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Title: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:32:59
Behold, a Winnie the Pooh keyboard:

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/80QAAOSwaBJeUOfm/s-l1600.jpg)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Winnie-the-Pooh-Tigger-Piglet-Childrens-Learning-Keyboard-PS2-Good/114126035905?hash=item1a92711bc1:g:80QAAOSwaBJeUOfm (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Winnie-the-Pooh-Tigger-Piglet-Childrens-Learning-Keyboard-PS2-Good/114126035905?hash=item1a92711bc1:g:80QAAOSwaBJeUOfm)

Looks to be missing a cap, unfortunately.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: depletedvespene on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:37:37
Quote from: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:32:59
Looks to be missing a cap, unfortunately.

Sadly, the missing cap ain't the BAE.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:44:11
Quote from: depletedvespene on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:37:37
Quote from: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 14:32:59
Looks to be missing a cap, unfortunately.

Sadly, the missing cap ain't the BAE.

Found one that still has them all:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Winnie-the-Pooh-Tigger-Piglet-Childrens-Learning-Keyboard-DSKB10-6-Pin/283696461301?hash=item420da075f5:g:8BUAAOSw8LZd5Pji (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Winnie-the-Pooh-Tigger-Piglet-Childrens-Learning-Keyboard-DSKB10-6-Pin/283696461301?hash=item420da075f5:g:8BUAAOSw8LZd5Pji)
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 11 May 2020, 17:36:17
Xi Jinping's keyboard ...
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Mon, 11 May 2020, 18:01:07
Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 11 May 2020, 17:36:17
Xi Jinping's keyboard ...

Ha. I hadn't even thought about that one. Nice.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Rayndalf on Mon, 11 May 2020, 20:19:51
Just waiting for a mad man to trim the integrated rubber dome "plate" and find a fullsize PCB with similar spacing. This thing with look top tier with some Handerbeit :cool:
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: pixelpusher on Tue, 12 May 2020, 21:11:28
wonder what happened to that missing cap.   maybe someone got hungry and they.... eight it.   :cool:
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Wed, 13 May 2020, 13:00:30
Quote from: pixelpusher on Tue, 12 May 2020, 21:11:28
wonder what happened to that missing cap.   maybe someone got hungry and they.... eight it.   :cool:

Ha. Completely optional personal question: Are you a father? That was a bona fide dad joke.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: pixelpusher on Wed, 13 May 2020, 14:27:59
Quote from: Maledicted on Wed, 13 May 2020, 13:00:30
Quote from: pixelpusher on Tue, 12 May 2020, 21:11:28
wonder what happened to that missing cap.   maybe someone got hungry and they.... eight it.   :cool:

Ha. Completely optional personal question: Are you a father? That was a bona fide dad joke.

Indeed.  I yam.

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Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: FRANCO on Wed, 03 June 2020, 11:50:50
Are those stackpole switches? lol
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Wed, 03 June 2020, 12:09:26
Quote from: FRANCO on Wed, 03 June 2020, 11:50:50
Are those stackpole switches? lol

Ha. I wish. Those feel wonderful.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Rayndalf on Wed, 03 June 2020, 17:11:37
Quote from: Maledicted on Wed, 03 June 2020, 12:09:26
Quote from: FRANCO on Wed, 03 June 2020, 11:50:50
Are those stackpole switches? lol

Ha. I wish. Those feel wonderful.

I hope you don't mean these stackpoles...
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 03 June 2020, 17:21:58
Quote from: Rayndalf on Wed, 03 June 2020, 17:11:37

I hope you don't mean these stackpoles...


Yes, those are dreadful. Stiff, long throw, and linear.
Title: Re: The most epic keyboard ever designed
Post by: Maledicted on Wed, 03 June 2020, 19:16:21
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 03 June 2020, 17:21:58
Quote from: Rayndalf on Wed, 03 June 2020, 17:11:37

I hope you don't mean these stackpoles...


Yes, those are dreadful. Stiff, long throw, and linear.

Similar, but a different slider color. I guess I was more specifically thinking Hi-Tek high profiles, which I felt for the first time recently in an old Atari 800 a coworker brought in to play around with. I did find them stiff, but they were very smooth. I prefer clickies, but I can appreciate a nice linear. I suppose the long throw doesn't bother me. When I was paying attention to the switches, the system wasn't on, so I didn't get a good feel for them in actual use.