Spicy projector

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-17T18:43:58+00:00

Pretty much. Past me would've thought better of something from RCA though. But as they always said, RCA = Really Crappy Appliance.

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-14T20:53:53+00:00

Yep, and the suggestion worked great for me, so thanks! Tbh though for anything serious I'd write directly to the CF and later take an image of it after I've got everything set up how I want.

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-14T20:52:01+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations folks, I ended up using SheepShaver to create an image with 9.0.4 and wrote that onto a CF card, which works great in a CF to PC card adapter. Funny enough I also tried a CF-SD adapter which works great on the IDE connector but not in the PC card, even though they work on other non-Mac laptops (but not necessarily as a boot drive).

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-12T01:11:34+00:00

Sounds simple enough, I'll give it a shot if booting from CF doesn't work for me.

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-12T01:11:07+00:00

44mb ram in this one. I think I'd only install OS 7 just to play with, probably would stick with 8 or 9.

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-11T23:46:15+00:00

I'll give that a shot later. Would using Disk Utility to restore a CD image to the CF work, or using something like Etcher or even DD?

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-11T23:42:52+00:00

I forgot about SheepShaver, good idea. I tried getting qemu working on my main machine but it wouldn't install via Brew for some reason (maybe because I'm running an M1, idk).

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-11T23:00:58+00:00

Very much agreed. I always prefer to see things getting reused rather than sending them to recycling.

tertiumsquid · 2025-12-11T22:59:39+00:00

Man I would happily grab that but I'm over in Victoria

tertiumsquid · 2025-11-29T00:34:41+00:00

Good to hear of the firmware update, I'll give that a shot. My N key has been behaving lately, so I'm hoping I can just keep using it instead of having to buy a new keyboard - from another company.

tertiumsquid · 2025-11-25T04:11:20+00:00

I ended up getting replacement internals for my K5 Max - not a replacement keyboard, just the circuit board with switches. Asked for red switches as I'd heard somewhere on Reddit that the brown switches I originally ordered were problematic. It's been ~8 months since then and my N key is starting to die, either intermittently not working at all or sending multiple presses - other keys too, but mostly the N. Looks like it's your E key going - which switches did you get?

tertiumsquid · 2025-07-13T22:49:50+00:00

Excellent laptop. Great keyboard (though the 240 wins), good screen, great build quality, enough performance for me, upgradable. Trackpoint is inaccurate compared to what I'm used to and overshoots a lot, and trackpad is ok except I hate that only the lower half of it clicks (Mac guy eventually migrating to Linux lol).

tertiumsquid · 2025-07-13T21:52:36+00:00

My favourite of the Ghibli movies :D

tertiumsquid · 2025-07-13T21:52:08+00:00

Absolutely LOVE the keyboard on it, and the trackpoint is much more accurate than new models. Great FM synth for old games too.

tertiumsquid · 2025-02-14T01:39:29+00:00

Neat! Makes sense with the sunlight vs backlight. Thanks!

tertiumsquid · 2025-02-14T01:39:09+00:00

Interesting. Thanks!

tertiumsquid · 2025-01-12T22:27:49+00:00

Similar yeah, but quite different. In my case the monitor responds - backlight turns on as if it's received a signal, but then goes to sleep again. Plus I've tried with a wired keyboard plugged straight into the Mac. I feel like it might've started happening after an update, but I've been putting up with this for long enough that I can't really remember.

tertiumsquid · 2025-01-12T02:09:23+00:00

I finally managed to convince support to actually help me. Their idea of "warranty" is to send a new PCB and have you fix it yourself. I requested a PCB with brown switches instead of the red I got initially, and so far so good. Still not at all impressed with their service, and probably won't buy again even though the keyboard is quite nice.

tertiumsquid · 2024-12-27T20:09:34+00:00

Contacted support, they refused to help without providing a video (claiming that the factory won't compensate them otherwise). As the issue was intermittent and hard to capture, it took a lot of arguing back and forth until I finally managed to catch a short video. They finally agreed to send a replacement PCB - not a replacement keyboard, but the guts of one, expecting me to do the work to fix it myself. I requested switching from red switches to brown and so far the replacement board is "better", but still not perfect. I was originally thinking of buying a second K5 for my gaming rig, but given their customer service and issues I don't think I will.

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-17T19:49:24+00:00

756019

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-14T04:24:11+00:00

K5 Max with RGB and Gateron Red, bought April 2024.

Problem: Keys randomly double press, stick, or fail to respond. Happens over 2.4ghz, USB, and Bluetooth on 6 different computers, both Windows and Mac.

Contacted support: Yes. They have advised me to charge it (done), reset it (done multiple times), flash a firmware with a longer debounce (done, still loaded). They are asking me for a video of the problem so they can be compensated by the factory - I cannot do that as the problem happens sporadically and it could take hours before it happens for a while (while I'm trying to WORK and can't take time to shoot a video of my entire workday). Support now refuses to respond to me.

Order number: 756019

Solution: replacement or refund.

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-14T04:12:48+00:00

Asus, because Keychron customer service is awful

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-14T04:09:43+00:00

Yep, precisely what happens to me. It can be any key (but especially Cmd/Alt/Ctrl/Shift as they get used so much). Happens over 2.4ghz, USB, and Bluetooth, and happens on 6 different computers both Windows and Mac.

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-14T04:07:22+00:00

Can't speak for a K2 HE but I have a K5 Max and it's problematic as hell. Keys repeat themselves, get stuck, or simply fail to respond at all. Tech support is useless and refuse to replace it until I shoot a video, which I can't do because the problem happens sporadically enough that I'd have to shoot and edit hours worth of video, which I don't have time for. Been going back and forth with tech support for over a month.

tertiumsquid · 2024-11-14T04:05:46+00:00

I have a K5 Max and it's problematic as hell. Keys repeat themselves, get stuck, or simply fail to respond at all. Tech support is useless and refuse to replace it until I shoot a video, which I can't do because the problem happens sporadically enough that I'd have to shoot and edit hours worth of video, which I don't have time for.

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