Brings to mind the IBM Model M2 and the Dell QuietKey. Not bad! If nothing else I'm pleased to see more beige and gray being manufactured at a low price. Might be worth grabbing as a generic keyboard for random old clone PCs.
Dell Quietkey is exactly what I thought of too! Also, I was sure he was going to pull an Intellimouse out of that box, I know they rereleased it recently.
The shape is identical to mid/late 90s IBM rubber dome boards the KB-8923 and later KB-3923. The model number on this one also being 3923 made me think they're related or from the same OEM. Took a look and it does appear to be Chicony as the OEM, it's on their awful website www.chicony.com.tw/chicony/jp/product/KU-3923
@@St0rmcrash Appropriately enough, Compaq also has a version of this exact keyboard, also called the KB-3923, which I think is roughly contemporary with the Deskpro EN in the video (maybe a bit older)
@@junkdata6242 Both my towers (mATX & ATX, housing a Core2Duo server/NVR and an AMD gaming system respectively) are beige Evercase supplied cases, modern inside, retro outside, and they're pretty sturdy too unlike a lot of tinfoil cases these days... :)
IIRC Lian Li used to have some but they effectively ditched their whole portfolio sans the Lancool RGB UNICORN PUKE series. Or at least that's what the current website implies.
@@tarstarkusz I would upload it if I had a recording of it. (p.s. Poland was an Eastern Bloc country, but it was never actually part of the Soviet Union.)
@@tarstarkusz Wikipedia describes says, "Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color,[1] a grayish tan,[2] a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow." Websters states it's "a variable color averaging light grayish-yellowish brown". And the American Heritage Dictionary states it's "A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow." So, yeah, it's beige.
I'm sure most people who watch this channel don't realize that it was a picture of the band that the channel was named after and wondered who the picture was of anyways lol
@@JaredConnell this channel has become one of my all time favs. He really asks the questions I would have when talking about old tech. No other channel appeals to my nerdy interests more than right here.
The quick, *sly* fox jumped over the lazy, brown dog. I guess you could open up the mouse and glue some metal parts inside to weigh it down? Thanks for the video!
I love these old keyboards, I have mods that make these rubber dome boards feel mechanical with solid bottom outs, as well as using grease to decrease rattle. Not many mechanical switches come close to the tactility of a good rubber dome.
I bought one of these keyboards a couple of years ago partly due to nostalgia and partly because i was tired of the modern black / grey types available today. It's a wonderful keyboard for the price. I love it.
I just received one of these keyboards today, after watching this video and reading comments such as your, and I love it. It's pretty much just like the keyboards in the 90s I grew up with.
I've used that mouse since 2012 - nearly a decade of faithful service. Recently the scroll wheel got gummed up, so I replaced it with a (black) Classic IntelliMouse. The IntelliMouse is not only heavier, but much more comfortable in the hand. It also cost more than twice as much, so there's that.
The 0 key is probably grey because manufacturing cost. There are no other beige 1x2 key caps on the keyboard so they would have had to injection mould it just for this one key. Right now they can use the same blank cap as backspace and print 0 on it. Cost of moulding and logistics adds up with large volumes. If the form factor is different from backspace, I have no idea why they made it grey.
No, they have not the same form factor. They are very similar, but not the same. I wonder why the 0 key is gray too. It could be a mistake or a deliberate choice of the designers. Or even it could be due to avoid copyright problems, if the original coloring layout is still owned by IBM. but after so many years, all the patents should be expired.
Microsoft has been making those basic optical mice for probably the past 20 years. Looks like it got a bit of a redesign giving it an updated look (and the modern Microsoft logo), but otherwise, it's the same exact mouse they were selling in 2002. Hence why it comes with a PS/2 adapter in the box, haha.
Even though I have and prefer more gaming oriented peripherals, the key switches in that keyboard sound SUPER GOOD. This keyboard sounds way softer and “smoother” then the Cherry MX Blue switches in my current keyboard. It also looks really nice, giving that nostalgic and modern feeling, without the boring/harsh look of black (even with RGB LED keys). Overall very nice! Mouse looks super cool too.
Copiers and printers have held the line for 20+ years maybe one day someone will decide a beige terminal will look good next to them and start making them again
back in the year 2000 I got a new computer with Windows ME and everything was Beige the keyboard looked similar to the one in the video. I first started to see black computers in the mid to late 2000s.
My 2019 Unicomp Model M keyboard with US layout has the new Windows and context menu keys, but it doesn't have the euro symbol on the 5 key, and the right Alt key is just labeled Alt. (And they had the brilliant idea to swap the right Alt and right Windows keys, the only bad thing about this keyboard) Also I had no idea optical mice could work with a USB to PS/2 adapter, my cheap Logitech optical mouse doesn't.
LOL I have those same beige HK speakers, & they still work perfectly. The used to come bundled with Dell computers back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Beige forever!
This video manages to encapsulate all facets of the peak of human existence which I was lucky to experience in my childhood at the turn of the millennium: beige keyboards, Westlife and that €1.27 exchange rate which I will never forget!
I really like perixx stuff. Their cheap keyboards are suprisingly good. Thinking about getting their compact ergonomic keyboard that's a rip off of the Microsoft natural keyboard but it's modernized and compact
There is a mouse called the "Cherry USB mouse," it looks quite old by modern standards but it still has a beige colorway and it still being manufactured and sold to this day unlike the microsoft mouse. it may not be as ergonomic but it's still being made and still comes with a PS/2 adapter without being too cheaply made. it costs about $15 too. and yes it's that cherry, the ones who make keyboard switches, they make good quality rubber dome keyboards too. the cherry stream is quite a nice keyboard that could fit in with retro computers, but it's more like an early 2k's laptop keyboard.
6:10 LGR!!! haha I'm still amazed you still used the same camera after binging years worth of your videos, every video feels nostalgic to me, even this one is newly uploaded :)
I remember a time where silver and sapphire coloured keyboard peripherals were also sold inbetween the transition from two tone beige and gray to black peripherals.
After three weeks of use, I love this keyboard. I make fewer typos with this one. I also have an ASUS Flare mechanical and I can't type on it. I spend more time fixing typos than actually typing in the first place. Maybe it turns out I'm a membrane kind of typist. You owe it to yourselves to try it. I used IBM keyboards, and some of its better imitators, back in the 80s before we started getting computers with cheaper boards. This has the layout, but it doesn't at all feel like an IBM. IBM's were brutes, this is delicate.
That Microsoft mouse has been sold definitely over 10 years, that was the mouse I used when I built my first computer from new parts which was pre windows 8
It might just be the camera, but this keyboard and mouse look more in the "off-white" or cream camp of retro computer colours, while there was another distinct beige colour (light tan, a light yellow-brown). Seemed to me IBM and Commodore (on the 64C and 128, for example) would use off-white more often, while Compaq would often use beige. Of course, these aren't universal rules. However, I know arguing about colours on RUclips is about as useful as arguing about pronunciation of words, so, don't take this as an argument. Thanks as always for your videos, I watch every one!
Late 80's and early 90's Compaqs used to be a distinctly darker shade of greyish beige/brown that I think is what you're remembering. You can see that style by looking up the Deskpro 386s for instance. They changed their industrial and graphic design in about 1994, at around the same time they changed their logo to the red one shown on the computer in the video (which looks a bit yellowed, by the way). At that time the plastics got a lot lighter as well, matching many other PC brands pretty well. Complicating things further, Compaqs before and after the change in visual design often had darker gray floppy and optical drives that were hard to colour match with third party drives. I'm sure that was mostly a ploy to sell expensive upgrades.
My Presario tower is almost a pink beige. They stopped using the darker gray accents by this time I think. The power button is a sea foam color. Red logo.
@@nickwallette6201 A number of Presario systems (for instance, Presario 5070) from that era do have darker drives (but not the same shade as the early 90's, more of a neutral grey), but it's not consistent. I know there are Deskpro systems from the same era that have the normal beige drives.
@@junkdata6242 Oh so it's a crap shoot. :-) Got it. Mine's the Presario 9546. I'm not generally a fan of Compaq's design aesthetic, but I think this one looks really nice. I was a little disappointed it didn't use the gray accents I was so used to seeing, but I figured it was a move to a more modern palette. It looks more in-line with its contemporaries than the earlier style. Would've been nice if they had made room for a second hard drive, though. You get one slot. ONE. X-D Use it wisely.
I really like lighter colored peripherals, black on Beige/white is much easier to read, especially without needing a backlight, makes me wonder if black colored peripherals contributed to the popularity of backlit keyboards these days.
The beeping sound comes from the PC speaker which is activated in the Toggle Keys section in Accessibility control panel which can be accessed by holding down the shift key for 5 seconds.
I found an old Packard Bell mechanical keyboard with rare brown linear Alps switches and it had a really strong smell to it. Just kind of a sweet chemical smell to it. Not exactly like a new car but that same kind of smell.
Perrix knocks off my favorite mouse, the wired Anker vertical ergonomic. Dang thing is identical as far as I can tell, except it's way cheaper. I wonder if this keyboard is a similar re-badge/no-badge or knockoff.
There is a beige version of the Durgod Taurus K310 mechanical keyboard, which I can highly recommend! Very good quality and a beautiful minimal design.
Ajazz AK510 is a not-too-bad-for-its-price retro style keyboard. Various Leopold keyboards are also exist in beige. I miss that colour on my desktop...
2:01 I suspect that mouse was intended to the Brazilian market since it says Feito na China (Portuguese for Made in China). Also, 10:35, History of Mystery part two by the German band Triumvirat. A German song in a video about a 'German' keyboard, the plot thickens.
"Heerdter Landstraße" isn't actually the neighborhood they try to hint in their advertisement when they talk about "designed in Düsseldorf". (that would be either the fashion boutique KÖ area or Stockum with it's art&fashion academy and fairground or even Niederkassel with the probably highest BMW X-series density anywere). that neighborhood is simply a former heavy industries district which was converted in the 1980ies/90ies for logistic hubs of big japanese brands like Kyrocera, Nikon, Ricoh and since Y2K it has shifted to china im&exports.
I just have got one of it. The overall look is great, but sadly the keyboard is not a good one. The keys need to be pressed almost till the end of the stroke, to be detected. Only the collapse of the rubber dome is not sufficient to close the electric contact between the membranes. If you don't push deeply, many keystrokes are not detected. Therefore the keyboard is not suitable for a serious use, as main keyboard for typing. The keys make also a very plastic sound, like that of cheap keyboards. The good thing is that the keys are laser printed and are made of PB plastic, but due to the issue with the keystroke, it is only a decorative keyboard. The Cherry G83-6105 is the last really good beige keyboard existing, with high profile keys and very good typing feeling. Though it has its flaws, I will continue with it.
For rubber domes, the HP/Key Tronic keyboard of the 1990s is a very tough act to follow. I still have that Compaq Deskpro, although it's been out of service for a while owing to my screwing up its Windows 2000 installation by unwisely deploying unofficial updates. Had that never happened, it'd probably still be the workbench computer. I expect HTML5 media is going to be a bit much for the Pentium 3 these days.
AJAZZ AK510 also does a beige keyboard but with RGB like a lot of gaming style mechs nowadays. It has really noisy blue clone switches and rattles quite a bit. It does include backlit SA profile keycaps though witch is pretty neat. BTC rubber dome with slider keyboards are some of my favorites and can (sometimes) be found for really cheap.
I still use Cherry G84-4100 PS/2 tenkeyless boards with lubed Cherry ML keys to save space on my desk at home, and work. I don't need any more lights than numblock, capslock, and Scrolllock. Cherry ML keys don't get too loud when lubed with thin lithium grease. the only downside to the G84-4100 is no Windows/Super Key.
The one you have has to be BTC Dome with Slider. I owned a Packard Bell 5130 keyboard that have those dome with slider these are the best rubber dome you can get.
The shape of the keyboard is just like the rubber dome boards IBM used in the mid to late 90s, the KB 8923 and the KB 3923. I believe at least the 3923 was made by Chicony as the OEM, and versions were made for other companies like Wyse as well. The fact that this still has the 3923 model makes me think that either Chicony still makes this as the OEM or that someone bought their old molds/tooling and kept the model number, guessing the KU insead of KB indicates the change to USB. Even before reading the model number the bottom looks exactly like my IBM KB 3923, which also has the laser etched keys and seems to be a cost reduced model compared to the 8923 that had silk screened or dyesubed keys and a thicker bottom As an aside the fact that it's an ANSI board but they left the Alt GR key on it greatly annoys me along with the Windows and context menu keys not being gray/pebble colored
Other modern keyboard manufacturer that I can think of making beige keyboard is Realforce, they still making new Topre keyboard in beige colorway (at least with their keycaps color, the case is white), but being a Topre keyboard is the price quite steep for basically a rubber dome keyboard
Since I assume this is a standard USB keyboard (in terms of the transmission protocol used), so it will work fine with a Mac but with one major caviat, the Mac Command (CMD) key will be the Windows key on a Windows keyboard by default (w/ Alt being Alt/option). You can however remap)swap these two keys within macOS system preferences so the Alt key is Command and Alt/option is the Windows key if you wish to stick with your Mac muscle memory rather then have to remember the Command key has moved one place to the left (Windows key). This is something I wish Windows could do easier as I always disable the Caps Lock key whenever possible and in macOS it's a system preference option but on Windows it requires a register hack not for the faint of heart.
The current keyboard i use with my modern computer is a beige hp one. I bought it at a garage sale for a dollar and 2 years later it is still in use. I don't care for modern keyboards with the flat keys.
The molding on this keyboard looks to be completely identical to the IBM RapidResponse KB-3923, which I use as my main. I got it new-old stock from a relative years ago and I unboxed it about a month and a half ago. Disappointingly, although the key caps were two-toned on the box, the actual board only had beige keys. Apparently There's a model of my IBM board that has a back plate; the 8923 I believe. I'm curious as to whether this new board has the plate or not, though I very much doubt it. My old IBM board is a very, very nice board to type on though, easily my personal favorite board.
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Brings to mind the IBM Model M2 and the Dell QuietKey. Not bad!
If nothing else I'm pleased to see more beige and gray being manufactured at a low price. Might be worth grabbing as a generic keyboard for random old clone PCs.
Dell Quietkey is exactly what I thought of too!
Also, I was sure he was going to pull an Intellimouse out of that box, I know they rereleased it recently.
The shape is identical to mid/late 90s IBM rubber dome boards the KB-8923 and later KB-3923. The model number on this one also being 3923 made me think they're related or from the same OEM. Took a look and it does appear to be Chicony as the OEM, it's on their awful website www.chicony.com.tw/chicony/jp/product/KU-3923
I still own my Dell Quietkey. What a beast.
@@St0rmcrash Appropriately enough, Compaq also has a version of this exact keyboard, also called the KB-3923, which I think is roughly contemporary with the Deskpro EN in the video (maybe a bit older)
I just bought a new old stock dell quietkey and I love it.
Now we just need a modern beige case. Preferable one without a window and massive rgb show.
i like RGB
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom get out
Look up Evercase, they're a UK company that still sells a couple models of beige cases.
@@junkdata6242 Both my towers (mATX & ATX, housing a Core2Duo server/NVR and an AMD gaming system respectively) are beige Evercase supplied cases, modern inside, retro outside, and they're pretty sturdy too unlike a lot of tinfoil cases these days... :)
IIRC Lian Li used to have some but they effectively ditched their whole portfolio sans the Lancool RGB UNICORN PUKE series. Or at least that's what the current website implies.
9:56 "We interrupt this VWestlife video to bring you an even more VWestlife-esque segment"
@@tarstarkusz I would upload it if I had a recording of it. (p.s. Poland was an Eastern Bloc country, but it was never actually part of the Soviet Union.)
That mouse definitely has the vibe of something Microsoft doesn't actually realise they're still selling.
It's in one of their bulk Business boxes that get normally sold to IT departments in mass.
Nice. All we need now is for beige cases to make a comeback.
There's nothing stopping folks from doing a home respray.
Look up the checkmate amiga plus 1200 case. It’s a brand new beige case
and we need a beige mouse that works like modern mouses.
edit: didn't fully see the video
I agree.
And CRTs!
Microsoft makes a great mouse, it never once blue screened or asked me to validate the serial number. That WRSU clip was a trip, good stuff
Can't tell if you're being ironic, as I had a Microsoft Wireless keyboard bluescreen/hang Windows setup quite a few times.
That should have read: "Beige is back, baby!" 😉
@@tarstarkusz To me, beige is what computers become when they start to yellow
@@tarstarkusz Beige computers came in a variety of shades, from subtly off-white like Tandys to nearly brown like the breadbin C64.
@@vwestlife well bread is brown, so that gets a pass from me!
@@tarstarkusz Wikipedia describes says, "Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color,[1] a grayish tan,[2] a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow." Websters states it's "a variable color averaging light grayish-yellowish brown". And the American Heritage Dictionary states it's "A light grayish brown or yellowish brown to grayish yellow." So, yeah, it's beige.
@@tarstarkusz Well, those definitions disagree with you. So ... take it up with the people at American Heritage and Webster's.
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I like the new channel profile picture with the "VWL" license plate. I kinda like the look of that keyboard.
I like the new profile pic too
I'm sure most people who watch this channel don't realize that it was a picture of the band that the channel was named after and wondered who the picture was of anyways lol
@@JaredConnell this channel has become one of my all time favs. He really asks the questions I would have when talking about old tech. No other channel appeals to my nerdy interests more than right here.
That's part of his car's license number, and it was selected completely at random!
The "Alt Gr" key in the spot where the usual right Alt key is would be another indication that makes it stand out from the usual 1990s U.S. keyboards.
The quick, *sly* fox jumped over the lazy, brown dog.
I guess you could open up the mouse and glue some metal parts inside to weigh it down?
Thanks for the video!
Can’t believe you still have that Deskpro, you’ve had that for YEARS
I love these old keyboards, I have mods that make these rubber dome boards feel mechanical with solid bottom outs, as well as using grease to decrease rattle. Not many mechanical switches come close to the tactility of a good rubber dome.
I would enjoy a video on your modifications.
I like the way you insert random clips related to something that you have mentioned, like that 2001 Euro Changeover ad from Ireland.
I bought one of these keyboards a couple of years ago partly due to nostalgia and partly because i was tired of the modern black / grey types available today. It's a wonderful keyboard for the price. I love it.
I just received one of these keyboards today, after watching this video and reading comments such as your, and I love it. It's pretty much just like the keyboards in the 90s I grew up with.
I bought this a couple of weeks ago, I’m using it for my semi-professional DOOM Deathmatching career, absolutely brilliant.
That’s nice! I just installed beige keycaps on my keyboard :d
I've used that mouse since 2012 - nearly a decade of faithful service. Recently the scroll wheel got gummed up, so I replaced it with a (black) Classic IntelliMouse. The IntelliMouse is not only heavier, but much more comfortable in the hand. It also cost more than twice as much, so there's that.
The 0 key is probably grey because manufacturing cost. There are no other beige 1x2 key caps on the keyboard so they would have had to injection mould it just for this one key. Right now they can use the same blank cap as backspace and print 0 on it. Cost of moulding and logistics adds up with large volumes.
If the form factor is different from backspace, I have no idea why they made it grey.
No, they have not the same form factor. They are very similar, but not the same. I wonder why the 0 key is gray too. It could be a mistake or a deliberate choice of the designers. Or even it could be due to avoid copyright problems, if the original coloring layout is still owned by IBM. but after so many years, all the patents should be expired.
Microsoft has been making those basic optical mice for probably the past 20 years. Looks like it got a bit of a redesign giving it an updated look (and the modern Microsoft logo), but otherwise, it's the same exact mouse they were selling in 2002. Hence why it comes with a PS/2 adapter in the box, haha.
I bought a new serial mouse on eBay recently. But I think it was... ahem.... “Microsoft”. It’s complete garbage.
Thanks for putting this review video together. It's nice to find affordable brand new gear in old school styling.
I just bought the Periboard and the EXACT same Microsoft mouse, and then right after buying it, this is recommended to me. Great video!
I had an IBM PS/2 486 back in 1993, had a similar mech keyboard, that brings me back... thank u ❤️
I’m all for nostalgia and a Polish hour, but beige PCs and peripherals is something I really don’t miss.
Microsoft Basic mouse "white" delivered:
everbody: oh no! it's beige! 1 star out of 5.
VWestlive: it's beige! YAH!
The WRSU clip was really something. I forget that you're in New Jersey and every so often being reminded makes me smile.
from the label, I knew it was Microsoft since it's the same label design with their CD/DVD
Kevin is back too ! I'm happy to have something to watch tonight
Even though I have and prefer more gaming oriented peripherals, the key switches in that keyboard sound SUPER GOOD. This keyboard sounds way softer and “smoother” then the Cherry MX Blue switches in my current keyboard. It also looks really nice, giving that nostalgic and modern feeling, without the boring/harsh look of black (even with RGB LED keys). Overall very nice! Mouse looks super cool too.
I just bought the same keyboard and went to look for a review, to find I bought the same mouse! Amazing review!
for me beige is the color for a serious computer.
YES! I'm going to experience again what it is like to have peripherals with that vintage and classy colour! :D
Looks exactly like IBM KB-8923 (Chicony) from ~1996. This PERIBOARD-106 M is beautiful 90-s style affordable keyboard
My first computer in 1999 had a Euro on the keyboard, but you couldn't access it with only shift, it was sharing a key with something else.
I remember these beige keyboards as a kid. Who's a 80s born babies and used to go to the computer lab at school to work with these keyboards❤❤❤❤❤
Nice little combo set, I'm still using a 20year old PS2 Dell keyboard with the wavy windows logo. Still types nicely.
Beige should never have gone out of style in the first place. When I see something black, it doesn't say "computer" as much as the beige stuff did.
Copiers and printers have held the line for 20+ years maybe one day someone will decide a beige terminal will look good next to them and start making them again
back in the year 2000 I got a new computer with Windows ME and everything was Beige the keyboard looked similar to the one in the video. I first started to see black computers in the mid to late 2000s.
I don't know why I find this keyboard so appealing but I do...definitely going to pick one up to try it out.
Beige is beautiful.
Welcome Back 1990s Computing Keyboard & Mouse, We've missed you!
That keyboard reminds me of The Amiga 500 from 1987 🙂
Yeah. They look similar.
My 2019 Unicomp Model M keyboard with US layout has the new Windows and context menu keys, but it doesn't have the euro symbol on the 5 key, and the right Alt key is just labeled Alt. (And they had the brilliant idea to swap the right Alt and right Windows keys, the only bad thing about this keyboard)
Also I had no idea optical mice could work with a USB to PS/2 adapter, my cheap Logitech optical mouse doesn't.
I am new to this channel and I'm sorry I didn't find it sooner! Wow!
Good stuff man!
How nostalgic it is! The keyboard is exactly as the one I had)
UPD. Oh, that radio recording... I'ь somehow shocked to hear it O_o
I had a perixx vertical mouse (and an identical one branded by anker) and it was really good
LOL I have those same beige HK speakers, & they still work perfectly. The used to come bundled with Dell computers back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Beige forever!
I have the black one of this same mouse. I'm using it since like 3 years even tho it's not my primary mouse and so far so good. Perfect for the price.
This video manages to encapsulate all facets of the peak of human existence which I was lucky to experience in my childhood at the turn of the millennium: beige keyboards, Westlife and that €1.27 exchange rate which I will never forget!
I really like perixx stuff. Their cheap keyboards are suprisingly good. Thinking about getting their compact ergonomic keyboard that's a rip off of the Microsoft natural keyboard but it's modernized and compact
I have their ergonomic keyboard and it's great!
There is a mouse called the "Cherry USB mouse," it looks quite old by modern standards but it still has a beige colorway and it still being manufactured and sold to this day unlike the microsoft mouse.
it may not be as ergonomic but it's still being made and still comes with a PS/2 adapter without being too cheaply made. it costs about $15 too. and yes it's that cherry, the ones who make keyboard switches, they make good quality rubber dome keyboards too. the cherry stream is quite a nice keyboard that could fit in with retro computers, but it's more like an early 2k's laptop keyboard.
Ive bought this to use specifically with the A500 mini, would love to replace the Windows keys with Amiga keys
6:10 LGR!!! haha I'm still amazed you still used the same camera after binging years worth of your videos, every video feels nostalgic to me, even this one is newly uploaded :)
Yes, I have been using a Canon Vixia HF200 for most of my videos since late 2015.
Oh my. Didnt expected youve replied! Big fan of ur channel for years :) greetings from the Philippines! :) learned a lot from you.
Is it weird that I found that Polish pop song at the end strangely catchy?
Also, cool keyboard. Always nice to see new retro peripherals!
I remember a time where silver and sapphire coloured keyboard peripherals were also sold inbetween the transition from two tone beige and gray to black peripherals.
After three weeks of use, I love this keyboard. I make fewer typos with this one. I also have an ASUS Flare mechanical and I can't type on it. I spend more time fixing typos than actually typing in the first place. Maybe it turns out I'm a membrane kind of typist. You owe it to yourselves to try it. I used IBM keyboards, and some of its better imitators, back in the 80s before we started getting computers with cheaper boards. This has the layout, but it doesn't at all feel like an IBM. IBM's were brutes, this is delicate.
The WTC2 climber mentioned in the audio clip made his climb on May 26.1977.
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I have the exact same mouse, Microsoft also makes a beige keyboard, although it doesn't have that retro look
That Microsoft mouse has been sold definitely over 10 years, that was the mouse I used when I built my first computer from new parts which was pre windows 8
I wonder if beige/off-white is about to make a comeback for computers? That would be interesting. I think silver would be really cool though.
It might just be the camera, but this keyboard and mouse look more in the "off-white" or cream camp of retro computer colours, while there was another distinct beige colour (light tan, a light yellow-brown). Seemed to me IBM and Commodore (on the 64C and 128, for example) would use off-white more often, while Compaq would often use beige. Of course, these aren't universal rules. However, I know arguing about colours on RUclips is about as useful as arguing about pronunciation of words, so, don't take this as an argument. Thanks as always for your videos, I watch every one!
Late 80's and early 90's Compaqs used to be a distinctly darker shade of greyish beige/brown that I think is what you're remembering. You can see that style by looking up the Deskpro 386s for instance. They changed their industrial and graphic design in about 1994, at around the same time they changed their logo to the red one shown on the computer in the video (which looks a bit yellowed, by the way). At that time the plastics got a lot lighter as well, matching many other PC brands pretty well. Complicating things further, Compaqs before and after the change in visual design often had darker gray floppy and optical drives that were hard to colour match with third party drives. I'm sure that was mostly a ploy to sell expensive upgrades.
My Presario tower is almost a pink beige. They stopped using the darker gray accents by this time I think. The power button is a sea foam color. Red logo.
@@nickwallette6201 A number of Presario systems (for instance, Presario 5070) from that era do have darker drives (but not the same shade as the early 90's, more of a neutral grey), but it's not consistent. I know there are Deskpro systems from the same era that have the normal beige drives.
@@junkdata6242 Oh so it's a crap shoot. :-) Got it.
Mine's the Presario 9546. I'm not generally a fan of Compaq's design aesthetic, but I think this one looks really nice. I was a little disappointed it didn't use the gray accents I was so used to seeing, but I figured it was a move to a more modern palette. It looks more in-line with its contemporaries than the earlier style.
Would've been nice if they had made room for a second hard drive, though. You get one slot. ONE. X-D Use it wisely.
Perixx makes great stuff and they have a huge product lineup.
I really like lighter colored peripherals, black on Beige/white is much easier to read, especially without needing a backlight, makes me wonder if black colored peripherals contributed to the popularity of backlit keyboards these days.
Perixx is small manufacturer, not really known and widespread in Germany. The products are quite ok for the money
This brings back so many memories of the computers I had in the early 2000s. Is it made from the kind of plastic that yellows after 20 years?
I've never heard a keyboard beep before.
The PC does, not the keyboard.
The beeping sound comes from the PC speaker which is activated in the Toggle Keys section in Accessibility control panel which can be accessed by holding down the shift key for 5 seconds.
I use an older, black version of that mouse that I found at a junk shop years ago. It's pretty good
I bought this keyboard a few months ago, it is very nice.
I love the keyboard reviews. Although not just a keyboard, would you ever review a Raspberry Pi 400 with its built-in keyboard?
I reviewed the Wintel K3 keyboard PC which is the same thing except with a Intel CPU system running Windows 10.
@@vwestlife Cool ^^
Watching it now ^^
I found an old Packard Bell mechanical keyboard with rare brown linear Alps switches and it had a really strong smell to it. Just kind of a sweet chemical smell to it. Not exactly like a new car but that same kind of smell.
Another great video, Kevin! Keep it up :)
Perrix knocks off my favorite mouse, the wired Anker vertical ergonomic. Dang thing is identical as far as I can tell, except it's way cheaper. I wonder if this keyboard is a similar re-badge/no-badge or knockoff.
There is a beige version of the Durgod Taurus K310 mechanical keyboard, which I can highly recommend! Very good quality and a beautiful minimal design.
last mouse i had was red. i liked it, it stood out
Perixx are good keyboards. I had one for many years which I changed recently but they have great feel.
I can dig on the beige
Ajazz AK510 is a not-too-bad-for-its-price retro style keyboard. Various Leopold keyboards are also exist in beige. I miss that colour on my desktop...
2:01 I suspect that mouse was intended to the Brazilian market since it says Feito na China (Portuguese for Made in China). Also, 10:35, History of Mystery part two by the German band Triumvirat. A German song in a video about a 'German' keyboard, the plot thickens.
"Heerdter Landstraße" isn't actually the neighborhood they try to hint in their advertisement when they talk about "designed in Düsseldorf". (that would be either the fashion boutique KÖ area or Stockum with it's art&fashion academy and fairground or even Niederkassel with the probably highest BMW X-series density anywere).
that neighborhood is simply a former heavy industries district which was converted in the 1980ies/90ies for logistic hubs of big japanese brands like Kyrocera, Nikon, Ricoh and since Y2K it has shifted to china im&exports.
BTW: they sould have at least licensed some sound effects from KlingKlang Studios in MintropStraße (where the Kraftwerk albums had been recorded)
I love this channel!
1:53 It'd probably also work with a MIPS machine, an RS/6000, a Nintendo Wii, a smartphone, just about anything really
I just have got one of it. The overall look is great, but sadly the keyboard is not a good one. The keys need to be pressed almost till the end of the stroke, to be detected. Only the collapse of the rubber dome is not sufficient to close the electric contact between the membranes. If you don't push deeply, many keystrokes are not detected. Therefore the keyboard is not suitable for a serious use, as main keyboard for typing. The keys make also a very plastic sound, like that of cheap keyboards. The good thing is that the keys are laser printed and are made of PB plastic, but due to the issue with the keystroke, it is only a decorative keyboard.
The Cherry G83-6105 is the last really good beige keyboard existing, with high profile keys and very good typing feeling. Though it has its flaws, I will continue with it.
Jimmy Carter!!! 😀
Thaks for the review, I miss a lot old times keyboard design. I'm sick of black keyboards, mouses, screens and computers.
For rubber domes, the HP/Key Tronic keyboard of the 1990s is a very tough act to follow.
I still have that Compaq Deskpro, although it's been out of service for a while owing to my screwing up its Windows 2000 installation by unwisely deploying unofficial updates. Had that never happened, it'd probably still be the workbench computer. I expect HTML5 media is going to be a bit much for the Pentium 3 these days.
AJAZZ AK510 also does a beige keyboard but with RGB like a lot of gaming style mechs nowadays. It has really noisy blue clone switches and rattles quite a bit. It does include backlit SA profile keycaps though witch is pretty neat.
BTC rubber dome with slider keyboards are some of my favorites and can (sometimes) be found for really cheap.
Yeah I'm with you on the Membrane VS rubber dome, I've felt quite a few garbage mechanical keyboards, and equally as many good rubber dome keyboards.
I'm still using an old multimedia keyboard from the early 2000s on my gaming pc, I have no need for annoying rgb lighting and noisy keys.
I still use Cherry G84-4100 PS/2 tenkeyless boards with lubed Cherry ML keys to save space on my desk at home, and work. I don't need any more lights than numblock, capslock, and Scrolllock. Cherry ML keys don't get too loud when lubed with thin lithium grease. the only downside to the G84-4100 is no Windows/Super Key.
*PERFECT*! I am ordering one at once! I have been looking for this for quite some time. Tank you, tank you, tank you! :D ~Cindy! :)
I have these keyboard and i like it brings me back to the 2000's not bad
I've still got my original keyboard from my Packard Bell in 1995. Really clacky and satisfying
The one you have has to be BTC Dome with Slider. I owned a Packard Bell 5130 keyboard that have those dome with slider these are the best rubber dome you can get.
What’s missing is the enter key being the old backwards L shape leftover from its use as the return key on typewriters.
Is LGR is gonna sniff the heck out of that?
The shape of the keyboard is just like the rubber dome boards IBM used in the mid to late 90s, the KB 8923 and the KB 3923. I believe at least the 3923 was made by Chicony as the OEM, and versions were made for other companies like Wyse as well. The fact that this still has the 3923 model makes me think that either Chicony still makes this as the OEM or that someone bought their old molds/tooling and kept the model number, guessing the KU insead of KB indicates the change to USB. Even before reading the model number the bottom looks exactly like my IBM KB 3923, which also has the laser etched keys and seems to be a cost reduced model compared to the 8923 that had silk screened or dyesubed keys and a thicker bottom
As an aside the fact that it's an ANSI board but they left the Alt GR key on it greatly annoys me along with the Windows and context menu keys not being gray/pebble colored
Other modern keyboard manufacturer that I can think of making beige keyboard is Realforce, they still making new Topre keyboard in beige colorway (at least with their keycaps color, the case is white), but being a Topre keyboard is the price quite steep for basically a rubber dome keyboard
I think Evercase still backstocks off-white PC cases from around 2003.
Since I assume this is a standard USB keyboard (in terms of the transmission protocol used), so it will work fine with a Mac but with one major caviat, the Mac Command (CMD) key will be the Windows key on a Windows keyboard by default (w/ Alt being Alt/option). You can however remap)swap these two keys within macOS system preferences so the Alt key is Command and Alt/option is the Windows key if you wish to stick with your Mac muscle memory rather then have to remember the Command key has moved one place to the left (Windows key). This is something I wish Windows could do easier as I always disable the Caps Lock key whenever possible and in macOS it's a system preference option but on Windows it requires a register hack not for the faint of heart.
The current keyboard i use with my modern computer is a beige hp one. I bought it at a garage sale for a dollar and 2 years later it is still in use. I don't care for modern keyboards with the flat keys.
Love the DeskPro EN - I used to have one as a kid, planning on getting another one at some point.
Sounds like a southern city. "Deskpro, Ennessee"
Many would say the model M is the best mechanical keyboard ever made. It's a membrane keyboard so clearly there is more to it then that.
Wow! Even in the 70's people said less when they should have said fewer. I don't remember that.
The molding on this keyboard looks to be completely identical to the IBM RapidResponse KB-3923, which I use as my main. I got it new-old stock from a relative years ago and I unboxed it about a month and a half ago. Disappointingly, although the key caps were two-toned on the box, the actual board only had beige keys.
Apparently There's a model of my IBM board that has a back plate; the 8923 I believe. I'm curious as to whether this new board has the plate or not, though I very much doubt it. My old IBM board is a very, very nice board to type on though, easily my personal favorite board.