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Today we look at the Mistel Barocco, a board that had been requested before, but which I now got through a commercial donation. An ergo board with MX Brown - I know what you're thinking, but no, this is not a joke :p . I try to be serious anyway. Most of the time :p .

The black Alps in the NeXT will be pine ones, which are the older variety of SKCMAP. These are considerably better than the later ones used in the AT101W, honestly pretty decent switches IMO!

A collection of highly flashy and highly clacky boards is up this week! I do a comparison video like this with every batch of TDXL videos now - hope you enjoy the video!

Wow, great find mate, congratulations! 23 kg, damn, that's more than I thought it would be xD .

Are there any relegendable Alps SKCM/SKCL-mount keycaps? Preferably ones in the same profile although I don't have a "row" preference or whatever. The cheaper the better but if I don't have to pay much more to find ones in Canada or the US (as opposed to China) I'm fine with that. Thanks! Yes, they...

Are there any relegendable Alps SKCM/SKCL-mount keycaps? Preferably ones in the same profile although I don't have a "row" preference or whatever. The cheaper the better but if I don't have to pay much more to find ones in Canada or the US (as opposed to China) I'm fine with that. Thanks! Yes, they...

Time to tackle one of the more overlooked members of the Model F family; the 5291 "Bigfoot"! Hope you enjoy the video .

I am beyond incompetent with Model M, so we have seen the oldest known to us ones. What is the theoretical oldest model M possible? For both Model M, and hybrid/typewriter ones, The oldest Model M PART I've seen, which are from prototypes, are the controller boards; these are dated to very late '84...

They are the best switches I've ever tried, beyond a shadow of a doubt. The only problems with them is the keyboards they come in. They are ludicrously tall, which is the biggest deal breaker for most people, and the layouts are so-so too. My 5251 has something similar to XT layout, and that's doabl...

They're not clicky, so it's hard to make a comparison, I would think.

That's a German keyboard with IBM beamspring switches. Curiously, it looks like yours uses BLUE housings rather than the standard black.

Looks very rough, but beamsprings are gold.

I have a similar keyboard, it uses some sort of spring over membrane switch IIRC.

As requested.... a TDXL of my EZ Eyes keyboard. This keyboard is so bad that the video actually got demonetised :p . Hope you enjoy the agony! xD

As I recall they're clipped in. I showed it during my review IIRC.

Does it work when you plug a different keyboard into the Soarer's and then connect it to the mac? Does it even recognise the Soarer's as a new device at all?

macs suck? I'm not sure, I use a Zenith with a Soarer's at work on an imac and it works fine. The mac does occasionally "forget" that the keyboard is plugged in, so randomly about once a day I need to re-plug it, but it works. If the keyboard does work on a Windows machine I'm really not sure what ...

Pretty heavily requested, this week we take a look at Gateron Ink switches, specifically the black ones. Hope you enjoy the video!

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09 Jan 2020, 10:17

Has anyone tried to polish the side of a alps slider ? To get rid of any roughness or scratchiness that results form wear ?

It's the rails that are usually at fault; not sure how one would polish them tbh.

Oh that's interesting. The general consensus was that dry lubes are better suited to alps switches. Maybe I got it wrong :/ For sure though, they should not be scratchy at all to use. If you have cleaned them out well and nothing is helping, I guess the switches saw too much heavy use, or use when ...

As requested, a TDXL of my SteelSeries with OmniPoint Hall effect switches. This is possibly my favourite modern keyboard, I like it a lot. Hope you enjoy the video!

Today we look at one of the most classic offerings from the Apple line; the M0110! This keyboard has a wealth of history behind it, and eventually and indirectly turned out to be one of the more influential vintage keyboards. Hope you enjoy the video, and happy new year!

Fujitsu used several slider designs and weren't entirely consistent with them. It's definitely Peerless.

I've heard people say it does that too.

Thought about going for them, but it looks like they're going to a good home .

However, I'd be VERY surprised if the keyboards in those pictures are Key Tronic. They look more like Cortron/ITW switches to me.

Haha, very nice! I've been trying to find some MS MS for a while now xD .

Saw this on the Vietnamese mech market. Bamboo white alps it seems, looks very very very attractive to me, I badly want this now. https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/81327252_538150820365119_8380445315869704192_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ohc=lQ2Yr1GIYHgAQlz1LgFyFzbSUxqvaUBUiKAKEcAEcNmrzqftqpur...

As teased recently, a review of the SafeType keyboard. I'd say "words fail me", but that wouldn't be completely accurate :p . Hope you enjoy the video!

Grabbed a Zenith for cheap because I love laptops with mechanicals. Turns out to to have Alps integrated Domes, beautiful double shots though. zenith1.jpg zenith2.jpg Nice keycaps... Still regretting I haven't bought a similar Zenith laptop, the seller didn't want to send it and I was to lazy to pi...

I am not new to linears that aren’t exactly new, and have tried the best of the best contactless switches. The only problem that I had with most of them, is the fact that they actuate way too high for me. (In relation to the contactless switches). And I know keyboards like the wooting that use cont...

I have heard this board in person, I love how clacky the board is, and it is semi deep. However, I would never buy one, as holy moly, it actuated with the weight of my fingers on the home row. This friend is a pretty aggressive typer, so I suggested that he might wanna spring swap with something a ...