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Offline 127001

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I Don't Know What It Is...
« on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 08:24:48 »
But it seems kinda cool:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231111115374
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 08:48:25 »
Curious to know what they plugged it into to test that it was fully functional....
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 09:55:46 »
oooooo.... that design is very steam punk
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 10:16:21 »
That's cool. I love the open switches. It just gives an entirely different characteristic to the keyboard. (and the I'm-totally-not-from-the-70s wood case, of course)
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 10:34:43 »
I like the label on the back. Apparently, this keyboard weighs 7 pounds. No spec listed for "BTU/HR" though. :)
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 10:38:37 »
It has some sort of ribbon cable but not sure what type of connection and the switches are unique too.

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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 15:20:51 »
God damn that looks awesome!
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 10 December 2013, 19:54:27 »
The switches aren't just unique, they're backwards. Pushing a key breaks contact, letting the controller know ... what, there was a spike in voltage, instead of a drop? Otherwise should be convertible to USB maybe/probably I dunno.

Yeah like SpamaRay said. What did they test it with?
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 11 December 2013, 08:10:54 »
Quote from: AKmalamute on Tue, 10 December 2013, 19:54:27
The switches aren't just unique, they're backwards. Pushing a key breaks contact, letting the controller know ... what, there was a spike in voltage, instead of a drop? Otherwise should be convertible to USB maybe/probably I dunno.

Yeah like SpamaRay said. What did they test it with?
Not so uncommon. Beamsprings do the same.

That said. I "think" pressing a key makes contact at that crosspoint, but I really need to study the mechanism in more detail to be sure.

Also note what appears to be a DIY matrix up top.

As far as testing... maybe the seller has the system this KB was built for?
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Offline 127001

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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 12 December 2013, 06:10:47 »
Did anyone here end up having this? It'd be cool to learn more about it :)
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 18:15:16 »
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Re: I Don't Know What It Is...
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 21:45:00 »
Quote from: mr_a500 on Sat, 04 January 2014, 18:15:16
It looks like HaaTa got it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/triplehaata/sets/72157639413331943/
Some pictures also appear on his imgur account.

Paging through them: WHAT that case wasn't actual wood? what a ripoff.

I love it when HaaTa gets one of these, so I can look at the pictures and live vicariously through them.
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