Nice keys, retarded layout. This one is supposed to be rare, and cost mucho dinero among collectors, or maybe people are confused in the head...
Hey! I got one of those my closet for years. But mine has black Amiga key. I didn't even know it was mechanical. It feels like rubber dome but still nice to type on. What kind of Cherry is this?
What's so retarded about the layout? That's the standard Amiga layout. I can't see anything wrong with it.Nothing "wrong" with it, I just don't small backspace + giant L enter.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390307084168Arrgh!
What's so retarded about the layout? That's the standard Amiga layout. I can't see anything wrong with it.
Apparently, it is a rare keyboard (I've never seen one), but probably nothing that special to type on. I'm sure it's better than the Mitsumi Amiga keyboards (also mechanical), but probably no better than the standard Cherry Amiga 1000 keyboard.
No, that's made by Mitsumi. It is mechanical. Those rubber bits act as springs, but it's not rubber dome.
Just threw away a Mitsumi with those switches.. really felt like the worst switches I've ever felt. Rather type on a rubberdome than on those! :sFor the Amigas, I've read that there were two variants with Mitsumis, one that felt like crap and another that felt mechanical + clicky.
For the Amigas, I've read that there were two variants with Mitsumis, one that felt like crap and another that felt mechanical + clicky.
For the Amigas, I've read that there were two variants with Mitsumis, one that felt like crap and another that felt mechanical + clicky.
No Amiga keyboard is "clicky", but all were mechanical. Like everything else, keyboard quality went down over time. Cherry switches were used first....
Which current variety of Cherry switch would you say comes closest to the ones used in the Amiga 1000 keyboard?They used vintage Cherry Blacks, force diagram is slightly different compared to modern Blacks (IIRC, don't quote me on it).
Does that keyboard work on a PC?
Buckling rubber sleeve with slider and membrane. Not really mechanical.Show Image(http://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=860)
The ultra crap keyboard domin8r is talking about was probably the Commodore PC keyboard. I've got one. It's a real piece of crap.
As I said in the ti99 thread looks like an evolution of my ti99 keyboard
There are several types of Commodore PC keyboards. I thought one or two types of them had Cherry switches in them.. am I wrong?
Maybe that one TI-99 keyboard version was made by Mitsumi. (...as you mentioned you read somewhere)
Does that keyboard work on a PC?
How did you come by that 55g number?
No Amiga keyboard is "clicky", [strike]but all were mechanical[/strike]. Like everything else, keyboard quality went down over time. Cherry switches were used first (best), then NMB (good) before they switched to Mitsumi. Earlier Mitsumi keyboards used rubber cups as springs. Those keyboards feel OK, but not nearly as good as the earlier Cherry keyboards. Later Mitsumi keyboards (Amiga 4000) replaced the rubber cups with springs - and feel is worse because the springs don't "buckle" like the rubber cups did. The plastics are also cheaper and yellow much more easily. They're still better than rubber domes though.
The ultra crap keyboard domin8r is talking about was probably the Commodore PC keyboard. I've got one. It's a real piece of crap.
Doubleshot keys?? That must be the only Amiga keyboard ever to have doubleshot keys. Every other Amiga keyboard is either dye sublimated or pad printed.
Can you take pictures of it? (showing closeup of keys and switch)
Hey early A2000 made in Germany use cherry keyboards with MX Blacks but I don't like it - too stiff and keys get yellow. I currently use this board with my A500T - it's not Cherry, just some mystery, nice switch:
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That's also from early production of A2000 and A500 (1986-1987). Linear, around 55g force. Quite short key travel, around that one of Alps Black. Keycaps are PBT, have a nice rough texture and it's absolute pleasure to use this keyboard, especially for games like pinball :)
It's rehoused to CDTV keyboard case because original case was badly yellowed.
Show Image(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6400/a1000switch.jpg)
It's a weird switch. The spring is horizontal across the bottom of the slider. At the bottom of the switch is a round thing that the spring bends around. I just need to find a way to open the switch to figure it out. (and also to fix a few that popped out when I removed the keycaps.... oops!)
(weird... don't know how I missed half the posts on page 2)
That's definitely the NMB Amiga 2000 keyboard (in CDTV case). I've got that keyboard. It has the shortest key travel of any Amiga keyboard. It's not bad, but I prefer the Amiga 1000 keyboard.
I just popped off a few A1000 keys - and it doesn't look like a Cherry switch at all. I'm trying to identify it. I think I saw the switch on a Japanese site that ripster linked a couple weeks ago. (...if I can find that damn link again)
The most similar switch I found to it was the mitsumi shown here (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww7.ocn.ne.jp%2F~hisao%2Fimage%2Fepsontenkey.htm). It's not the same but looks similar in some respects, at least to me.Show Image(http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~hisao/image/pcltp2_101.jpg)Show Image(http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~hisao/image/pcltp2_111.jpg)
Correct that's so called NMB keyboard from early A2000 rehoused in CDTV case because original case was made from ABS (in contrast to PBT keycaps) and yellowed badly. It also matches my black Micronik Tower better.
I've never tried A1000 keyboard... What is it like? Clicky? Tactile? Or linear and silent like the NMB and Cherry MX Black?