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Notorious b.s.d.: Jan 25, 2003; by Reene

EndlessRagdoll posted:

I hate this but I think I love how intentionally excessive it is???

just be glad you can't smell the room in which the photo was taken

# ? Mar 11, 2018 18:46

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# ? May 29, 2024 06:39

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

I'll have u know this hovel smells lovely

The robots keep it clean

# ? Mar 11, 2018 19:07

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

im the treat flinger

# ? Mar 11, 2018 19:23

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

don�t post pics of your house

# ? Mar 11, 2018 22:38

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

post pics of your board dude!

# ? Mar 11, 2018 22:39

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

I got the new MacBook Pro and the keyboard is ok. it types when I press the keys

# ? Mar 11, 2018 22:39

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

how are those matias click switches? im strangely intrigued by the shameful mini tactile pro board

# ? Mar 11, 2018 22:46

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

Skim Milk posted:

how are those matias click switches? im strangely intrigued by the shameful mini tactile pro board

I really like the matias clicks... although i'm still getting used to the odd keycaps. When I get back home and use it some more I can post a review right here in the POS.

# ? Mar 12, 2018 21:17

pgroce: Oct 24, 2002

Skim Milk posted:

how are those matias click switches? im strangely intrigued by the shameful mini tactile pro board

the switch feels nice. the keys wiggle too much on the stem and after less than a year of use the keys are already getting shiny.

a friend got a unicomp and i like the switches and tkl-ness on the matias better and literally everything else about the unicomp more. (i'm not a huge fan of either one style-wise, though.)

there you go that's my opinion on my keyboard. thank you and god bless.

# ? Mar 13, 2018 15:10

Generic Monk: Oct 31, 2011

pgroce posted:

the switch feels nice. the keys wiggle too much on the stem and after less than a year of use the keys are already getting shiny.

ive had an apple adjustable keyboard lying around for ages which I really want to use. thing has alps switches and loving *pbt keys* but I can't justify spending like �70 on the imate adapter thing

# ? Mar 13, 2018 15:29

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

Generic Monk posted:

ive had an apple adjustable keyboard lying around for ages which I really want to use. thing has alps switches and loving *pbt keys* but I can't justify spending like �70 on the imate adapter thing

i have the apple extended keyboard II with the alps switches and it's pretty loving sw8. a few of the switches are worn to the point of needing to be rebuilt though

the adb-usb adapter is still half the price of an equivalent new keyboard, so there's that

# ? Mar 13, 2018 15:53

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

matias incoming tomorrow :homebrew:

this thread has broken me "$120? that's cheap!"

# ? Mar 13, 2018 16:15

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

what are some quiter switches in tyool 2018? im on cherry mx black atm and last i read about quiet mechanicals ~le state of art~ was mx browns or mx linears with silencer o-rings

# ? Mar 13, 2018 17:42

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008; Soiled Meat

electro capacitive/topre

# ? Mar 14, 2018 02:01

There Will Be Penalty: May 18, 2002; Makes a great pet!

matias quiet is good

# ? Mar 14, 2018 02:28

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

Generic Monk posted:

ive had an apple adjustable keyboard lying around for ages which I really want to use. thing has alps switches and loving *pbt keys* but I can't justify spending like �70 on the imate adapter thing

isnt there drop-in arduino code for an adb-usb adapter? if not, it cant be too hard. weirdest thing is prob gonna be the latching capslock

# ? Mar 14, 2018 05:25

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Generic Monk posted:

ive had an apple adjustable keyboard lying around for ages which I really want to use. thing has alps switches and loving *pbt keys* but I can't justify spending like �70 on the imate adapter thing

get a little microcontroller that has a built-in USB HID stack and chances are someone has implemented ADB support for it so it�s just a matter of wiring it to a 4-pin socket

# ? Mar 14, 2018 10:07

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Raluek posted:

isnt there drop-in arduino code for an adb-usb adapter? if not, it cant be too hard. weirdest thing is prob gonna be the latching capslock

yes, you just need one of the Arduino that can act as USB HID and is also 5V TTL-compatible, like the Leonardo

and the caps lock works fine, it doesn�t continuously send keydown status updates or anything like that

# ? Mar 14, 2018 10:09

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

infernal machines posted:

i have the apple extended keyboard II with the alps switches and it's pretty loving sw8. a few of the switches are worn to the point of needing to be rebuilt though

the adb-usb adapter is still half the price of an equivalent new keyboard, so there's that

�equivalent� new keyboard, pfft

the Apple Extended Keyboard and Apple Extended Keyboard II were US$169 when new in 1987 and 1989 respectively, that�s $373.58 and $342.42 today

# ? Mar 14, 2018 10:12

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

electro capacitive/topre

There Will Be Penalty posted:

matias quiet is good

right i was reading about the two last night and i think i am ready for leopold fc980c with silencer rings

# ? Mar 14, 2018 10:15

TheFluff: Dec 13, 2006; FRIENDS, LISTEN TO ME
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infernal machines posted:

i have the apple extended keyboard II with the alps switches and it's pretty loving sw8. a few of the switches are worn to the point of needing to be rebuilt though

the adb-usb adapter is still half the price of an equivalent new keyboard, so there's that

og AEK here. have never found a better keyboard in my entire life - literally. this keyboard I�m using came with the Macintosh II my dad bought for his one-man computer toucher consulting firm in 1989, and is almost certainly the first keyboard I ever put my grubby kid fingers on. first time I used it after recovering it from the old man�s basement a while ago I got childhood flashbacks from the sound.

I couldn�t be arsed to to solder a few pins so I just ordered a prebuilt programmable adapter for $40 from a Japanese dude on geekhack: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=72052.0

the ADB connector is the same as S-video though so it�s really easy to just grab an atmega32u2, a female S-video connector and a 1kohm resistor, and use that guy�s firmware

TheFluff fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Mar 14, 2018

# ? Mar 14, 2018 13:27

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

I have an mk disco

# ? Mar 14, 2018 14:35

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

trying to decide between bringing it to my new workplace and using it there or keeping it at home

# ? Mar 14, 2018 14:36

SO DEMANDING: Dec 27, 2003

I got an iKBC somethingorother with cherry browns at work and a coolermaster masterkeys pbt with cherry blues at home

I think the browns are growing on me more

hrrmm

# ? Mar 14, 2018 17:09

DELETE CASCADE: Oct 25, 2017; i haven't washed my penis since i jerked it to a phtotograph of george w. bush in 2003

that's because browns are the best

# ? Mar 14, 2018 18:56

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

i also have a das pro with mx browns. it is v. good

they are not by any means quiet, except by comparison to the machine gun sounding mx blues

# ? Mar 14, 2018 18:59

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

There Will Be Penalty posted:

matias quiet is good

# ? Mar 14, 2018 19:14

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

Generic Monk posted:

ive had an apple adjustable keyboard lying around for ages which I really want to use. thing has alps switches and loving *pbt keys* but I can't justify spending like �70 on the imate adapter thing

I might still have my ADB-USB adapter that I'm not using

# ? Mar 14, 2018 19:15

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

DELETE CASCADE posted:

that's because browns are the best

claers

# ? Mar 14, 2018 19:27

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Chris Knight posted:

I might still have my ADB-USB adapter that I'm not using

sounds like wrongthink to me

# ? Mar 15, 2018 05:54

mike12345: Jul 14, 2008; "Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."

I still struggle with browns

you need to be like super-precise, which I'm not

otwhersise it s his

# ? Mar 15, 2018 14:03

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

mike12345 posted:

I still struggle with browns

trump voter spotted

# ? Mar 15, 2018 14:25

Generic Monk: Oct 31, 2011

Chris Knight posted:

I might still have my ADB-USB adapter that I'm not using

if u can go lower than the Japanese guy that I'm already drafting an email to I'm all ears, dm me x @poisonwomb

mike12345 posted:

I still struggle with browns

you need to be like super-precise, which I'm not

otwhersise it s his

browns feel weird like there's grit in the switch or something. blues less so although I find the click to sound a bit cheap (although less so when im not using them on a bare mdf table)

# ? Mar 15, 2018 15:18

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

# ? Mar 15, 2018 16:42

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

infernal machines posted:

triple nerd score

# ? Mar 15, 2018 16:54

DELETE CASCADE: Oct 25, 2017; i haven't washed my penis since i jerked it to a phtotograph of george w. bush in 2003

infernal machines posted:

this is fuckin sick

# ? Mar 15, 2018 18:10

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

DELETE CASCADE posted:

this is fuckin sick

Hard to believe they didn't include two blank key caps.

# ? Mar 16, 2018 00:26

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

first day with matias mini tactile pro v5:

feels like more stiff blues but nicer. not a lot of "wiggle" in the keys. i think pbt caps or o-rings or some "tweak" would be v nice

ive had a few mx blue keebs with abs caps and a wasd with clears and pbt caps so thats my reference point

# ? Mar 16, 2018 03:20

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Skim Milk posted:

triple nerd score

# ? Mar 16, 2018 14:55

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yellow borders: Jan 7, 2010

TheFluff posted:

the ADB connector is the same as S-video though so it’s really easy to just grab an atmega32u2, a female S-video connector and a 1kohm resistor, and use that guy’s firmware

yeah this is the way im doing it with my aek and being able to remap keys is worth the extra effort of putting it all together. also if you wana un-lockswitch your caps lock it has support for that too

# ? Mar 16, 2018 19:13

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