Mechanical Keyboards
Are you addicted to the clicking sounds of your beautiful and impressive mechanical keyboard?
If so, this community is for you!
Here you can discuss everything about mechanical keyboards (and only mechanical keyboards).
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I am unbelievably jealous right now. Gotta give us a sound check so we can live vicariously through you!
I'll do that! Question is where to post it. Lemmy doesn't support videos.
You could always try hosting it on Vimeo or something, then post that link here.
I figured I could simply upload them on our webserver, so here you go:
- Sound of the cleaned keyboard: https://quantentoast.de/ibm-model-m-cleaned.mp4
- Sound with tapemod applied (no very noticeable on the video): https://quantentoast.de/ibm-model-m-tapemod.mp4
That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you. It's like porn but without the porn.
The tape mod sounds like it got rid of some of the high frequency pinging and softened the sound of the keyboard down to a full and meaty thock.
What a find! It's hard to go wrong with any kind of IBM buckling spring.
congratulations!
Thank you
Thats awesome! Model Ms sound and feel so nice. I really didn’t get it til I typed on one in person. Now I have one as my work keyboard.
I can hear that picture 🙉
I happened upon two of these in much the same way, one of them unfortunately doesn't work but the other one has been my home office keyboard (too loud for the office) for many years. I've always wanted to fix the broken one by swapping in a modern controller, maybe even make it wireless (because that would be truly absurd).
I just want a modern version of this.
Unicomp makes copycat Model M's that are very high-quality and popular.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a modern mechanical keyboard inspired by this keyboard. It wasn't identical, but it looked similar.
Love the Type Mike. Tough enough to frame a house with it ..
Too bad the keys don't light up. I have a Logitech G413 that I find fantastic even if it's cheap.
I had this and i must be the only person in town that would hate to use one of those again. Low profile, silent keys ftw.
I don't like using it as a daily driver either, but I love using it on my 486 - the nostalgia factor isn't complete without the keyboard. I'm missing a monochrome monitor though, a color monitor just doesn't seem right to me...