[AusNOG] Keyboards...

[Jethro Carr]

Warning however -the “silent” version isn’t as silent as you might expect. More of a “reduced noise keyboard”, still loud enough to incur HR complaints in an open plan office.

I ended up having to o-ring mod my Das Keyboard Silent (Cherry MX Browns) in order to make it quieter, but it’s still by the far the loudest keyboard in the office.

regards,
Jethro

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Jethro Carr
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On 4 September 2015 at 20:05:16, James Hodgkinson (yaleman at ricetek.net) wrote:
> Everyone that's talking about the DAS - you can get a silent version...
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> James
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> On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, at 16:46, Andrew Cheng wrote:
> > I sometimes use the Das, but found it too loud for typing during skype
> > calls, so I've gone back to this one:
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> > (The designer P2 - membrane based, similar to the honeywell of
> > the era)
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> > https://keyboards.keytronic.com/home/Shop/shop.asp?h_ck=TEK870
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> > I've had it for ~14 years, keys are worn as, but is still sensational.
> > It is PS2 though.. but nothing a $5 adapter (make sure you get an
> > "active" one) doesn't fix.
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> > On 4 September 2015 at 14:19, Bradley Amm
> > wrote:
> >> I liked these
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> >> https://www.google.com.au/search?q=microsoft+ergonomic+keyboard&biw=1920&bih=955&tbm=isch&imgil=ESmJY8cG-AmmRM%253A%253BYzlnmx4HIUU64M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.engadget.com%25252Fproducts%25252Fmicrosoft%25252Fnatural-ergonomic-keyboard%25252F4000%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=ESmJY8cG-AmmRM%253A%252CYzlnmx4HIUU64M%252C_&usg=__D6NGm7iVS-JjJfk2wPKo2okAerA%3D#imgrc=ESmJY8cG-AmmRM%3A&usg=__D6NGm7iVS-JjJfk2wPKo2okAerA%3D  
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> Klaus Boehme
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> Sent: Friday, 4 September 2015 2:10 PM
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> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
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> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Keyboards...
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> Yes on the Sculpt as well. I have been using 'ergonomic' keyboards for
> as long as they have been around. It is difficult to move back to a
> standard one after that.
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> I really (really) like the small footprint of the Sculpt and the
> separate NumPad (very handy). If you're used to working on a laptop you
> won't have issue with the chiclet keys.
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> I don't like that it's wireless only and that the Del/Ins key positions
> are swapped - nothing that AHK or a key mapper can't fix though.
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> Klaus
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> On 4/09/2015 1:23 PM, Luke Notley wrote:
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> > +1 for Sculpt keyboard and mouse, I changed about 2 years ago from
> > wrist pain and has been awesome since.
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> > Cheers..Luke
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
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> > Ruben Schade
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> > Sent: Friday, 4 September 2015 11:20 AM
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> > To: ausnog at ausnog.net
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> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Keyboards...
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> > Putting in a good word for split keyboards.
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> > I've used an IBM Model M clone (Unicomp), a Cherry MX Brown and a MX
> > Blue. All feel fantastic, and prevent you bottoming out with each
> > keypress which reduces finger fatigue.
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> > As I approach my 30s though (gulp), I'd started feeling pain in my
> > wrists. I swapped out for a new Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic, and
> > haven't looked back:
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> > https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/sculpt-ergonomic-desktop
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> > As that character retorted to Ray in Blues Brothers, there's less
> > action in this keyboard compared to the aforementioned ones.
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> > That said, the keys are still a *vast* improvement from the plastic
> > mush of their previous split keyboards. They feel like laptop scissor
> > keys, but with more depth and stability.
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> > Cheers,
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> > --
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> > Ruben Schade in s/Singapore/Sydney/
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> > Time for a meeting, in digital space;
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