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Whenever I see someone giving away an older looking keyboard (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by reef@lemmy.ca to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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My local buynothing page has a lot of keyboards. There was a mechanical one the other day, but I didn't win the draw

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[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

NO, IT IS THE BAD KIND

[-] reef@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

Guess I'll take the data file

[-] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

I am so happy with the advances in keyboard technology. i have really heavy fingers when i type. Not physically, but I've always used a bunch of force despite my best efforts.

And love mechanical keys, so that makes everything super duper loud.

Thankfully there are entire youtube channels devoted to keyboards and I was able to find a board that can be mechanical and wonderful but not sound like the end of days whenever try and send an email or type out anything too long. ___

[-] HolyDiver@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

sounds like you’d do well with a typewriter

[-] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I absolutely love typewriters. You are very correct. If they were more practical, I'd take up smoking again and go work for the times.

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I still have nightmares about voice chat with people using those keyboards.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Brown keys ftw... shame it's all super clicks or silent smooth as the mainstream

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Late to this, but you can't call tactiles "brown" anymore; ever since Cherry's patent expired some 10 years ago the market has exploded. Right now I'm typing on a franken tester board with some 30 tactiles of different make and model, and I barely have scratched 20% of the tactile switches available on the market, by my estimation.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Tell me about it. It's harder to shop now for silent tactile...

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Technically, it's easier, because there were 0 in the past. :P But yes, the variety of choice is dazzling!

[-] version_unsorted@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Zealpc zilents are amazing

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

I love my model m

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I have a 1984 Model M. Love it.

[-] stardust@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Didn't even know that sort of site was a thing. I do have a few kits I want to pass onto people who will be able to use them. Thanks!

[-] reef@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Yea they are nice to check out. I don't always see things that I am interested in, but it's great that the group exists. It stops a lot of stuff from going to waste

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