Comments on: Update on Mechanical Keyboards https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/ Thu, 16 May 2019 17:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: BBD https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-761986 Thu, 16 May 2019 17:10:41 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-761986 In reply to BBD.

Arf arf

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-761941 Thu, 16 May 2019 15:12:28 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-761941 In reply to BBD.

That is not the keyboard I was looking for…

]]> By: BBD https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-761260 Tue, 14 May 2019 19:27:02 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-761260 You mean you didn’t go for the Stormtrooper keyboard, mouse and mat set… ?

Quiet orange switches on that keyboard. A terrible missed opportunity there Greg… 😉 🙂

]]> By: Richard Chapman https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-761237 Tue, 14 May 2019 17:10:58 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-761237 I have a Microsoft keyboard I bought for a PC I built in 2005. I can’t remember why I chose that keyboard but it has given me flawless service all these years and the keycaps have maintained their letters and symbols without fading in the least. I have a new computer I built in September 2017 and I chose a Kensington laptop style keyboard. It’s not clackity like the Microsoft keyboard. I have grown to like it better. It has a numeric keypad and keys to control the volume. That’s all I need.

]]> By: Lionel A https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-760056 Sat, 11 May 2019 11:21:36 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-760056 On the Win PC I am using an MS product which has the main keypad on an annoying curve, been using it for years but still results in more typos than I would like. Also the character legends totally wore of on the most struck keys. I manage to find a replica font and print out a character set on photo-paper, but once again wear will need these to be replaced again shortly.

On mechanical keyboard I was once in a post where I frequently had to replace key switches by desoldering the faulty ones and replacing, this once the switch failed to respond to cleaning with IPA and application of contact enhancer (Stabilant or Electrolube, which are also good for board and component sockets especially if dissimilar metals are involved at the union). The mapping of the key groups is interesting and not what one would expect if not familiar with the concept of multiplexing.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-759951 Sat, 11 May 2019 03:57:29 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-759951 In reply to Argon.

]]> By: Argon https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/05/10/update-on-mechanical-keyboards/#comment-759922 Sat, 11 May 2019 02:41:55 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=31820#comment-759922 There are many options for replacement keycaps out there: ABS, POM, etc. Plus dye sublimated, printed or double shot symbols. Plus colors and fonts galore. Try looking at Massdrop for various keycaps sets or check out the keyboard reddits.

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