[tech] [committee] Keyboards

[Andrew Adamson]

Hi Gozz,

I wholeheartedly agree - model S is better and more robust. We should get 
it if we can. Not really keen on the alternatives - we've always bought 
"highly rated" keyboards, and the DAS has been proven to outlive them all 
in the clubroom.

Andrew Adamson
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |

On Mon, 23 Oct 2017, gozzarda at ucc.asn.au wrote:

> My personal (if brief) experience and anecdotal evidence leads me to believe
> that the Das Keyboard 4 is a significantly overpriced gimmick compared to the
> older Das Model S that we have been using and that I use at home (I recently
> went out of my way to get a second Das Model S rather than a Das 4).
> Unfortunately it seems the Model S is not stocked by Australia retailers
> anymore, though it is available for just A$170 shipped from Amazon:
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Das-Keyboard-Professional-Mechanical-DASK3MKPROCLI/dp/B008PFABI8/
> 
> If people want to get something locally, there are a couple of much cheaper
> options compared to the Das 4 that still review well:
> 
> https://www.ple.com.au/Products/625096/Logitech-G610-Orion-Backlit-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-MX-Blue-Switch
> https://www.ple.com.au/Products/624331/Corsair-Gaming-K70-LUX-Red-Mechanical-Keyboard-MX-Blue-Switch
> 
> Out of the above two I would recommend the Corsair for its unnecessarily
> sturdy frame and ease of cleaning. Overall I would personally recommend the
> Das Model S as it has served me (and UCC) well for several years now.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gozz
> 
> On 2017-10-23 16:48, Andrew Adamson wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I've just arrived at the clubroom to find that the DAS keyboard from
> > clownfish has been moved to cobra and relabelled, and then replaced with
> > an old Sun rubber dome thing. Catfishes keyboard cable is broken, so I can
> > only assume there has been a three-way swap.
> > 
> > This sort of behaviour is frequent, and incredibly unfair to those of
> > us who use the Linux machines. We are not here to use the broken gear from
> > the Windows machines.
> > 
> > If a computers keyboard is broken, that should be replaced with a spare,
> > or fixed - not taken from another machine. I note there has not been any
> > sort of email or communication to the lists to say that the USB cable
> > needs replacing, yet someone made the effort to use the label maker to say
> > the cable is broken. I have no words for this.
> > 
> > Can door members please keep an eye out for people doing this (or stop
> > doing it themselves).
> > 
> > Can committee please approve me buying a new DAS keyboard for clownfish -
> > there are other brands, but the DAS keyboards have outlived nearly
> > everything else in the room. This one for $239 with $19 shipping:
> > https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27227/das-keyboard-4-professional-mechanical-keyboard-cherry-blue
> > 
> > Andrew Adamson
> > bob at ucc.asn.au
> > 
> > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
> > | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
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