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April 17, 2010
Buckling Springs vs. Cherry MX Blue vs. ALPS?
Featured By Owner
Apr 16, 2010
So, after using a mechanical keyboard for the past few months or so, I'm pretty much incapable of using a normal rubber dome one entirely. I absolutely love my ABS M1 and the tactile feel it provides, and could never imagine going back to a regular old keyboard. I've only used my Lycosa a handful of times in the past few months, and mainly because with the backlight off, the keys are impossible to see, making it ideal for practicing using the Dvorak layout.
Now, the other day when I was over at my friend Will's house, he mentioned to me that he had an old IBM computer that he didn't know how to use. To my surprise, it was a Model 5150, aka. THE "Personal Computer". And while setting it up and showing him how to use DOS and play games off some floppies he had, I of course had to use his old IBM PC Keyboard. Needless to say, I absolutely loved it. It was even louder and more tactile than my own ABS M1. And with a bit of research, I found that it uses buckling springs like the Model M.
So, researching a bit I found that new models of the IBM Model M are still made with (almost the same) feel under the name "Customizer 104" by Unicomp. It looks rather interesting, and the color layout is pretty nice to. Of course, it comes at a steep price of $69.99, which then again is actually relatively low compared to say, a backlit mechanical keyboard like the Deck Legend Frost, or something that uses Topre switches like the HHKB Pro.
The only thing is that on researching further, I found that many people prefer the feel of Cherry MX Blue switches (used in the Das/iOne/etc.) to the buckling springs used in the Model M / Customizer 104. Of course, the majority of keyboards using them are significantly more expensive, and I wouldn't be able to buy one as quickly.
So, the question is: Should I stick with my ABS M1 for now and save for a Cherry MX Blue one later? Or should I buy a Customizer 104? Any other keyboards / switch types that people would recommend?
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Featured By Owner
May 24, 2010
Hopefully, this isn't too late. I don't know if you've seen any of the reviews on youtube about the various types of clicky keyboards/buckling spring models but there is one guy who reviews both the original IBM model M, the Das professional, and the Customizer 104:
I trust his reviews. Personally, I adore buckling spring technology. It's got a heavier and more tactile feel than the Das. For me, the fact that the Das has been made to be lighter takes away from that really solid feeling you get when you type on a buckling spring. There just seems to be more of a snap to a model M/Customizer 104. The Customizer 104 is admittedly lighter than the original IBM model M, but I think it's the closest you can get without buying the original.
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May 24, 2010
I've already bought a Customizer 104 a while back, I like it quite a bit. I'm sorta wishing I had saved up for a Topre switch board, though. The Realforce 87U is actually phototristian's new favorite, I recommended it to him about 2 weeks ago and he grabbed one.
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Apr 23, 2010
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Good to see another keyboard enthusiast. I've got a small collection myself, an IBM Model M, Compaq MX-11800, and Cherry G84-4100.
The ABS M1 is a decent keyboard, especially if you picked up on the deal recently (it was $20 on Newegg.com), but it's really just a starter board, to whet your appetite for mechanicals. The switches are nothing special (Fukkas, imitation black Alps), it has transposition errors, the rollover is kinda sucky, and the build quality leaves something to be desired. But I'd still pick it over 99% of rubber dome keyboards.
I haven't yet gotten my hands on an MX blue board. In a poll on Geekhack, it's actually tied with the Model M's buckling springs for preferred mech. switch.
There are three clicky switch types to look out for, and one other that isn't as common but can be gotten for cheap (there are more, but they aren't worth mentioning).
IBM Buckling Springs - ~60-70g activation, sharp tactile point, reset point is the same as activation point, Model Ms are cheap
Cherry MX Blue - 55g activation, sharp tactile point, reset point is above activation point so gaming or double tapping can be awkward, most MX Blue boards are either rare or expensive
White Alps - ~60-70g activation, mushy tactile feel, lots of cheap keyboards that use it but the good ones are rare.
Monterey SMK - imitation white Alps, with a feel somewhere between the white Alps and MX blues. Found only in Chicony KB-5181 keyboards manufactured in certain years, but some claim they're the best they've typed on. Unfortunately the KB-5181's build quality is mediocre.
Also consider Cherry MX Brown switches, which are not tactile, but still have a decent tactile feel, and there are a handful of cheap keyboards that use them. For instance, I got my Compaq MX-11800 with MX browns for $25 shipped.
In my opinion, if you have a heavy hand then the Unicomp Customizer space saver would be the best choice (space saver just gets rid of the excessive bezel that makes the Model M take up half a desk). If you have a light hand, I'd either try an MX brown board, or save up for a Filco or Das with MX blues. If you want to spend more money to try the switches out first, you can get an iOne Scorpius M10 or Adesso MKB-125B with MX blues for ~$50, but the boards themselves have a high failure rate due to cheap manufacturing.
If you want to know more about keyboards, the best place to go is Geekhack.org. Also google "Mechanical Keyboard guide" to get Manyak's wonderful article over at Overclock.net, where I'm an active member and have a number of keyboard dissections. Also, if you're interested I'm trying to set up an order for some custom keycaps for Alps-switch keyboards like the ABS M1--in fact, the key's profile will be designed for the ABS M1's escape key. We need at least 50 orders to make it a reality and are currently at 12, with several more pledged to order within the next couple days. Since several people are making multiple orders (one guy ordered 6!) I think we stand a good chance of reaching 50. If you're interested, read this thread:
Hope I've been helpful.
Featured By Owner
Apr 23, 2010
I love my ABS M1 so far, but unfortunately, I got it from $50 off Newegg quite a few months ago. Though, had I known about the sale, I'd have had a second one here already as a spare.
I was considering the Customizer 104 (I actually like the excessive bezel to an extent), but I've read that they have some build quality issues, mainly with the printing and the consistency of the feel between keys.
I don't think I'd buy the iOne or Adesso, seeing as they're still quite expensive and poor quality.
Thanks for advice overall. I'll check out the thread(s).
Featured By Owner
Apr 23, 2010
Student General Artist
I don't think there are any real build quality issues on the Unicomp, it's made on the same machinery as the original Model Ms and that's been maintained pretty well. The only differences are: drainage holes (a good thing); slightly thinner, lighter plastic; 0.8mm steel plate instead of 1.0mm; modern surface-mount controller board; and 60g springs instead of 70g. Aside from those minor differences it's exactly the same as the Model Ms of old.
Featured By Owner
Apr 23, 2010
Seems to think there's some annoying drawbacks, others less so. Makes me a bit worried.
Featured By Owner
Apr 23, 2010
Student General Artist
Eh, they're nitpicking. Geekhackers do that. Uneven keycaps? Injection molding is never perfect, especially with something small and thin like the Model M's top keycaps. As for inconsistent key feel, buckling springs need a wear-in time of a couple weeks. For someone who's been using used Model Ms, a brand new board will feel a little off until he breaks it in. As for the single vs. double piece keycaps shenanigans, well... Consider that Unicomp was, is, and will continue to be on the edge of bankruptcy (unless they actually do go bankrupt). If they're out of double piece keycaps, they can't afford to blow a sale, so they sent single piece. Don't like it, but I understand why they did it and sympathize to an extent. It's a good company, it just gets a little desperate when sales dry up, such as they have since the recession started.
The Unicomp Customizer is still one of the highest-quality mechanical keyboards still in production, unless you want to get a Das or Filco or Deck, or one of a handful of other high-end boards, they're one of the top dogs, in quality if not in sales and service.
Featured By Owner
Apr 23, 2010
Guess it's back down to between the Das and the Customizer 104 then. I'll see if I can't find a board with Cherry MX Blue switches to try. Probably just going to go with the Customizer since it's cheaper and I liked my friend's IBM PC Keyboard, though.
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Apr 23, 2010
Didn't know you were here too Phae, but I'm glad to know we got another keyboard guy around these parts.
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Stefan Hard / Staff Photo Castleton State College employee Bill Bunder of Poultney, foreground, holds sings with others Monday calling for improved wages, secure retirement, and other improvements for emplyees of the state college system, during a Vermont State Employees Association rally Monday at the Statehouse in Montpelier. About 100 attended the rally.MONTPELIER Members of the Vermont State Employees Association and other unions rallied on the steps of the Statehouse on Monday, hoping to gather support for higher wages and no cuts to retirement benefits for some staff at the Vermont State Colleges.
About 220 full-time and roughly 30 part-time administrative and service employees at four of the five state colleges Castleton, Lyndon, Johnson and Vermont Technical College have reached an impasse with the chancellors office on a new labor deal. Wages and cuts in the colleges contributions to retirement benefits and retirees health care premiums that were proposed by the chancellors office remain sticking points.
The previous four-year deal expired June 30. Negotiations, which fell apart in late July, took place for several months without success.
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Several speakers at Mondays rally, including Janis Henderson, the chairwoman of the Vermont State Colleges Staff Federation and a custodian at Lyndon State for the past 15 years, said that 60 percent of the workers seeking a new contract earn less than what the Legislatures Joint Fiscal Office has determined to be a livable wage in Vermont.
We feel that weve asked for nothing unreasonable, Henderson said in an interview. What we need to do is we need to help our members. We have 60 percent of them that are on state assistance. They need to be able to earn a livable wage.
Administrative and service employees of the state college system start at an hourly wage of $9.65. The Joint Fiscal Office determined that a livable wage in Vermont for a single person with no dependents is $15.74 an hour.
Henderson said the chancellors office is looking to reduce the retirement contributions made by the Vermont State Colleges by 25 percent and is asking new retirees to begin paying half of their health care premiums, which average about $4,000 annually.
Thats going to be difficult. Its going to create a hardship, she said.
The union is looking to start workers at $12.50 an hour, Henderson said.
If Im correct, that would cost the colleges maybe $80,000 to bring them up in the beginning, she said. Given the money they spend, I think theyd be able to do that.
The chancellors office said employees have received, on average, an annual 5.5 percent salary increase in each of the past four years. Additionally they have paid, on average, 7 percent of their health care premiums while receiving a 12 percent retirement contribution from VSC without any requirement for employees to match it. The chancellors plan would cut the contribution to 9 percent.
Rep. Susan Hatch Davis, P/D-West Topsham, said at Mondays rally that she intends to introduce with Rep. John Moran, D-Wardsboro, the Fair Compensation in Higher Education Act. That bill will call for at least a $12.50 hourly wage for state college employees.
It would also limit the wage gap between the highest-paid employees and the lowest-paid to a factor of eight, she said, and end six-figure golden parachutes for departing administrators.
No employee of UVM or the Vermont State Colleges should receive more than five times the in-state tuition rate that too many Vermont families are struggling to pay, Hatch Davis said. She is co-chairwoman of the Legislative Working Vermonters Caucus.
She said the caucus will also look to increase funding for the state colleges in the state budget.
The caucus is prepared to actively fight for a budget that includes a livable wage and secure retirement for Vermont State Colleges workers, Hatch Davis said. We think state government should model good behavior and we should be a model employer. No employee of the state of Vermont should work full-time and still qualify for benefits targeted to lift low-income Vermonters out of poverty.
With an impasse declared, the two sides are set to begin mediation in October. If that fails, the Vermont Labor Relations Board will enlist a fact finder and resolve the impasse based on the findings.
VSC spokesman Daniel Smith said Mondays rally, attended by several dozen people, will not affect the position of the colleges.
In our view, it neither helps or hurts the process. Regardless of the rally or any other public effort, we intend to approach the process in good faith, with a commitment to reaching an agreement that is fiscally responsible for the colleges, fair to employees and respectful of the economic realities facing the students and families who pay tuition, he said in a statement.MORE IN Vermont NewsJOHNSON A Johnson man is being held on $75,000 bail after the Lamoille County Sheriffs... Full StoryBURLINGTON The final resting place of a little-remembered but crucial hero of the War of 1812... Full StoryFor only the second time in 15 years, fuel oil prices are much lower during the winter than they... Full Story
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We're headed to Branson, MO tomorrow for a one week family vacation.
A wise person would have spent this morning finishing up laundry and packing. But that doesn't sound like any fun at all.
So, I chose instead to spend my morning on the internet. I was compiling a list, complete with bullet points, detailing "Free Things to Do in Branson."
The list is pretty impressive. It includes visiting a fish hatchery. A fish hatchery!! But when Jonathan wakes up I'm sure he'll want to see that I've at least started thinking about packing.
I know! I'll start a packing list! Brilliant!
mini-van update: After a visit to the mechanic, the cruise control and window are now fully functional. We are road trip ready! (The windshield-fluid-sprayer-thingie is still broken. But bug guts are a small annoyance that can be dealt with.)
Hope you have a very fun and safe trip!!
YES! I love lists too! Who wants to pack when you can make lists!! Lots of them too.
Have a "cheap" time!!
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Hope you all had a great time. We go to Branson alot since it is so close to us. Bailey loves the fish hatchery!! She always makes me a little nervous there because she gets so close to the edge and mommy really does not like to swim with fish:)
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Visiondivision used a 100 foot yellow poplar – Indiana's state tree – as the foundation for the concession stand, which is dubbed "Chopstick." The tree was carefully stripped of its bark, which was then cut into strips and kiln dried. The stripped tree was then suspended horizontally so that it hovers above the ground on wooden supports and the small concession kiosk. The kiosk is covered with the dried bark shingles, which are naturally durable and can last for up to 80 years without much maintenance.
Beyond the kiosk, swings for school children hang from the sturdy trunk — 100 Acres is regularly visited by families and schools. The end-side of the trunk will hold a bench swing for adults and couples. The firm is planning to use the entirety of the tree in the Chopstick project, so its pressed leaves and flowers will be used to decorate the kiosk, and inspire the children. The roots can be made into teas and tonics sold in the stand.
Smaller branches will be used as legs for tables and chairs. Excess wood will be shredded into sawdust and used for insulation. The top end of the tree will sit between joint braces, keeping the entire trunk level.
Chopstick is at home in the lush 100 Acres park, where it transformed an indigenous tree into a visitor's destination for all to enjoy.
Photos by Eric Lubrick (IMA), Donna Sink, Visiondivision
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Jupiter August 14, 2011 at 1:17 pm
What a delight! A great thing to see for an architect like myself!
sunfly August 12, 2011 at 1:30 am
I'm hoping they found a dead tree for this? Why kill such a wonderful tree for a concession stand? This is celebrated on inhabitant?
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Wonderful! So inspirational!
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Seems like a waste of perfectly good tree?
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|Central Baptist Church, 1950s. Central Baptist Church, located on South Main Street, 1950s. The Church began as a Mission of the First Baptist Church and was organized as the Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 1891. The First Church building was destroyed in the 1903 Tornado, and the people moved to a new location so the name changed in 1904. The picture shown in this photograph was completed by stages over a period of years.
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I like the return of the yellow emblem on his chest. The classic black one has gotten dull again. I like how the seams are drawn. Even Batman can wear a bowling ball bag on head.
The swordsmanship's first achievement is the unity of man and sword. Once this unity is attained even a blade of grass can be a weapon.
The second achievement is when the sword exists in one's heart. When absent from one's hand one can strike an enemy at paces
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Swordsmanship's ultimate achievement is the absence of the sword in both hand and heart. The swordsman is at peace with the rest of the world. He vows not to kill.
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