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by stalepie
18 Aug 2020, 09:08
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Unicomp Ultra Classic dropping rivets too quickly...
Replies: 32
Views: 6699

Re: Unicomp Ultra Classic dropping rivets too quickly...

I figure the company will go out of business soon enough. Enjoy them while they last.
by stalepie
14 Aug 2020, 12:04
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How did you find your internet nickname?
Replies: 61
Views: 102440

Re: How did you found your internet nickname?

My 8th grade teacher said the only pies that could be stale were cow pies. Since I was in the habit of losing AOL accounts at the time that was my new screenname that day
by stalepie
02 Mar 2019, 18:16
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
Replies: 529
Views: 338230

Re: Keyboards in movies/TV series!

and he's cleaning it with a Q-tip at the end! And here I was going to just lick mine clean like Jessica Chobot...
by stalepie
01 Mar 2019, 21:09
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Keyboards in movies/TV series!
Replies: 529
Views: 338230

Re: Keyboards in movies/TV series!

Not really a TV show but news service,

https://youtu.be/MtdupS0gRt0?t=43

0:43
What Dell is he using there that's like G80-1800 layout?
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by stalepie
10 Feb 2019, 20:37
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Not Sure I'm Happy with Cherry MX...
Replies: 151
Views: 29206

Re: Not Sure I'm Happy with Cherry MX...

I would be interested to see if people can tell what switches and keyboards they are typing on while blindfolded, or also with some noise canceling headphones on, just by feel. (A friend could swap out keyboards). A lot of it would be revealed by the size and shape and other things of that board, bu...
by stalepie
01 Feb 2019, 02:20
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Two-tone design (grey/white)
Replies: 9
Views: 2379

Re: Two-tone design (grey/white)

Hmm, yeah, I can see how the +, -, *, / keys are not "modifiers," though their placement as a cluster on the right, it makes sense to me to differentiate them by a darker shade. It's context-sensitive, because it's already spaced away from the modifiers (and maybe it provides a visual balance to the...
by stalepie
31 Jan 2019, 23:04
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Two-tone design (grey/white)
Replies: 9
Views: 2379

Two-tone design (grey/white)

Hi... when did two-tone colorways fall out of favor with keyboards? Was it around the mid-90s when IBM Model Ms were becoming less common? I know it's common with modern mechanical keyboards, but most cheapo rubberdomes sold in the last 25 years seem to adopt a 1 color look, which never feels right ...

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