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No more fancy keyboard$

Checkerboard Strangler

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No more fancy keyboard$

Yesterday marked the failure of the FOURTH fancy expensive feature packed modern computer keyboard I’ve purchased in the last three years.

For some strange reason, these companies not only cannot figure out how to keep the letters from fading off the keys on these very expensive feature packed “smart keyboards”, they can’t even seem to make them last more than six months without keys sticking or some other issue.
I give up! They aren’t worth it!
As you can see above, I’ve reverted to my old standby, one of those ancient BEIGE computer keyboards from the old days. This one actually PREDATES the INTERNET.
And yet somehow, no sticking keys and you can still see the LETTERS , even after well over THIRTY years of service.

It is not a USB keyboard, it has no special buttons, it is not bluetooth and it is not lighted either. It’s as plain and ordinary and average as a piece of old beige computer hardware can possibly be. It is kind of like “a 1974 Ford Falcon Futura” of computer keyboards.

And just like a 1974 Ford Falcon, guess what?
IT STILL WORKS.
It will probably outlast even me, and I think I’ve reached the point where I will just stay with this ancient piece of tech till I am in the ground, because I refuse to shell out big cash for fancy feature laden keyboards that can’t even last as long as the rechargeable batteries that power them.

My computer workstation is truly a modern marvel, it has the fastest processors, fastest and most RAM, six of the fastest and biggest hard drives, several of them solid state and I have big lovely monitors and a nice audio system that complements anything current.

And I guess, as it turns out, a KEYBOARD that dates back to the waning days of the Bush 41 administration. (LOL)
And if that stupid mouse starts acting up, guess what?
HIS ancestors used to have tails, TOO!!!
 
Are you using hand sanitizer? That might make the letters fade.

Otherwise, I agree. If it ain't broke.....
 
Yep, back when MS Windows was just a (thin candy?) shell over MS DOS.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
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No more fancy keyboard$

Yesterday marked the failure of the FOURTH fancy expensive feature packed modern computer keyboard I’ve purchased in the last three years.

For some strange reason, these companies not only cannot figure out how to keep the letters from fading off the keys on these very expensive feature packed “smart keyboards”, they can’t even seem to make them last more than six months without keys sticking or some other issue.
I give up! They aren’t worth it!
As you can see above, I’ve reverted to my old standby, one of those ancient BEIGE computer keyboards from the old days. This one actually PREDATES the INTERNET.
And yet somehow, no sticking keys and you can still see the LETTERS , even after well over THIRTY years of service.

It is not a USB keyboard, it has no special buttons, it is not bluetooth and it is not lighted either. It’s as plain and ordinary and average as a piece of old beige computer hardware can possibly be. It is kind of like “a 1974 Ford Falcon Futura” of computer keyboards.

And just like a 1974 Ford Falcon, guess what?
IT STILL WORKS.
It will probably outlast even me, and I think I’ve reached the point where I will just stay with this ancient piece of tech till I am in the ground, because I refuse to shell out big cash for fancy feature laden keyboards that can’t even last as long as the rechargeable batteries that power them.

My computer workstation is truly a modern marvel, it has the fastest processors, fastest and most RAM, six of the fastest and biggest hard drives, several of them solid state and I have big lovely monitors and a nice audio system that complements anything current.

And I guess, as it turns out, a KEYBOARD that dates back to the waning days of the Bush 41 administration. (LOL)
And if that stupid mouse starts acting up, guess what?
HIS ancestors used to have tails, TOO!!!
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Made in ‘Merca by the hands of free men, not no stinking commies!

(But they sound like a noisy diesel’s clacking injectors!)
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
View attachment 67267113

No more fancy keyboard$

Yesterday marked the failure of the FOURTH fancy expensive feature packed modern computer keyboard I’ve purchased in the last three years.

For some strange reason, these companies not only cannot figure out how to keep the letters from fading off the keys on these very expensive feature packed “smart keyboards”, they can’t even seem to make them last more than six months without keys sticking or some other issue.
I give up! They aren’t worth it!
As you can see above, I’ve reverted to my old standby, one of those ancient BEIGE computer keyboards from the old days. This one actually PREDATES the INTERNET.
And yet somehow, no sticking keys and you can still see the LETTERS , even after well over THIRTY years of service.

It is not a USB keyboard, it has no special buttons, it is not bluetooth and it is not lighted either. It’s as plain and ordinary and average as a piece of old beige computer hardware can possibly be. It is kind of like “a 1974 Ford Falcon Futura” of computer keyboards.

And just like a 1974 Ford Falcon, guess what?
IT STILL WORKS.
It will probably outlast even me, and I think I’ve reached the point where I will just stay with this ancient piece of tech till I am in the ground, because I refuse to shell out big cash for fancy feature laden keyboards that can’t even last as long as the rechargeable batteries that power them.

My computer workstation is truly a modern marvel, it has the fastest processors, fastest and most RAM, six of the fastest and biggest hard drives, several of them solid state and I have big lovely monitors and a nice audio system that complements anything current.

And I guess, as it turns out, a KEYBOARD that dates back to the waning days of the Bush 41 administration. (LOL)
And if that stupid mouse starts acting up, guess what?
HIS ancestors used to have tails, TOO!!!
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In curious... did you buy the keyboards through Amazon or Newegg? And did you get them at a significant discount from what they sell for in a brick and mortar store? (30-50% less) Because both of these sites rely on 3rd party vendors, and are known to look the other way when vendors selling counterfeit items in bulk use their platforms. A $100 and up keyboard should never result in fading key letters, or stuck keys.
 
Its from after 1994.. windows key was introduced then. While "old", it aint that old. Miss my old IBM keyboard... kinda. Weighed as much as a car, but damn it was good to write on.
 
PeteEU said:
Its from after 1994.. windows key was introduced then. While "old", it aint that old. Miss my old IBM keyboard... kinda. Weighed as much as a car, but damn it was good to write on.
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Them old IBM were like tanks. But they sure clicked a lot.
 
truthatallcost said:
In curious... did you buy the keyboards through Amazon or Newegg? And did you get them at a significant discount from what they sell for in a brick and mortar store? (30-50% less) Because both of these sites rely on 3rd party vendors, and are known to look the other way when vendors selling counterfeit items in bulk use their platforms. A $100 and up keyboard should never result in fading key letters, or stuck keys.
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I've sourced this stuff from all over.
I am a film editor...well, for forty years that's what I was.
I was joking when I said something about going through four keyboards in three years, because the truth is I could probably stack em halfway to the damn ceiling if I counted back far enough.
I kept two of these old dinosaurs for back in the days when computers wouldn't boot up in SAFE MODE unless they could detect a conventional PS/2 unit plugged in.

Anyway, NOT joking, if I wanted to go back far enough, it's a long standing chronic issue.
I remember one year where I got hired to cut something like sixty commercials AND a feature film in the space of less than six months. I made a small fortune, lost a lot of hair and burned a lot of brain cells to a cinder, and I decided to treat myself to TWO brand new deluxe keyboards.
One was a special order keyboard designed to work with the AVID digital media editing platform.
I still have that unit but I do not like the way it feels for writing.
It is great for editing, though.

I also ordered a fancy keyboard to use every day, I wanted to spoil myself, and I went directly to Fry's Electronics, aka "the Crack Store" for freaks and geeks.

The everyday keyboard died before I even finished the feature film.
It was not counterfeit either.
I understand about bootleg tech :) I know what you mean.

Semi-retired now, I don't really need anything but the old beige IBM slab.
It's okay! I still have something scary under the hood.
 
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