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where the FUCK can i get an Apple Extended Keyboard II with a Finnish/Swedish keyboard layout?
literally impossible2find

>recycling OP pics
If you are going to be lazy why bother making a thread at all?

Phone posting m8

I have my keyboard folder synced via yandex disk to my microsd at all times

Learn how to phonepost

everyone goes around fellating gat browns but where can you actually find brands that use them, all ive seen is varmilo and tragicforce

Are WASD Keyboards Sup Forums approved as a first mech? not looking to spend a ton, and i like that i can customize the cap colors

Cant do much on a LG wine

They have some of the worst keycaps out there, but if you absolutly need custom keycaps then go for it. Otherwise get their barebones keyboards which are actually good, then get some keycaps from massdrop for like 30 bucks

They're about the same quality as Filco, but those custom printed caps are awful garbage. Just get them with the front printed Vortex PBT caps.

;_;

>started making wiring for my keyboard
How does one keep his sanity when soldering all that shit?

do you guys know if i can still order some mod switches like how modern beige still accepted orders after the pre order period

Can you tell me a bit why their caps are bad? is it just because they're ABS?

Just get an ISO one then change the layout in windows. The keycaps wont match, but you can always buy those

>Sanity
Wrong general buddy :+)

>Budget
$150
>Location (continent at least)
America
>Preferred switch type
Black
>Layout
Dvorak
>Form factor
100% or 80%
>Backlight
None
>Previous/current keyboards
Microsoft thing

No its because their shitty coating wears easily

you don't.

why do you think I'm posting here 24/7

No, there are good ABS caps out there. WASD just makes especially shitty ones. They're very thin and whatever they use for dye makes the surface flake off. With other ABS caps you only have to worry about the tops being polished.

Unicomp makes dvorak keyboards, but buckling springs are the opposite of blacks. You should try them out for their unique typing experince

Is that magic force currently sitting around gathering dust?

SANITY is for the weak!

Well, fuck.
I suppose I could stop using single wires with insulation scraped off just where the contacts are though. Removing the insulation is just so annoying.

Don't you have a pair of those scissors with a hole for wires?

Does a keyboard exist that has cherry mx greens and RGB?

I'm mainly looking for something on the quiet side.

I do, but the wire is thinner than any of the holes. I suppose I could buy a smaller one.

pls respond

>Budget
100 dollars tops.

>Location (continent at least)
South America

>Preferred switch type
Tactile, preferrably silent.

>Layout
Preferrably ISO.

>Form factor
60 to 100%

>Backlight
Whatever.

>Previous/current keyboards
Previous: Microsoft wireless keyboard 800
Current: logitech keyboard k120 (sucks hard and has ghosting issues)

what's a good keyboard with cherry Browns or Clears with numpad, RGB LED's and USB inputs that isn't corsair

Everything you said was gross

There are no RGB keyboards with clears. If you want Cherry browns, get the Ducky Shine 6.

>USB inputs
Wait, you mean a built-in USB hub? Nobody does that anymore.

>Wait, you mean a built-in USB hub? Nobody does that anymore.

Except the best keyboard to ever grace this planet

tempted to pre order from mechanicalkeyboards.com

how are their international orders? ordering to UK

Post your /dirty/ keyboard :3

is there any way to make my ducky shine 5 sync with music?

>over 400 purchased

n i c e

>HHKB
>reversed Spacebar
>RGB modifiers
Kys

The sound of bottoming out is louder then the actuation mechansim in cherry switches. Either go for cherry silents or matias q

*Matias quiet click

Yes pok3r

>Using not flipped spacebar
>ever

It's like you hate your thumbs or something

Bonus points for flipping the whole bottom row

What is in OPs picture? A retrocomputer?

yes it computes backwards

>flipped spacebar
>artisan

christ, how embarrassing

Get a used cash register of ebay like the cherry POS ones

Shine 6 has a usb hub

Just add an extra 30£. Why not buy from keyboardco since they are in the UK already

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Thinking on lay my hands in one of these beauties.
Any toughts?

Its an Epson PX-8 with cherry m8 switches

Too many keys

And what's a problem?

I wanna know why WASD charges so much for their keyboards yet uses such substandard keycaps. Also why they don't do barebones for their code keyboards. No way those shitty keycaps are worth 50+ bucks.

>And what's a problem?
[prob-luh m]
noun
1.
any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
2.
a question proposed for solution or discussion.

Kek.
Again
And why is that a problem?

It certainly is.

I should desolder the switches and use them for some other shit.

>Gat clears

Just trash it desu m8

>tfw waiting for chink controller boards

U wot m8

Gat clears are some of the best switches I've had my fingers on

Nah m8 just yesterday I shipped back my memeforce with gat clears to Amazon

Didn't like them

To add to this, I'm almost falling for the new meme the mod(-m) switches from originativeco,

A guy on YouTube even said they're the closest cherry could feel to a topre (I'm skeptic but still)

Mass producing a good quality single uniform set is cheap if you have to tooling. Otherwise either buy it from some one else, or spends loads of money getting the toolong yourself. I know the classic cherry Esc key mold cost like $500000

The stem is very close to clears/feelios, so expect it to feel close to those.

Never tried them

I know cherry brown and blue, get clears and topre.

I see the meme was to strong for you

may you find your true meme

my brother in memes

>I know the classic cherry Esc key mold cost like $500000
Do you have a source for that?

5mil for an injection mold tools seems a bit steep, unless you're buying the whole injection molding machine along with it

do you ever stop posting

no

if I stop posting I explode

just like sharks

that was close

Is there anything interesting currently on Massdrop? I don't want to sign up just to see.

DSA vs. Cherry vs. SA

What does /mkg/ think?

they don't even verify your email

you can sign up with anything that has an @ and a .something in it

are u srsly running ur "pc" off ur phone

christ you are look like tryhard retard

Of course I am

Are you new here or did it just take you that long to notice it?

I've used all three, and I prefer SA. The texture of PBT is better though. Once these become available I'm sure it'll replace my SA set:

deskthority.net/workshop-f7/hi-profile-pbt-dye-sub-the-time-has-come-t10805.html

This is a pretty good idea senpai. Going to do this on mine. Thanks.

Can you tell me which cables I need to do this? I really want to use my phone like this and most of the bluetooth keyboards suck. I already have a HHKB.

Thanks

Any USB OTG cable that fits your phone will work, you can pick thrm up on ebay for a few bucks

>I really want to use my phone like this
Why tho

Is there anything like the Magicforce that won't make me look like a cheapass gook?
I really like the fact that it's a 60% with arrow keys and raised keys, but I don't want to buy chinkshit.

Get a magicforce and a 1500 bucks artisan keycap

>when your rubber dome switch keyboard is still like new even after 16 years of daily use

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Dome-switch_keyboard


Why would I want a mechanical keyboard again? I don't exactly have fond memories of the Model M that's collecting dust in my closet.

>I didn't like them so they're shit
Fuck off retard. Go back to your bucking springs.

Faggot

I play this rhythm game called osu! that is pretty much about hitting keys as fast as humanly possible. What would be the best kind of keyswitch for this kind of thing? Currently using mx reds on corsair strafe

Yes

Its gets too mushy overtime. My oldest rubberdome keyboard is from 1988 and it still works, but it feels disgusting to type on. On the otherhand my model m from the same year still feels brand new

>>I didn't like them so they're shit
Correct.

There's also an extremely compact version which I have but haven't tried yet, pic related

>too mushy
Maybe that only affects the shitty ones. On mine, the least used keys (like scroll lock) feel just like the most used keys. I'll report back in another 16 years with an update.

If I want a dirt cheap older mech keyboard (from clueless sellers) which brands/models should I look for?

Ank 25 has a maximum 2mm of travel compared to the 4mm of cherry

Bought my mj2 blues from them so I do like keyboardco, they just don't stock the leopold fc660c.

>Bought my mj2 blues from them so I do like keyboardco, they just don't stock the leopold fc660c.
It's 230€ on eBay shipped to Europe, so I guess 200£?

>Muh arrows
Get a hhkb boy, much better aesthetics and sound thabks to no metal plate aka reverb plate

looks like a good way to break your ports

You're getting creative again.

I'm glad I woke you up from your slumber

I hate dealing with ebay, just not a fan.

>Get a hhkb boy, much better aesthetics
I prefer the leopold, honestly, the arrows are nice but it's the ins + del keys which sell me, plus the cheesy C=Q/V on the body is really nice.

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Is that a miniature loo

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I still don't get it
But it looks like something that would take 6 hours to print

Subdivide your mesh before you export it, you daffy cunt