#My setup

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sage imp
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My sadly Wooting-less setup (Im patiently waiting on my 80he raw zinc)

Setup Info
Monitors: 2x ASUS ROG Strix XG27ACS
Mouse: Darmoshark M3
Headphones: Philips X2HR
Microphone: Blue Yeti, RØDE arm, Blue shock mount

PC Specs
Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
GPU: XFX AMD RX 7900GRE
RAM: KingBank 32 GB DDR5-7600MHz
Motherboard: ASRock B450e Gaming WiFi something-or-other

Keyboards (best part)
From top-right to bottom-left:

  1. CreateKeebs Luminkey75 (some gray dustproof recolor switch idk)
  2. Choasera Cupid65 (Gateron Baby Raccoons, PBTFans Fairy)
  3. Leopold FC660M PD (Cherry MX Blacks)
  4. Leopold FC660MBT (Hot-swap modded, Haimu Whispers)
  5. IBM Model F XT (Capacitive buckling springs)
  6. Apple Keyboard II (SMK 2nd-gen spring-over-membrane 🤮, Alps mount)
    7-8. TeleVideo DEC-Layout keyboard (White NMB Hi-Tek 725, a.k.a. "Space Invaders", switches), Swedish layout + New-in-box example of the same keyboard, but in Spanish layout.
  7. Dell AT101W (Lubed and linearized Alps SKCM Blacks)
  8. NMB RT8756CGR (Black NMB Hi-Tek 725)
  9. Apple Extended Keyboard II (Alps SKCM Dampened Creams)
  10. Unicomp Mini M (Buckling springs)
  11. Cherry ML4100 (Cherry MLs)

Not pictured (en route):

  1. Meletrix Zoom65v3
  2. Wooting 80HE (Raw zinc alloy)
  3. Ellipse Model F62 "Kishsaver" (Capacitive buckling springs)
  4. Ellipse Model B B122 "Beamship" (Beamspring switches)
  5. Keymacs Keyboard (Alps SKCM Blues)
  6. Akko MU01 (Akko Rosewoods)

Phew, I think that's all 😅

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My favorite keyboards in the setup at the moment are probably the NMB RT8756CGR and the Dell AT101W.

The black NMB space invaders are clicky, but not intrusively so. They are fairly quiet for a vintage clicky design, and the click is delectably crisp and sharp. They have a nice tactile bump that starts midway through the key travel, too. The only con of these is that they're a bit on the heavy side (as all NMB space invaders are), but it hasn't been too much of a problem for me.

The AT101W is one of my favorites simply because of the linearized-lubed SCKM blacks. They are pretty scratchy and heavy stock, but when you mod them like I have they turn into an extraordinarily smooth and light linear. I would highly recommend trying these if you're looking to get into vintage keyboards, since they're fairly cheap and easy to get a hold of.

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My least favorite is easily the Apple Keyboard II with SMK 2nd-gens. They're genuinely awful spring-over-membranes that bind on even a slightly off-center key press, not to mention they're extremely scratchy.

The biggest let-down for me was the TeleVideo DEC-layout board. I had heard everywhere that the linear variant of space invaders switches were among the best vintage linears, but they really aren't that far off from something like Cherry MX Black when stock. They're relatively scratchy and have inconsistent key feel, and some keys even have spring crunch. Being an NMB space invaders switch, they also have a pretty heavy weighting, in my case uncomfortably so, which probably accentuates the scratchiness. I got all my space invaders board new-old-stock though, so maybe I just need to break these in for them to live up to the hype.

lament shale
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what mods would you recommend for a keyboard?

sage imp
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sage imp
obsidian swan
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it's not exactly daily driven, let me show :F

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attached via a tablet holder

sage imp