Jon Mavor's Keyboard

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by arm2thecore, August 30, 2012.

  1. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    Yes, I have a life, but ... I'm obsessed with that keyboard. I still-framed the trailer and scanned through 900 keyboard images on NewEgg, then hundreds of Google Images pictures and finally identified it as a Unicomp Customizer 104 - made in Kentucky!

    Now I want one, because, well, after learning he worked on TA and was the lead on SupCom, Jon's kind of my programmer hero these days. :ugeek:

    Any other programmers out there using that thing? I remember the IBM Model M and could really fly on those buckling spring keys.

    The only problem I might have with it is trying to type quietly on those mornings I can't sleep and wake up at 3am... I think it'd wake my wife at the other end of the house! :lol:
  2. neutrino

    neutrino low mass particle Uber Employee

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    It is a unicomp. I went with black and with a windows keys. Other than that it's exactly like an IBM keyboard. My dad worked for IBM for 25 years so I grew up typing on their stuff.

    At home I almost exclusively use a laptop though.
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  3. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    Gonna necro this because it was the start of a new fantastic obsession. Have since used a Das Keyboard w/blues, DK w/browns (sold to a very good friend), K70 w/reds. Friend now looking to purchase Model M and I'm now thinking about building one from scratch, possibly w/Alps.

    MAVOR! Look what you've done.

    Cheers.
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  4. Geers

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    Had to type this so the character count was exactly 144.
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  5. japporo

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    Ah, that classic "clickety-click". I have a Unicomp as well, though I use a ergo keyboard most of the time (darned RSIs), and the sound always brings back fond memories.

    Edit: It's absolutely baffling to me that neither Unicomp nor anyone else has made a buckling-spring switch keyboard with a modern split curve ergonomic layout, a la the old MS Natural Keyboard Pro. The sales would be staggering.
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  6. tehtrekd

    tehtrekd Post Master General

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    IBM keyboards are the best ever.
    If you don't like clicky keyboards you're not a human being.
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  7. nofear1299

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    I bought a corsair K95, it is awesome. Mechanical keys have changed my very being.
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  9. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    P.s. Kpve
    Lol! That is quotable!
  10. pivo187

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    Ive been using a Microsoft Digital Pro keyboard for decade now...it has so many cool buttons on it that my desktop has zero icons bc I can activate anything right on the keyboard...email, browser, any app, volume control, sleep mode, ect ect...Is there anything out there comparable?
  11. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    Not mechanical? Not interested! :)
  12. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    So many cool buttons that you never touch?
  13. SolitaryCheese

    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    According to my quick google search, the keyboard is mechanical, aka has physical buttons and stuff. The only catch is that it has some extra programmable buttons. I have a keyboard of unknown model that has programmable buttons, but tbh... I never ever used those, but the WASD buttons had already lost their paint.
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    I do use the programmable buttons..Its a lot quicker than scrolling with the mouse to startup a program..I simply press 1 and itll open up the first program in my taskbar. Or if I want to increase or decrease volume no need to do any clicking on the taskbar for that either.
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  16. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    One of us is confused, and it is you.
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    SolitaryCheese Post Master General

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    It could be... did I misunderstand something? o_O
  18. dala1984

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    "Any keyboard that incorporates a metal spring".
    Mechanical Keyboard Guide:
    http://wiki.geekhack.org/index.php?title=Mechanical_Keyboards

    ;)

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  19. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    No worries, man- just that "mechanical keyboard" = keyboard with mechanical keyswitches (as opposed to the very common membrane style). The term "mechanical keyboard" has no correlation with auxiliary/programmable buttons.

    A Microsoft Digital Pro keyboard has no significance to this thread.
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  20. arm2thecore

    arm2thecore Active Member

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    Thanks! Yep, that's where the real keyboard nerds hang out. Fun site to check out occasionally- the amount of time, effort, and money some of those members put into their keyboards is truly ... um ... nuts. :)

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