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I picked up an mx brown 8100 pos on ebay for $20 shipped

Well, topre is sort of a hybrid. Just anything that isn't considered mechanical.

I had the same problem as you, the mamba was too expensive and the deathadder was too big for me. I picked up the naga and its amazing. I don't play mmos or many rpgs but I love not having to worry about binding keys. The numpad is helpful and easy to manage. Just my $0.02

I too would be interested in the group buy as long as I can afford it without breaking the bank

Thanks a bunch! Might have to check out that mx black keyboard

quanticle wrote:Are we including scissor switch keyboards as well? In that case, I'd like to nominate the Microsoft Arc. I had that before I upgraded to my current mechanical keyboard, and I liked (and still like) it very much.

Sorry I wasn't very clear. Pretty much anything that is not considered mechanical

Has anyone ever seen one? It seems like it would be a lot more efficient for gaming (If you could train yourself to navigate the numpad left handed) because of the minimized stretch between hands and ability to easily access the numpad while still having your hand on the mouse. Maybe I could try to ...

Do you guys have a favorite rubber dome keyboard? Personally I really like the newer apple keyboards. I find them ok to type on (maybe because of using my macbook.) Just thought it would be interesting to hear what you guys would use if you didn't have the ever-amazing mechanical keyboards. :D

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I just use whatpulse and set it to pulse every time it shutdowns. Then you can check your stats on the website.

What do you guys think?
I think you should edit your posts if you want to add something. That's certainly true if no one else has posted in the same thread. Do you see that small pencil symbol in the lower right corner of your posts that says "Edit post" when you hover over it? Use it or people ...

like I said in that thread, sorry, im new here, im only 13, and its been a rough couple days for me
I apologise for snapping in that case. We’ve had an influx of people recently who don’t give a damn about this forum’s etiquette, and I wrongly assumed you were one of them.


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I might find out which mx switch I like and then use that on the 8100. Money doesn't come easy for me

What do you guys think?

I went ahead and jumped on a deal for a Cherry MX8100 / G80-8963LUBUS. It uses mx brown and has a lot of keys to macro. Thank you guys for all your input.

Yea. I like to read up and know my choices.

like I said in that thread, sorry, im new here, im only 13, and its been a rough couple days for me

*facepalm* I could have sworn I put that on OCN. Sorry guys, im new here.

so what switches does that one use?

and what are mx gold crosspoint key switches? never heard of them and only saw something on geekhack

Is the MX8100 POS Keyboard a good choice? I like how it looks and if I can bind the pos keys then it would be great.

Are POS keyboards compatible with modern pcs?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that it's essentially the same board, just with a track pad instead of a track ball. Cherry is the manufacturer of the Compaq board so it's the same quality, and being that the switches are PCB mounted, it's easy to mod them.


So the cherry branded board is easier to ...

modulor wrote:My first cherry was a G80-11900, and based on my experience I'd say it's a good choice.

Are you saying to buy the compaq? Its made by cherry right?

My dad got onto my computer and acedentally bought a model m terminal keyboard (one with the rj45 plug) I asked on ocn but didnt get many answers. My question is how can I use this keyboard? Model 1395162 and I spent $20.

Ok I gotcha. I guess what I meant to say is will this be a good keyboard to put alot of work and time into?

what makes keyboards better than others? because I can mod this for different switches if I want. If I end up doing that then this may be my first and last mech keyboard

I am planning on getting one of the compaq MX 11800. I will probably mod and paint it. Is this a good keyboard for $35?

My dad just accidentally bought a terminal ibm model m 1395162 model on ebay for $20 . Is there any way to convert this to ps2 that I dont have to spend money on?