On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of millions, and the Internet is
> full of mail-order vendors selling keyboards (from several different
> manufacturers) built with
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:09:23 -0500
rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> > Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> > keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of millions, and the Internet is
> > full of mail-order vendors
Petter Adsen writes:
> No, it doesn't. But it has 5 macro keys, intended to be used in
> Windows games for sending series of keystrokes. Under Linux, they
> simply send normal keycodes, but I believe the Windows drivers and
> software do more than that.
Once upon a long ago there was a
Quoting rlhar...@oplink.net (rlhar...@oplink.net):
> On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> > Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> > keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of millions, and the Internet is
> > full of mail-order vendors selling
Hi,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
Ah. That's the original version of
"Gnebbsche drigge derfe nur mir, die expedde."
Frankfurt hassian for
"Button pressing is reserved to us, the experts."
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
Yet another vote for Cherry. They are lovely.
The 'clicks' on mine come from the key hitting the bottom, not from something
in the switch. You select how loud the clicks are.
And 'most everything is made for Winders these days -- just ignore the key with
the little flag on it. It never
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> > Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> > keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of millions, and the Internet is
> > full of mail-order vendors selling keyboards
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On 08/31/2015 10:06 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:40:22 +0900
> Joel Rees wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
>>> Joel Rees writes:
>>> >
>>> > Say what?
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:45:03 +0200
"Gian Uberto Lauri" wrote:
> Petter Adsen writes:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:09:23 -0500
> > rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
> > > How much do those things cost? Now that a keyboard can be had for $10 or
> > > $15, is it better to pay $150 or
Petter Adsen writes:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:09:23 -0500
> rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
>
> > On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> > > Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> > > keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of millions, and the
On 31/08/15 08:09, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
How much do those things cost? Now that a keyboard can be had for $10 or
$15, is it better to pay $150 or even $250 for a quality keyboard, or
replace a $15 keyboard every year or even every six months?
Well, I'm typing this on a Das Keyboard
Back in the 1990s I purchased several IBM M-5 keyboards for about $5
each. The only one that died was the one I poured alcohol into in order
to clean it out. Perhaps some are still around at a reasonable price.
On 2015-08-31, Haines Brown wrote:
> Back in the 1990s I purchased several IBM M-5 keyboards for about $5
> each. The only one that died was the one I poured alcohol into in order
> to clean it out. Perhaps some are still around at a reasonable price.
>
>
Well, at least it
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:25:25 -0400
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 31 August 2015 07:04:22 Joel Rees wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:09 PM, wrote:
> > > On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> > >> Cherry still *are* (or at some
On Monday 31 August 2015 07:04:22 Joel Rees wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:09 PM, wrote:
> > On Sun, August 30, 2015 8:49 pm, Martin Read wrote:
> >> Cherry still *are* (or at some point resumed) making mechanical
> >> keyswitches with a rated life in the tens of
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:15:44 +0900
Joel Rees wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> > The Windows software will also auto-update the firmware in the
> > keyboard,
>
> Say what? Since when does a keyboard need a firmware update?
>
Petter Adsen writes:
> Have you seen the Apple keyboards? They have keys that are barely
> raised from the keyboard itself, completely flat, and are AFAIK
> wireless.
Wired or wireless. Personally I still prefer a keyboard with Cherry
switches.
Should I get rich enough to buy a fully featured
Hi,
Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> "Das computermachineboot ist gestaren, relaxen und watchen das
> blinkenlichten."
Che bella macchina.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
Joel Rees writes:
>
> Say what? Since when does a keyboard need a firmware update?
>
> Hmm. Maybe the USB controller stuff, but still, ...
Nope. Check the item before engaging the fingers :).
These keyboard have some on board controller that is responsible to
controlling the color of each
On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:40:22 +0900
Joel Rees wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> > Joel Rees writes:
> > >
> > > Say what? Since when does a keyboard need a firmware update?
> > >
> > > Hmm. Maybe the USB controller stuff,
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