deskthority

I will be getting one too.

Came across this: http://www.kailh.com/gb/Newsdetail.asp?Newsid=37 Detailed disassembly and comparison by Kaihua (Kailh) of Cherry MX vs their own PG1511 series. Better disassembly shots than those of any keyboard enthusiasts! This page also goes into discussion of Cherry MX switches: http://www.ka...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HqAAwhiB_4
1 button keyboard?

These boards are designed by engineers, not designers. Font face isn't very important to them. Not that I am a font snob. As long as it isn't painful to look at and legible, I am cool with it. Then again, I prefer blank boards myself. Font and legend quirks? No problem

Ah you pointed it out. I wanted to see if it makes it to production stage again. Pure had a herp derp error too. You can tell your non-LED Pure is from the initial batch by the enter key. It says Ctrl + Alt + ESC.

@Fossala: Exactly. I wanted a DIP switch setting to swap what you've programmed on the Pn to Fn layer. Then still have a separate programmable layer accessed vs the Pn key, or locked on with that toggle function (it is functions as Pn layer lock). There is a write protect DIP switch setting. So, for...

fossala wrote:I know what fn is, but what about pn?

Programmable layer.

NanTan seems to be predecessor of Clevo (laptop ODM).

HT82K94E is one time programmable device. You could try to get a replacement IC and program it youself, but you'd be on your own for the firmware.

Haha! It was 4AM last night, I mistook my vote = winnar. Thought my wallet was about to get lighter. Well, Ms 1865, I'll take you home another time

Danny Beardy

I was at the keyboard shop today. I was like if 1800 series wins anything,

Edit: stupid mistake removed

I believe they're not codenames but an index. T = Tanglangjiao (Mantis Foot). O = Other, ABCD = sub-index. He only use the descriptive names when referring to switch types.

To me it's pretty clear that it's characterised solely on observation. Those with obvious branding (KPT, APC etc) are labelled as such, and the rest just have codenames. I don't know. I think may be just different ways of looking at things. For example, do you call the Matias' new switch a Matias s...

It may be jumping to conclusions that he doesn't know who made what. The title of the page is comparison of parts of Alps type switches for newbies. He says right on the top that is just a broad overview of types of Alps construction categorized by the signal plate, and that doesn't go into minor de...

I am referring to Alps.tw the person that wrote that Chinese mega page ;D

I did poke some friends about Alps switches. All roads lead back to Alps.tw. It was suggested that I sit him down and pick his brain about it. He does know alot of the the switches, but I am not sure he could name the people who made it. It'll still help if he can name the boards where some of the s...

That explains it. I played with the Tactile Pro and my first reaction is WANT NOW. Then sense took over. I don't really want another fullsized board (one with very plasticky shell at that).
Like I've said before, sorting out who makes what Alps makes my head spin.

爽 is vague. I'd probably go the wordy description instead of trying to translate that. Using that word is analogous to using great in English. How do you use use pinyin to sound out Cantonese specific characters? I like the APC switch. The keyboard is cheaply built for sure, but the switch is not ha...

Ah, Cantonese.

The lack of proficiency in languages happen pretty often among bilinguals. It is just a sign of you don't use either enough

爽... pleasurable?

Well, there are a ton of words that can be used as brown. 啡 is a semi new usage, coming from 咖啡色. 褐would probably be the more traditional usage.

Edit: Your unit is off, 億 would be 100mil ;o~

I can't choose between the 2 GH choices so I flipped the coin.

I rather have (the old) Rippy McRip than the current state of GH. At least rippy is funny and has legos. Not sure why the sudden callousness and spite. May be keyboard really is srs bzns.

青 is not pale. It can be used to describe both blue and green in color. Etymology wise, it is closer to green. MX blue is called 青 too. Calling the teal one blue is very odd. 藍=blue. MX Brown is called tea. Nothing new there. Tea is used as color. Not sure why that's a funny concept. Lots of colors ...

Nice. Showa 62, so made in 1987. Arupusu Denki ;o

Not sure if ripster.

Pure is closest to the 104's typing area, so I'd try that.

Grond wrote:I guess the guys from Signature Plastics are all in jail then!

To be perfectly honest. Only thing I am interested in that picture is the York patty.

TDub wrote:If anyone wants to pay 250$ for one of those, I got one I would sell you

DEAL, in Zimbabwe dollar.

I saw someone do something similar on a different keyboard, but they only cut the trace, and wired the switch as a double, not as a swap. You need to continue the signal path on both side of the matrix if you want to swap them. So that would probably need 8 wires total (to and from for row and colum...

You can try electrical tape. They are pretty bright, and even worse on the low cut aluminum case. I don't use the modes myself though.
http://www.lightdims.com/ There's this if electrical tape is too cheap of a solution.