![]() ![]() ![]() Still, the Realforce with its lovely Topre switches has remained my favorite. All of these are quality keyboards, far surpassing what comes bundled with any PC or Mac you might buy. Since then, I’ve also picked up a Unicomp Classic 104 with buckling springs (basically a modern-day IBM Model M), refurbished the old Focus FK-2001 with Alps switches that I used on my 486 NEXTSTEP for Intel box in the early ’90s, stole my keyboard-happy friend Arnold Kim’s Matias Quiet Pro (with Alps-like switches - a nice board, but no superstar) and picked up a genuine IBM Model M Space Saver keyboard (buckling springs) in mint condition, as well (it’s something of a legend in the mechanical keyboard world). (I soon modded it out with a partial set of orange keycaps.) It has been my primary keyboard for most of the time since that post. It is a keyboard that has an exceptional feel that’s pretty hard to describe. Not long at all after that post, I was indeed “typing properly.” It was a lot easier to learn than I imagined it would be.Īs I mentioned in that post, I had ordered a Realforce 87U keyboard featuring Japanese Topre capacitive keyswitches, and I received it soon after. ![]() In order to truly enjoy the experience of typing on these quality boards, I decided to learn to type “properly,” as opposed to my odd (but fast) most-of-left-hand + one-finger-on-right-hand approach, and made a post about it. Nearly two years ago I got into mechanical keyboards (real keyboards, proper keyboards) in a pretty big way. ![]()
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