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ankhtahr:
<mod>This seemed the best place to start this split of the keyboard discussion that started in the TMI thread</mod>


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--- Quote from: mtmerrick on 04 Apr 2013, 15:53 ---also i hate physical keyboards. >:(

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what

I mean, seriously, what

* bhtooefr is typing this on a 122-key, 9.3 pound keyboard from hell, with amazingly tactile keys
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Woo! IBM Model F capacitive buckling spring Terminal keyboards! (bhtooefr: I don't know if you have yet realized who I am, but I know you from a different forum. And also own a 122-Key model F, the one which was prominently featured in one of the other forum's prominent members…).

There is nothing as nice for typing than a good mechanical keyboard. Well, maybe a IBM Selectric Typewriter (bhtooefr will agree) but I don't have one of these.

pwhodges:
I have two of those IBM buckling-key keyboards :)

ankhtahr:
Model M or Model F? The Model F series is much older, but feels even better than the Model M series. The difference lies in the innards. While Model Ms use a membrane sheet to detect the activation of the switch, the Model Fs have a capacitive hammer under the spring, which changes the capacity on the plate when activated. Because of this Model Fs also have NKRO (N-Key-Rollover, you can press N keys simultanously and all of them register).

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Apr 2013, 10:49 ---Model M or Model F?
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They're both Model M, P/N 1391406; from the last batch made by Lexmark with IBM labels.  I prefer the model M to the model F anyway.

Masterpiece:
I love keyboards that go "BAM BAM BAM BAM" every time you type on them. Seriously, those are awesome.

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