deskthority

I got this from webwit recently. While it looked quite clean from the outside it was nasty filthy internally. This keyboard is AT/ XT switchable. The amber Omron B3G-S series switches are clicky, quite loud and do not feel like Alps SKCL/SKCM . The case is solid thick plastic. There is some yellowing on some keycaps. The fatass enter key is fine, but the tiny backspace key is obnoxious to work with.The top row function keycaps are quite high profile on this keyboard. I'm happy with it. These Wang / Costar keyboards don't show up that often. Apart from the tiny backspace key it's a solid daily driver for me.

that's a pretty and long wang you got there.. how does it feel when you touch it?

sphinx wrote: that's a pretty and long wang you got there.. how does it feel when you touch it?

oh man it feels great. But I like to keep my Wang clean.

seebart wrote:

sphinx wrote: that's a pretty and long wang you got there.. how does it feel when you touch it?

oh man it feels great. But I like to keep my Wang clean.

that's true, no one likes a dirty wang

sphinx wrote:

seebart wrote:

sphinx wrote: that's a pretty and long wang you got there.. how does it feel when you touch it?

oh man it feels great. But I like to keep my Wang clean.

that's true, no one likes a dirty wang

a dirty Wang can be a major bummer!

Consider me jealous of your' Wang.

I want to try/own a board with those switches one day. (usable layout ofc)

Thanks.You'll find one. They are more rare than Alps boards though.

Very nice find!

Are those switches better than most alps switches? Or are they just filthy clones?

Nice wang BTW

The keycaps are also interesting. Medium-thick ABS, and a super-tall F-key row.

Touch_It wrote: I want to try/own a board with those switches one day. (usable layout ofc)

What do you mean by usable layout?

Most of the keyboards I’ve seen with amber Omrons have a “bigass” enter key.

jacobolus wrote:

Touch_It wrote: I want to try/own a board with those switches one day. (usable layout ofc)

What do you mean by usable layout?

Most of the keyboards I’ve seen with amber Omrons have a “bigass” enter key.

Anything close to ansi. So uhh i guess, ansi or big ass enter. Don't know if I would really want to adapt to anything else as a daily driver.

Big ass enter is better than ISO at least.

Big Ass looks like trouble to me, but I guess I should give it a chance. The problem is that tiny Backspace key, all the way up there. Big Ole Enter is sitting everywhere, waiting to be hit by an HHKB style Backspacer like myself. And I just don't like the looks of him.

ISO looks gross. I'd take a small back space any day. I've used big ass enter boards as daily drivers for 2 years I'd guess. Not too hard to adapt too vs standard ansi, but I can't speak about going from a hhkb to big ass enter.

Thanks zts but it wasn't really a find since webwit sold it in his thread. I can't say if Omrons are better than Alps or not Redmaus. They are not Alps clones as far as I know. Yeah the layout with that bigass return and tiny backspace is the biggest drawback for me with this keyboard. Quite impractical.

seebart wrote: Thanks zts but it wasn't really a find since webwit sold it in his thread. I can't say if Omrons are better than Alps or not Redmaus. They are not Alps clones as far as I know. Yeah the layout with that bigass return and tiny backspace is the biggest drawback for me with this keyboard. Quite impractical.

Its nice to know that you agree with me Could we get some audio of the board?

Redmaus wrote: Its nice to know that you agree with me Could we get some audio of the board?

I'm not sure how far away you guys usually have your phone from the keyboard for the recording? I had the phone about 10 inches away but it sounds loud...

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?fi ... 2318524361

WOW. That sounds almost like a typewriter xD . Is it really that loud? xD

Those sound like really "clocky" switches.

Yeah that's what I was saying, the recording almost sounds louder than real life. I'm not sure if it's my crappy phone mic or what. But that Omron switch is pretty loud. I'll try another recording when I'm back at my desk.