Das Keyboard II

[easuter]

I've recently been looking to buy/reuse an old keyboard similar to IBM's model M, but it seems to be impossible where I live. And the computer stores I've visited here don't stock any (and some don't know what buckling spring keyboards are...).

Anyway, I stumbled upon something interesting today, Das Keyboard II:

http://www.daskeyboard.com/

So besides the "clicky" design, it has no character labeling to increase typing speed (piano style!).

Pity about the pricing though, lol  but it seems to be made to last ones entire career...

[rbistolfi]

Looks nice, the material has a texture that looks like very robust. But indeed, the price is too high.

[kidd]

Some time ago, I looked for cool high performance keyboards, and found pretty nice ones.
Unfortunately, all were far too expensive for my pocket.

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/kb_adv-blk720x471.jpg
http://www.pfusystems.com/hhkeyboard/images/lite2_us_sl.jpg



and here a collection of keyboards used by ratpoison users (probably the most keyboard fanatic community)
http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/keyboards/

Seeya

[tomh38]

You can get new-in-the-box Model M keyboards on eBay like this one:  http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-Replacement-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-NEW-NIB_W0QQitemZ160134700325QQihZ006QQcategoryZ74946QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If they don't ship to where you live, and you trust me, you could have it shipped to me and then I would ship it to you.  Or if you want that particular one that I just linked to, I could just buy it, have it shipped to myself, and then ship it to you and then you could owe me a beer or something.

The price would definitely be lower than the $90 for Das Keyboard.

[easuter]

Right now I'm not getting anything (until I've finished working for the summer). Just doing "window shopping" for now Thanks tomh38 for the offer