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ankhtahr:
Even though this is not going to be of interest to most here, I'd hope that I'm allowed to shamelessly advertise my sales thread over at DT.

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Shipping to the US would probably make this impossible for most, but if e.g. one of the European members would be interested, just send me a PM on here. No need to register at DT.

cesium133:
40 euros for a Model M? Makes me wonder what I could get for the two I have sitting in my closet.

ankhtahr:
On the German ebay they usually go for over 50. But I don't really like making large profit from something like this, so I set the price low.

If I was out for money I'd have cleaned it and put it on ebay with the right keywords.

Sorflakne:

--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Apr 2013, 15:16 ---I can't type on a touchscreen very well, I just can't find the keys blindly. I need to rest my fingers on the homerow, which is impossible on a touchscreen. Also mechanical keyboards (i.e. real mechanical keyboards, which have single switch units under each key) usually actuate in the middle of the keypush, so you don't have to push the key down all the way. Also typing on a touch screen isn't particularly good for your wrists, as each impact on the surface affects your wrist. Your fingers get stopped from moving very rapidly, which exerts a great force on your joints. When typing on a mechanical keyboard you can learn to type without “bottoming out”. That's impossible on most rubber dome keyboards (RD boards are the typical keyboards you can find everywhere. There are also Scissor switch keyboards, which are lower, which have their origin in notebook keyboards), and most rubber dome keyboards require high forces to actuate. IIRC most rubber dome keyboards actuate at a force of 65cN (which corresponds with the force of 65g at 9,81m/s accelaration, so normal gravity), while the most typical mechanical switches actuate at 45-55cN, depending on the variant. You might really want to try a keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches. Non-tactile, linear 45cN switches, which are really comfortable if you don't bottom them out. Or Cherry MX Black, which are more widely available and which are easier not to bottom out, as they actuate at 55cN.

If you want a really comfortable and ergonomic keyboard, try this one:

It's one of the most ergonomically shaped keyboards apart from the Datahand (which costs currently around 2700$ more…):


Well then, hi there bhtooefr!

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I...what the-?

I guess I'm weird...I type with no finger/wrist problems on a traditional keyboard (this after a couple decades of computer use).  Poor posture, palms resting on the desk, all the things to do wrong when typing, but I cam manage 55-60 wpm if I need to.

This be my keyboard.  At the front (top side) is a USB port that I only found after three years of using this keyboard, along with a pair of jacks for speakers and mic (how often does one look at the front of their keyboard?)



--- Quote ---I just don't understand why one would want to keep the QWERTY (or in my case the QWERTZ) layout. It's one of the most unergonomic layouts for a keyboard. It was specifically designed to slow down typists and bring the often used keys away from each other, to stop typewriters from jamming. It has absolutely no use today, it is just being kept in use due to it's wide distribution, similarly to the imperial system in the UK and the US.
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Hey now, us lefties love QWERTY.  Yeah, it was designed to slow down typers so they wouldn't jam up their typewriters, but in the process, one of the few  tools friendly to left-handed people was unintentionally developed.  Nearly all the "main letters and thousands of words using mostly left-hand buttons can be typed with the left hand.  I'll stick with my QWERTY, all you normal righties can go to Dvorak or whatever you claim is more efficient :-P

bhtooefr:
Most people don't have a problem with ordinary keyboards, which is why those things are such incredibly expensive niche market devices.

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