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The Focus 2001 is one of my favorites, it was also my first mechanical. I have two, the first is revision 1 from 1988 the other is revision 8 from 1992.The revision one has real complicated blue ALPS the revision 8 has white simplified ALPS. I assume the difference you feel is a white complicated sw...

Vintage MX Blacks do feel pretty amazing. I always thought that you guys were all crazy until I tried them for myself.

You don't live in Arizona, do you? I have a lot of keyboards you could try if you do.

Thanks once again for your most knowledgeable answer.

I seek your assistance once again, oh mighty oracle. I have a friend who is looking for his first mechanical. He has used quite a few of my keyboards and told me he wants tactile and clicky switches but he disliked MX Blues and Space Invaders. He feels unsafe purchasing something used on craigslist ...

Hey all. How much do you guys think a G80-1000HAD that the only sign of use is a stretched cord? The only buttons used on the keyboard were F keys, and rarely, about one switch press a day. I'm not selling its all mine. Muahahahah But I would like to know what its worth. Thanks!

Its direct copy and paste from OCN Mechanical keyboard guide lol. At least they linked it and said where they got it.

Thanks, Ascaii.

How much should 103 MX Black switches sell for? Thanks.

Haha, I'm interested in this one. I don't see many new factory custom keyboards. Also I just realized the spacebar has four clear plastic pieces rather than two on this one. I couldn't find any other TG3 boards with four.

A modded one not the regular one.

^ I would also like an appraisal on this. I have one too.

Those switches on the Acer look a bit odd. Though I cant really see it well. Are you sure those aren't the Acer switches?

ALPS are at the top of the list for me too. They just are heavier and feel more pronounced than MX blues. Maybe if I got around to trying monterey switches or blue NEC or something I would like them more. The Cherry Black is my second favorite and followed by MX Clear. The thing that all my favorite...

I used to go between ANSI and ISO regularly and it didn't make a difference to me. I do not consider myself to be a picky person though, maybe that has something to do with it.

Dip switches could be under the foot if they aren't under the logo.
Awesome keyboard though I love Focus boards and ALPS.

my backspace key has a rattly stabilizer but the rest are all good.

Oh I just saw one of those at goodwill it attracted me to it right away but I did not purchase it.

They make me feel poor in a way.

I would go to your keyboard museum!

I was thinking that. I would have to go out and buy one, I don't own one.

Bump for Pics^

I just dethroned the model m and replaced it with focus #2. It was $2 at goodwill and looks brand new. It seems to have a problem with inputting multiple letters for a single keystroke on certain keys though. It has this piece of paper that says 'word perfect for IBM personal computers'' taped to th...

I really like what you have in the last two.

Mabey, I tried black switches out at a store but its hard to tell how well you like them without actually getting some time to use them. I thought they were a little too resistant but since then I have been using my model m so that may not be a problem anymore.

Hmmm.... Why dont I do both? =P I just read a post on geekhack by ripster stating that a mx brown with a black spring feels similar to the black alps without the leaf. Then the mx black with a brown spring is the ghetto red. So Ill just get the TG3 and make both, since I have a board with browns lay...

So the alps would be a 5g lighter than a cherry red? Then the difference would be that the mx red would be more smooth?

I want to get a board with linear switches. I was looking at black alps. If I were to take the leaf out they becomes linear right? And how are they compared to mx blacks after? Im on a real budget and i'm wondering if I should just go strait for one of the TG3s on ebay for $25. Or get something loca...

Its kind of annoying. I do not type in the correct manner and mabey this is the reason why. Typing with home row and everything feels odd for me, and now that I think about it I do not use that finger for anything for except pressing a with my left and backspace with my right. But it bothers me now ...

Hmm.. It is about the length of a nickel shorter than my middle finger.