OT keyboard alphabet soup

My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some trouble, A
couple keycaps are starting to flake and a few days ago the n key
stopped responding (a small squirt of MG contact cleaner got it going
again ) I know, it's a membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better refine
my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay up to 2
or 3 hundred dollars for a KB, also it has to be a mechanical KB with
replaceable swithes.

Well I had to learn a whole new vocabulary to know what they all meant,
New words Gateron, Outemu,
Gaote, doubleshot keycaps, PBT, TKL and other new jargon.

So after a couple days of reading reviews and searching I finally found
what I think is a suitable one amongst the hundreds.
for a reasonable price of $84.95 cdn.

https://www.amazon.ca/Redragon-K555-...1637996&sr=8-3

I'll see better in a few days when it arrives

Rene

On 06/08/2020 10:42 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some trouble, A
couple keycaps are starting to flake and a few days ago the n key
stopped responding (a small squirt of MG contact cleaner got it going
again ) I know, it's a membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better
refine my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay up to
2 or 3 hundred dollars for a KB, also it has to be a mechanical KB
with replaceable swithes.

IBM's Model M has membrane switches. Reliability is
legendary. I have a 1984 example, made in USA.

In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better refine
my search, this could take years.

https://www.usbtypewriter.com

unfortunately, you'll have to wait for it to be back in production.

On 2020-06-08 2:52 p.m., Corvid wrote:
On 06/08/2020 10:42 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some trouble, A
Â*couple keycaps are starting to flake and a few days ago the n key
stopped responding (a small squirt of MG contact cleaner got it going
Â*again ) I know, it's a membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
Â*with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better
refine my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay up to
2 or 3 hundred dollars for a KB,Â* also it has to be a mechanical KB
with replaceable swithes.

IBM's Model M has membrane switches. Reliability is
legendary. I have a 1984 example, made in USA.

I still have a model M in the basement with a 5 pin DIN plug, not in use
for some time.

Rene

On 6/8/20 3:59 PM, this is what nospam wrote:
In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better refine
my search, this could take years.

https://www.usbtypewriter.com

unfortunately, you'll have to wait for it to be back in production.

That has to be a prank.

In article , Big Al
wrote:


So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better refine
my search, this could take years.

https://www.usbtypewriter.com

unfortunately, you'll have to wait for it to be back in production.

That has to be a prank.

it's very real.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2044..._whats_obsolet
e_is_new_again.html

On 6/8/2020 12:52 PM, Corvid wrote:
On 06/08/2020 10:42 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some trouble, A
couple keycaps are starting to flake and a few days ago the n key
stopped responding (a small squirt of MG contact cleaner got it going
again ) I know, it's a membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better
refine my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay up to
2 or 3 hundred dollars for a KB, also it has to be a mechanical KB
with replaceable swithes.

IBM's Model M has membrane switches. Reliability is
legendary. I have a 1984 example, made in USA.


These days when there so many available keyboards that are just fine, as
far as I'm concerned, and they are so inexpensive, reliability is almost
meaningless to me.




--
Ken

On 6/8/2020 1:42 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
So after a couple days of reading reviews and searching I finally found
what I think is a suitable one amongst the hundreds.
for a reasonable price of $84.95 cdn.

https://www.amazon.ca/Redragon-K555-...1637996&sr=8-3


I'll see better in a few days when it arrives

Rene

Actually, that's exactly the same one I have, it's a gaming keyboard. I
bought it at Canada Computers about 2 years ago for about $40 on sale,
definitely worth the price. Even $85 is worth it for a gaming keyboard,
they typically go for over $100.

Yousuf Khan

On 2020-06-08 9:54 p.m., Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 6/8/2020 1:42 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
So after a couple days of reading reviews and searching I finally
found what I think is a suitable one amongst the hundreds.
for a reasonable price of $84.95 cdn.

https://www.amazon.ca/Redragon-K555-...1637996&sr=8-3


I'll see better in a few days when it arrives

Rene

Actually, that's exactly the same one I have, it's a gaming keyboard. I
bought it at Canada Computers about 2 years ago for about $40 on sale,
definitely worth the price. Even $85 is worth it for a gaming keyboard,
they typically go for over $100.

Â*Â*Â*Â*Yousuf Khan

Yeah, Looks like a good KB to me, It has been in production for over 4
years and still selling.
It gets literally hundreds of reviews with most of them 4 or 5 Out of
5, Another good feature is if a keyswitch ever goes bad you can plug a
new one in in seconds at a cost of about 95 cents.
I also ordered their Red WASD and arrow keys ,Makes it easier to use for
keyboard and mouse first person shooters which I still play some of. :-)

Rene

Apple reject troll...

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In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon responded
with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found! Yikes better refine
my search, this could take years.

https://www.usbtypewriter.com

unfortunately, you'll have to wait for it to be back in production.

On 06/08/2020 04:14 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 6/8/2020 12:52 PM, Corvid wrote:
On 06/08/2020 10:42 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some
trouble, A couple keycaps are starting to flake

Your Model M in the basement probably has replaceable key covers that
can be popped off, leaving a blank key underneath. I've seen replacement
sets of the covers, including blank ones for the expert typists who
don't need to see any markings.

The new Redragon K555 "with molded keycaps offering crystal clear
uniform backlighting and lettering that doesn't scratch off" looks like
a winner. And it's splash-proof!
My first Model M drowned in Formula 409, several keys stopped
responding, and I found the working parts were forever encased in a
riveted clamshell of steel.

and a few days ago the n key stopped responding (a small squirt
of MG contact cleaner got it going again ) I know, it's a
membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon
responded with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found!
Yikes better refine my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay
up to 2 or 3 hundred dollars for a KB, also it has to be a
mechanical KB with replaceable swithes.

IBM's Model M has membrane switches. Reliability is legendary. I
have a 1984 example, made in USA.


These days when there so many available keyboards that are just
fine, as far as I'm concerned, and they are so inexpensive,
reliability is almost meaningless to me.

OK, but Rene's has to be a mechanical KB with replaceable switches. He
has an aversion to membrane types.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some trouble

I bought one of their wireless headsets about a year ago. Haven't
used it.

So after a couple days of reading reviews and searching I finally
found what I think is a suitable one amongst the hundreds. For a
reasonable price of $84.95 cdn.

https://www.amazon.ca/Redragon-K555-...ue-r%C3%A9tro%
C3%A9clair%C3%A9/dp/B0171BSNYK/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1
&keywords=redragon+k555&qid=1591637996&sr=8-3

I use a $15 Hewlett-Packard SK-2061.

The keyboard just has to work for ordinary input, I use speech for
dictation and automation (recently bought a decent microphone). If
the mouse is wireless and has a freewheeling scroll wheel, I'm good.

On 2020-06-09 2:55 p.m., Corvid wrote:
On 06/08/2020 04:14 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 6/8/2020 12:52 PM, Corvid wrote:
On 06/08/2020 10:42 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My older Steelseries keyboard is starting to give me some
trouble, A couple keycaps are starting to flake

Your Model M in the basement probably has replaceable key covers that
can be popped off, leaving a blank key underneath. I've seen replacement
sets of the covers, including blank ones for the expert typists who
don't need to see any markings.

The new Redragon K555 "with molded keycaps offering crystal clear
uniform backlighting and lettering that doesn't scratch off" looks like
a winner. And it's splash-proof!
My first Model M drowned in Formula 409, several keys stopped
responding, and I found the working parts were forever encased in a
riveted clamshell of steel.

and a few days ago the n key stopped responding (a small squirt
of MG contact cleaner got it going again ) I know, it's a
membrane KB but it worked for now.

So onto Amazon .ca I went and typed in keyboards and Amazon
responded with " one of sixteen of over 100,000 items found!
Yikes better refine my search, this could take years.

So I decide to look for boards for $100.00 or less, I won't pay
up to 2 or 3 hundred dollars for a KB,Â* also it has to be a
mechanical KB with replaceable swithes.

IBM's Model M has membrane switches. Reliability is legendary. I
have a 1984 example, made in USA.


These days when there so many available keyboards that are just
fine, as far as I'm concerned, and they are so inexpensive,
reliability is almost meaningless to me.

OK, but Rene's has to be a mechanical KB with replaceable switches. He
has an aversion to membrane types.

It may be my last keyboard and so decided on a Mechanical gaming board
to experience what they feel like compared to membrane which I have used
for years.

I also ordered 10 new switches in case I may ever need them for 95 cents
each, switch puller for $4.25 and a bag of Silicone O-rings in case the
blue switches are too noisy, so I am now well prepared to try it on
Thursday.

Rene