not great. After that, I fell in love with buckling spring. Best exchange of my damn whole life

[HolidaySHRIMP]

A Leopold tkl black otaku with brown switches. Sold this recently for a new board.

Next was a near new Leopold tkl white otaku with blue switches. I love this board and still have it. Secured a buyer at work for this one when new board gets here.

Ordered a black blank HHKB2 pro. If I hate it I'll sell it and buy a filco MJT TKL ninja with mx blues. Really wish unicomp would make TKL.

There are now 5 mechanical keyboards at my work place because of me.

[WRXChris]

My first was a Filco MJ2 TKL with browns. I still have it, but it is outfitted with ergo clears now!

[agor]

Mine was a G80-3000 with MX Blues

[Dugzor]

I actually had a Model M for a long time when I was young, then got rid of it long before I became enamored with mechanical keyboards later. Man, do I feel foolish. I had no respect for what I had.

My first MKB that I truly appreciated was my current Rosewill RK-9000, which I love tremendously.

[andrewjoy]

I used a model M a few times back it the day( at a family members house), the first keyboard i owned was on an acorn A3010 i think it was rubber dome but it was a good rubber dome.

Unfortunately it was then a chain of crappy keyboards (apart form one cherry rubber dome that was quite good) until i got my black widdow, things have just been getting better and better since then.

EDIT

the acorn was good as it had a plate! and not like current rubber domes that use the thin and cheap case so they bend and flex like a gymnast.

http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/Pics/A30102E.jpg

EDIT 2

Check out that layout i had forgotten that! Ctrl where it should be !!!

EDIT 3

Looks like it is not a dome after all

http://www.classicacorn.freeuk.com/32bi ... base3.html

that's a spring over a membrane ( capasative ?) i see no rubber in site, any of you vintage boys know what the hell is going on there e?

[Okeg]

IBM Model M SSK. I am really proud about having this as my first board.
I wish my first PC was as classy...

[babychoy]

CMStorm QuickFire Rapid (MX Blue). It's out of my keyboard rotation now; barely used.