deskthority

new here, my bad.

Dammit! I was envisioning him dampening the supports on his bunk in prison.

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:

Findecanor wrote:I hate that I always have to bottom out on my Topre.

Why is that a bad thing? It's not painful like with Cherry switches.

Good point. That's why I gave up on Alps.

Fair enough.

webwit wrote:But I love the pock.

Me too. I like how the HHKB S is $145 more than the regular version but the silenced Realforce is $10-$30 more.

So what is amazing about it? What makes it better than plain old loud Topres?

Oh well, i have his email addy, maybe i'll ask him if they have internet in prison.

Its neen a while, i cant even remember what we fought over, webwit. I just remember it was fun, lol. And i still have those key magnets you sent me years ago. They're on my refridgerator right now, actually.

no clue, but do tell. he didn't seem the type.

Wow, Welly, that'd be fun to have him obsessing on here, just like old times.

Yeah, I'm with you. I showed up again because it's time for a new and better keyboard. Funny thing is I think I'll end up with a Cherry MX black and a Topre 'board, both tenkeyless, both very similar to keyboards I had and sold on GH or ebay. I hope I learn my lesson this time, since with my next ...

The idea is to dampen the upstroke. That's where most of the noise comes from on Topre: hold a key, then release it – there's a clear sound when the key comes to a stop. Bottoming out sound is unaffected, but the upstroke sound is louder and sharper and that is what they cut out. (Personally I ...

Good to see you're still in it. What are you rockin' now for your daily driver?

How is the silenced Topre switch? Is there any difference in the feel of it? Sorry if this has been covered here already. I see how expensive they are, so I wondered if they had the same feel of if they were just quieter. Also, I bottom out on every keystroke so I think that would negate the sound ...

Hey itlnstln, how you been?

Wow, those are unique. Never saw anything like that.

ndp wrote:

xsphat wrote:Alps have lost quite a bit of popularity since I was into this stuff a couple years ago. Why is that?

Where are all these ALPS keyboards ? Not in the market place, there's a majority of Cherry stuff.

Is there an echo in here? A few years ago there were lots of Alps 'boards, now there are like 7.

True, it does help but the trap is you can't write again until you buy that new 'board, the one that'll solve all the problems we put in the way of our creativity.

I got it either from ebay or GH. The seller told me it came from a huge selloff at NASA after a refit. It's been a while. I gave the keyboard away for about 2 years and the guy emailed me out of the blue and asked me if I wanted it back because he bought a new PC and wanted to use the included ...

I should have thought of that. My camera is my tablet, so the pics aren't stellar.

oops, I don't see my sig. It said:

"Currently on a 1995 Lexmark Model M that was used by NASA and is stamped US GOVT."

Wow, that's good to hear. I like this one because the 'board has a history (see my sig). I think since I write scifi, it's good to have have kit that was used at NASA, even though NASA really dropped the ball.

Since I'm typing on one now, does anyone still use a Model M? Do people still mod them or anything?

OK, i was wondering if there was any reason other than Cherry's marketing machine. I still think Topre makes the best feeling switch.
I like you already :)

Thanks, lol. I have a little history with webwit, but that aside I have been in the keyboard scene since the first month of GH (check my ...

OK, i was wondering if there was any reason other than Cherry's marketing machine. I still think Topre makes the best feeling switch.

Alps have lost quite a bit of popularity since I was into this stuff a couple years ago. Why is that?

See, webwit, it's me, back in your life again!

OMG, dude, use any stalker means to prove I'm xsphat. But nice ripster-esque pic!

I'm back in the keyboard scene and went to GH. they had almost everything I wanted, except no webwit, so here I am!

I know you think I'm less than cool or whatever, but what can I say, I missed you, buddy! Anyone who bans ripster is cool in my book!

Anyway, just wanted to say hello, and that I am ...