Hey, old geezers. It's been few years since I've been away, mostly due to illness.
Just passed by to say "hi".
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- 25 May 2017, 16:47
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IBM Thinkpad keyboards
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4664
My girlfriend just got a x250 and I was quite disappointed about the keyboard on it. It commits the cardinal sin of squishing keys up: the punctuation just to left of the enter is not full width. The US (ANSI) versions of X240/X250/X260 are alright and don't have key irregularities. Biggest gripe i...
- 04 Jan 2015, 07:43
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: The Oracle Answers
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 375705
- 03 Jan 2015, 10:34
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: The Oracle Answers
- Replies: 1533
- Views: 375705
Very, AFAIK.crunch wrote: ↑I like to try a Cherry G84 keyboard, is it hard to get one with dye sub.
- 02 Jan 2015, 13:00
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: New to mechanicals, help me find MY keyboard
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7172
- 31 Dec 2014, 17:16
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: New year's resolutions [2015]
- Replies: 53
- Views: 15006
This.matt3o wrote: ↑So new year's resolutions. Well, for me recovering from these last 6 months
- 20 Dec 2014, 10:37
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Programming the Poker II
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9619
So, there's one other person in the world who uses Nano … Heh. It is a bit of a paradox. I am stuck to the basic toy "nano" because of inertia and laziness, yet I miss the power of the editors I was so productive and comfortable with before that. And as noted, the similarity of nano/*pine is anothe...
- 19 Dec 2014, 13:24
- Forum: DTA news
- Topic: Welcome to the Deskthority Awards 2014!
- Replies: 94
- Views: 137853
- 18 Dec 2014, 20:36
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What are you listening to at the moment?
- Replies: 1561
- Views: 533561
- 16 Dec 2014, 21:11
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Kickstarter: HashKey - most cringeworthy "keyboard" ever
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9299
- 16 Dec 2014, 19:09
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Kickstarter: HashKey - most cringeworthy "keyboard" ever
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9299
- 08 Dec 2014, 11:00
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: What switch is this? (MX-compatible linear)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2246
- 27 Nov 2014, 00:35
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Keyboard oh shit moments ?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 38328
- 24 Nov 2014, 10:48
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Silitek SK-4100R
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3637
- 23 Nov 2014, 23:11
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Silitek SK-4100R
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3637
This one is around 1992. Weird number of diodes - about 18-19 of them. I am laughing more at the MX compatible sliders. No wonder the first SP DCS keycap set I got looked strangely soothing to me. Maybe I will clean this beast a little. Any good way to clean the domes and the graphite spot on them? ...
- 23 Nov 2014, 22:15
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Silitek SK-4100R
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3637
Right, slider over rubber dome with graphite center, shorting PCB pads. i8049 for the brains. The usual for that time AT/XT switch. A different colored dome for the spacebar. Silicone grease still present on the spacebar stabs. Somebody resoldered few diodes, quite unskillfully. The copper side of t...
- 23 Nov 2014, 21:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Silitek SK-4100R
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3637
Silitek SK-4100R
Used this through most of the 90s: http://my-pc.websnadno.cz/klavesnice_101_silitek_ps1.jpg http://my-pc.websnadno.cz/skenovat0441.jpg Not my pictures. Thought long gone, but today found one old unit, to my surprise. Keycaps are MX compatible, and the profile seems SP DCS at first glance. Pad printe...
- 23 Nov 2014, 18:12
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Post your desktop.
- Replies: 1834
- Views: 563587
There's the cheaper Dell UP2414Q.Muirium wrote: ↑I only have eyes for retina, which means 24" 4k IPS, which means expensive:
http://www.quietpc.com/nec-ea244uhd
- 22 Nov 2014, 10:59
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Let the Buyer Beware
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2682
- 20 Nov 2014, 18:06
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Post your desktop.
- Replies: 1834
- Views: 563587
- 19 Nov 2014, 16:16
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Post your desktop.
- Replies: 1834
- Views: 563587
- 15 Nov 2014, 11:38
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
- 15 Nov 2014, 10:53
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
If you calculate power by P = V x I, for example HHKB results in 6 W. Also PS2 is rated at max 275 mA. all keyboards are USB. the cherry ML draws 100mA at 5V (which is exactly how much cherry says) HHKB should draw less than 200 mA, if I am not mistaken. Also, USB devices cannot draw more than 500 ...
- 15 Nov 2014, 10:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
- 15 Nov 2014, 10:37
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
- 15 Nov 2014, 10:33
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
Optimizing the firmware is not that hard and ATmega can also have low consumption. Going to 3.3V or even lower will incur some loss in the regulator or impose complex DC/DC solution. it's actually pretty simple https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/3volt.html That's the trap - this is a linear regulator. Wha...
- 15 Nov 2014, 10:23
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
Nice work, Halvar. With LEDs in the 30-50 mW range, they must be putting cheap LEDs at about 8-10 mA current. I like the G80-3000 consumption, that's quite reasonable. I suppose the G84-4100 should be similar (it's not even NKRO), but all mine are PS2 and I don't have PS2 anymore. Optimizing the fir...
- 14 Nov 2014, 22:41
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
Nah. HHKB was my travel keyboard because of size/features, otherwise I wouldn't touch Topre domes.
That's really not the end of the world, though.
If somebody else has done measurements - please share. Mine are too imprecise to be worth documenting in Wiki, so take them with a very big spoon of salt.
That's really not the end of the world, though.
If somebody else has done measurements - please share. Mine are too imprecise to be worth documenting in Wiki, so take them with a very big spoon of salt.
- 14 Nov 2014, 22:30
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096
Yes and no. This one particular laptop keeps below 5W at idle (and I could shave few more percents). Most of the time I just stare at the screen, and I specifically bought extra battery to have over 20 hours of being brick-free. Having the keyboard drain roughly 1/7th of the power at idle is meh . I...
- 14 Nov 2014, 18:49
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Power consumption of keyboards
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16096