Best keyboard ever
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Never treated it to a full cup of coffee although it has had a few slops over the years Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro Got to be around 20 years old now and the areas where my fingers don't touch is really filthy. I would clean it but don't want to take the risk of breaking it and it is all my dirt after all :-O
MikeD 2 wrote:
I would clean it but don't want to take the risk
There's tutorials on youtube, as I found out :rolleyes:
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Something from
digital(DEC) probably made in the 90s. 101 keys, as the Maker intended. -
That would have cost more than the keyboard did! :laugh: It was a cheap one I bought my first "fast" computer (to play Doom2 properly): A DX4/100 with ... gasp ... 16MB of RAM. For the yoof, that's not a misprint: 16 megabytes of RAM, and 100 megahertz processor (running an internal clock tripler from the 33MHz bus speed). It was blindly fast, for it's time. The keyboard survived many upgrades that nothing else from the original did ... :-D
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A while ago I dropped half a mug of coffee over my cheap USB keyboard and of course it died. Been given a Corsair K68 RGB, a mechanical keyboard (+ non spill mug). Sturdy keys, good for bulk typing. So, few days ago, the unthinkable happened - I dropped a full mug of coffee on the new keyboard. ..and it still works, without flaws. There's an anti-spill rubber between the keys and the internals, and there's a metal covering under that which protects the electronics. I'm convinced that nothing is idiot proof and I will find a weak spot, but for now, I'm pretty impressed. It's easily taken apart and cleaned and might actually last longer than a year. YouTube showing rain on a keyboard[^] So, what's your keyboard?
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Dude, I had the DX2/66 clock DOUBLER! Good times, state if the art MAG monitor, thought I was in the future...
Did your case have the jumpers so you could set the "speed" you wanted - especially to annoy the gullible when you set your Turbo switch (remember those as well!) to show 128 instead of 66 ... :-D
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I got a membrane, backlit Redragon gaming keyboard K512RGB. It is a comfortable keyboard, but I would like to better understand the backlight. It progresses across the keyboard with all the colors of the rainbow. It is pretty but doesn't appear to have a function beyond that. It didn't come with a manual. I liked it well enough that I got another for a machine in my lab.
Col Wolf wrote:
It progresses across the keyboard with all the colors of the rainbow. It is pretty but doesn't appear to have a function beyond that.
Ditto; it came with software that can make the lights progress in different patterns, colors and speed, and there's an API, but haven't seen any software that actually makes use of it.
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Is the control key in the right place? I have to remap my keyboard to get the control key next to the 'A' key. I"m an old fart and still use WordStar control sequences for text editing.
Sadly, it's a pretty standard IBM-style 101-key keyboard. It can be difficult to use with DEC software, such as no proper "Gold" key, etc.
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Sadly, it's a pretty standard IBM-style 101-key keyboard. It can be difficult to use with DEC software, such as no proper "Gold" key, etc.
I use to have a programmable mechanical keyboard (can't remember brand) that I got in the early 80's just to be able to reprogram the control key. It eventually died but I was able to write a TSR to remap the Control key. Eventually with Windows I found a keyboard mapper utility (Ziff-Davis) that lets me do the remap. The remap utility still works under Windows 10.
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CM Storm QuickFire Rapid 10 keyless with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet. I've got 4 of them for some of the computers around the house. No RGB lighting for me!
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A while ago I dropped half a mug of coffee over my cheap USB keyboard and of course it died. Been given a Corsair K68 RGB, a mechanical keyboard (+ non spill mug). Sturdy keys, good for bulk typing. So, few days ago, the unthinkable happened - I dropped a full mug of coffee on the new keyboard. ..and it still works, without flaws. There's an anti-spill rubber between the keys and the internals, and there's a metal covering under that which protects the electronics. I'm convinced that nothing is idiot proof and I will find a weak spot, but for now, I'm pretty impressed. It's easily taken apart and cleaned and might actually last longer than a year. YouTube showing rain on a keyboard[^] So, what's your keyboard?
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Col Wolf wrote:
It progresses across the keyboard with all the colors of the rainbow. It is pretty but doesn't appear to have a function beyond that.
Ditto; it came with software that can make the lights progress in different patterns, colors and speed, and there's an API, but haven't seen any software that actually makes use of it.
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Looks like an Amiga-keyboard?
review wrote:
The Avant Stellar costs US$189 and the Avant Prime is US$149. Is it worth the price of admission? One thing you should keep in mind is that the Avant Prime and Stellar are PC keyboards that use a PS/2 connection.
That IS stellar; especially if the most important feature is just a PS/2 connection.
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Typing is typing muscle memory corrects for all the how hard is the key to push down and the noise keeps me awake HA HA BackLit would be nice but my biggest feature that is a deal maker is the little cushion pad at the bottom of the keyboard MINE IS a Kensington Pro Fit Wireless Comfort Desktop Set The word SET means I get a wireless Mouse with more buttons than I know what to do with box says it is Spill Proof (I am not testing it is a 3.5 hour drive to buy a new one) I suffer from IWSWIB syndrome I want to see what I Buy = IWSWIB Coffee Cup has always practiced NO SPILL Distancing 24 in to the left of the Keyboard $49.00 at UGH Frys Electronics
Choroid wrote:
Coffee Cup has always practiced NO SPILL Distancing
I'm were the coffee is, and don't want to be distanced from the keyboard.
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I use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard It saved my life I consider the typical rectangular keyboard as torture devices Cheerios
PaltryProgrammer wrote:
I consider the typical rectangular keyboard as torture devices
"Torture device"? I like the rectangular ones, because it is predictable for my fingers where the keys will be. It's not like someone pulling your finger-nails. It's not even as annoying as wearing a bra in summer.
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Sadly, I would have to decompile the software to make it work on my several Linux workstations, and I have been too lazy to do that (so far).
There's .NET libraries for the Corsair, and it is supported under Linux. Still doesn't mean I have found a real use for it :D I had the idea to write a VS-plugin to go from "rainbow" to "flashing red" on an exception during build. Changing the color of the keyboard was done in 15 minutes, then wasted 4 hours on the "updated" plugin system of VS and gave up :)
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I have a Razer Blackwidow too, but I'm not all that impressed. Oh, it's very pretty, but I've only had it a year or two and some of the key mechanisms have already become flaky. I'm currently suffering through an update to Synapse that ate my simple configuration file and makes it harder to create a new one. One other thing, I can type so fast on the Razer that I make mistakes that I don't make on other keyboards. I'm not sure it's a net-positive.
SeattleC++ wrote:
I can type so fast on the Razer that I make mistakes
C'mon, that's hardly the keyboard's fault. ;P
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Did your case have the jumpers so you could set the "speed" you wanted - especially to annoy the gullible when you set your Turbo switch (remember those as well!) to show 128 instead of 66 ... :-D
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I honestly don't recall the jumpers. This was my very first PC and I wanted whatever the Computer Shopper said was cool. The Pentium had already peaked when these new "overclockers" were starting to come out. I knew nothing but that I was future-proofing by investing in the "next big thing". But I do remember the prominent turbo push button and wondering why you would ever not want it on - it wasn't as if running it at a blistering 66 made the lights dim.
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CM Storm QuickFire Rapid 10 keyless with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet. I've got 4 of them for some of the computers around the house. No RGB lighting for me!
sasadler wrote:
with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet.
Makes me wonder whom you afraid to wake up. Never considered my typing a noise; the first neighbor to complain may be surprised.
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Absolutely! But you know, I am not a gamer, I'm a developer. I bought it for these reasons: 1) Durability. It lasts forever. 2) The Blue Cherry's are the best for my taste. 3) The red light is soft for working. (Multi color can be a little overwhelming) and 4) Because it has 6 x 3 macro programable keys which is fantastic to avoid repetitions for folding, unfolding, build... etc, functions that usually require CTRL + xx, CTRL + yy or something like that.
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sasadler wrote:
with brown keys to keep it fairly quiet.
Makes me wonder whom you afraid to wake up. Never considered my typing a noise; the first neighbor to complain may be surprised.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
