
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Josiah, have you used a WASD keyboard? I've heard good things about them...</div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div>Tim<br><br></div><div><br>On Oct 21, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Josiah Ritchie <<a href="mailto:josiah@josiahritchie.com">josiah@josiahritchie.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">I've been eyeing the custom keycaps and colors for dvorak on top of the wasd keyboards for awhile. I have yet to talk myself into it though. </p>

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<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 21, 2014 8:51 PM, "Timothy Butler" <<a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz">tbutler@ofb.biz</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">As I’ve continued to research and mull, I think I have a new set of “finalists.”<div><br></div><div>1.) The WASD Code Keyboard with Cherry MX Clears (<a href="http://codekeyboards.com" target="_blank">http://codekeyboards.com</a>)</div><div>2.) The KUL TKL keyboard with MX Browns (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KI1ZAHY/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00KI23T8U&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1BJJ96THP3ZPZT2AYYB5" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KI1ZAHY/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00KI23T8U&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1BJJ96THP3ZPZT2AYYB5</a>)</div><div>3.) The Unicomp Space Saver M</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first two have dip switches that let them switch between PC and Mac mode, which sounds great in my book since I may use it in both settings. They also have removable USB cables, which is nice. And, notably, they both are compact and understated. </div><div><br></div><div>The Unicomp doesn’t have swappable modes, doesn’t have a removable cable (unless I’m mistaken) and isn’t understated or compact. But, it has buckling springs and, as an added bonus, PBT keycaps. </div><div><br></div><div>In any case, if anyone has any thoughts on those keyboards and how they might compare to each other, I’m open to comments. A purist part of me really wants to go with the Unicomp; but I like the idea of something smaller, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div>Tim</div><div><br><div>

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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 18, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Timothy Butler <<a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz" target="_blank">tbutler@ofb.biz</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Hey, Eduardo, I had forgotten about your purchase of that guy years ago. How did you pick it out over other mechanical keyboards? My guess is that a Unicomp keyboard would last longer than the other ones I might consider… </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Do you think the noise would be too great for a situation like mine where I’m in a private office, but with the door open?</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Blessings,</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Tim</div><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div><b>Timothy Butler</b></div><div><a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz" target="_blank">tbutler@ofb.biz</a></div><div><br></div></div><i style="font-family:'Book Antiqua',Georgia,Times,serif">"The best theology would need no advocates: it would prove itself."</i><span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua',Georgia,Times,serif"> —Karl Barth</span></div><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 17, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Eduardo Sanchez <<a href="mailto:lists@sombragris.org" target="_blank">lists@sombragris.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal"><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">I own an Unicomp Model M. Heavy (~3 kg), kind of noisy, but worth every cent and pound of it. Typing on it is a whole different level of typing.</div><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Recommended.</div><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Blessings,</div><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Eduardo</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">--<span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Eduardo Sánchez Gauto, Abog., Th.M.</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">Abogado - Traductor Público Matriculado Inglés - Español</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">blog:<span> </span><a href="http://shadow.sombragris.org/" target="_blank">http://shadow.sombragris.org</a></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">0991 755-355 - Asunción, Paraguay</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">==============================================</div><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">-- Respondiendo a Timothy Butler Friday 17 October 2014 20.19.47:</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Friends,</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> I’m thinking after years of pondering it that I might finally bite the</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> bullet and buy a mechanical keyboard as I prepare to start</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> dissertating. I’m trying to figure out which one to go with. The</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> options that seem most obvious are:</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> - A used IBM Model M (problem: none of the modern function keys</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> would be on it, which would be a pain; noisy). - Unicomp Model M with</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Mac keys (problem: maybe too noisy?) - Mathias Quiet Pro (problem:</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> some people complain they die after a few years). - Das Keyboard 4</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> (problem: some people complain the key labels wear off too quickly</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> from use).</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Has anyone uses several of these? Can you speak to which one was your</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> favorite? Suggestions on other keyboards, perhaps?</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Blessings,</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Tim</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> Timothy Butler</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span><a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz" target="_blank">tbutler@ofb.biz</a></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> "The best theology would need no advocates: it would prove itself."</div><div style="margin:0px;text-indent:0px">> —Karl Barth</div><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;text-indent:0px"> </p></div>_______________________________________________<br>ChristianSource FSLUG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Christiansource@ofb.biz" target="_blank">Christiansource@ofb.biz</a><br><a href="http://cs.uninetsolutions.com/" target="_blank">http://cs.uninetsolutions.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">ChristianSource FSLUG mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="mailto:Christiansource@ofb.biz" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">Christiansource@ofb.biz</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://cs.uninetsolutions.com/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">http://cs.uninetsolutions.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div><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