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by Keybug
14 Jun 2021, 16:28
Forum: For sale
Topic: [EU-DE][FS] Alps SKCL cream, old-logo Dell carcass, white Alps, Hi-Tek, NOS Acer
Replies: 25
Views: 10195

Re: [EU-DE][FS] Alps SKCL cream, old-logo Dell carcass, white Alps, Hi-Tek, NOS Acer

Will try laptop / power. Nope, sold that Schneider case a good long while ago.
by Keybug
29 Apr 2021, 22:00
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: TACTILITY(and clicky)
Replies: 61
Views: 9894

Re: TACTILITY(and clicky)

I'm sure that was a typo.

My recommendation: Try Kailh box royals. They are medium weight, extremely sharply tactile and when the lube wears off after a couple of weeks they even become clicky. Excellent switches all round!
by Keybug
27 Apr 2021, 15:12
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Lubed Mitsumi MM Review
Replies: 21
Views: 3745

Re: Lubed Mitsumi MM Review

The board that Thorogrimm is now selling has white Alps-mount linears on the alphas that I took from two numpads. All the examples I've seen in full keyboards were tactile: yellow, green and white. The difference between them is not terribly significant, probably just the weighting and possibly the ...
by Keybug
27 Apr 2021, 10:52
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Lubed Mitsumi MM Review
Replies: 21
Views: 3745

Re: Lubed Mitsumi MM Review

I think what happens is that the metal of the top housing (silly choice of material!) corrodes and thus become rough and / or interacts with the plastic of the slider hence I considered WD-40 to be ideally suited as: WD-40 isn't actually a true lubricant. WD stands for "water displacing" and its mai...
by Keybug
25 Apr 2021, 17:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500758

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Never seen those before and can't find em on the wiki...
Wow, pretty cool, thanks!
by Keybug
25 Apr 2021, 12:43
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500758

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Made in Japan; what do we reckon? Something Fujitsu underneath (LED in top left of switch)? Plug is round, but I guess it won't be standard DIN...
by Keybug
25 Apr 2021, 12:01
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

I was trying to make a fine distinction between bouncy and mushy. For me, 'mushy' means that a lot of your kinetic energy just dissipates on bottoming out. As material representing this quality, I would suggest some sort of foam or sponge. Bouncy, however, describes a kind of trampoline effect where...
by Keybug
14 Apr 2021, 21:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Oh my F***ING G*d!
Replies: 16
Views: 3582

Re: Oh my F***ING G*d!

Ahhh, this is great stuff, thank y'all for your input! Keyboard.io gives you one palm button for each hand. But this nifty device can easily give you three per hand. Even elbow keys could now become a thing!! Now I'll just have to find one in reasoably appealing condition...
by Keybug
14 Apr 2021, 13:36
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Oh my F***ING G*d!
Replies: 16
Views: 3582

Oh my F***ING G*d!

Just saw this 'Creative Labs Prodikeys DM' keyboard (!) for the first time ever. If I could somehow program those musical keys, this would be sort of like a wet dream of my keyboarding "career"! Does anyone know if that's at all possible - or do they just produce sound from some internal speaker? Ma...
by Keybug
13 Apr 2021, 19:18
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Operation typewriter to keyboard (alps skff)
Replies: 11
Views: 3590

Re: Operation typewriter to keyboard (alps skff)

Die leihste mir dann mal aus, wenn fertig, ja? 😍😲 Cursor keys: my vote is for version A!
by Keybug
07 Apr 2021, 11:51
Forum: For sale
Topic: [EU-DE][FS] Alps SKCL cream, old-logo Dell carcass, white Alps, Hi-Tek, NOS Acer
Replies: 25
Views: 10195

Re: [WTS] 3x Videowriter Alps SKCM brown, IBM Battleship F122, branded WKL Cherry cases

Bump for added Videowriter SKCM brown boards and a German IBM Battleship
by Keybug
30 Mar 2021, 21:37
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Thanks for chiming in! It would seem then that while concial springs could approximate what I want, the MX platform isn't designed to accomodate them. Spirit's progressive springs therefore achieve progression with a fixed diameter but increasing distance between coils; not sure what the technical t...
by Keybug
30 Mar 2021, 19:57
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Yes, a non-linear spring would do that, except non-linear springs don't exist according to this very interesting bit of keyboard science that I just managed to dig up. This supports Bjerrk's and my contention above that, really, a second element (spring, foam or whatever) is needed to properly manag...
by Keybug
30 Mar 2021, 08:36
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Well, the idea is that it should be bouncy rather than mushy. There is a difference...

Tactility isn't what I'm talking about as it is supposed to signal actuation rather than the physical end of the movement so it is usually placed far above the switch's bottom.
by Keybug
29 Mar 2021, 22:30
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Yeah, of course, a second spring might work even better than something involving foam, though it would mean a complete switch redesign as opposed to just sticking some kind of foam in or around the switch somwhere . I have a feeling that a leaf spring might be particularly well suited to the task, b...
by Keybug
29 Mar 2021, 19:46
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

This is fun! I should do more trolling in the future! 1. This is some grade-A copypasta beauty. Thank you for enriching my life with this bit of self-aggrandizing horseshittery. You're not much one for subtlety and irony then? 2. Literally nobody has made the argument. that that minor improvements i...
by Keybug
29 Mar 2021, 12:25
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Thanks for your input. I would posit that for an ideal typing experience there should be an element either inside or outside (like a high-tech O-ring) the switch itself hat while signalling clearly to the finger that the end of the motion has been reached, is designed to 1. return as much of the ene...
by Keybug
29 Mar 2021, 08:42
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

1. I knew I shouldn't have tried to enlighten this haven of keyboard luddites and traditionalists with my brilliant idea, should have just gone straight to reddit! 2. The argument that minor improvements in typing feel and speed don't matter is pretty rich on a forum where many spend100s of $$ to ge...
by Keybug
28 Mar 2021, 20:59
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26262
Views: 8605700

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

Old luggable with rare USw LMBW02 switches. Pity the whole assembly is in such a dilapidated state...
by Keybug
27 Mar 2021, 23:11
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Colleagues say my keyboard is too loud...
Replies: 29
Views: 5090

Re: Colleagues say my keyboard is too loud...

Get those O-rings if you're set on keeping your current setup for a cheap and quick fix. If hardware can be changed, I second XMIT's praise of box switches in general and the silent browns in particular. To get back at the whining bastards, though, claim you have developed RSI and just use dictation...
by Keybug
27 Mar 2021, 22:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

Re: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Well, this is the key passage: The Nike Vaporfly sole helps runners lose less energy per step Jake Riley, an American runner who finished ninth in the 2019 Chicago marathon, has said the Nike Vaporfly 4% shoes feel like „running on trampolines.“ The secret is in the sole, which is designed to help r...
by Keybug
26 Mar 2021, 21:41
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: 'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!
Replies: 27
Views: 4838

'Vaporfly' switches - I want'em!

Been wondering if this type of technology couldn't be applied to keyboard switches as well. :geek: :P Any ideas? "Nike Vaporfly shoes make runners faster, but they're controversial - Business Insider" https://www.businessinsider.de/international/why-nike-vaporfly-shoes-make-runners-faster-2019-11/?r...
by Keybug
26 Mar 2021, 08:55
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500758

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

The G80 version of the 8038 is not a Cherry model, but a modification made by a third party (don't remember the name at the moment), according to which they make them only with MX browns. Bugger, you were right, of course. G81 it is! :cry: :roll: Still, a great little tank of a board. Not sure I wi...
by Keybug
22 Mar 2021, 17:33
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500758

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

But then again, maybe it isn't G81! :P :lol: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, though.
by Keybug
22 Mar 2021, 17:30
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
Replies: 5297
Views: 1500758

Re: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Damn! And to think I just missed this beautiful NIB mother of a Siemens terminal keyboard... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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