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Offline YakMN

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Funky Ergo Keyboard
« on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 18:31:25 »
No idea what kind of switches, and I don't know much of anything about ergonomic keyboards, but this looked kind of neat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Old-Vintage-Ergonomic-Key-Board-Keyboard-Synr-G-Series-Flexpro-New-Old-Stoc-/141070347088?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20d872ab50

Rather than the keyboard coming at a fixed angle, or the whole thing scissoring in two, it looks like the just the keys themselves can be set at different angles.

Offline metalliqaz

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Re: Funky Ergo Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 18:37:51 »

Offline kurplop

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Re: Funky Ergo Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 19:08:13 »
See this for further information.   http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48176.msg1038300#msg1038300

Design has some innovative features considering when they were made.

Offline dorkvader

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Re: Funky Ergo Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 22 September 2013, 23:58:41 »
If it's by keytronic (I notice their label on the manual), it might be decent rubberdomes at least.

Offline ComradeSniper

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Re: Funky Ergo Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 00:01:08 »
My keytronic rubber dome board is variable weight and actually feels super nice, could this be the same deal?

To clarify I do not have an ergonomic one like this, just a plain keytronic keyboard.

Offline hoggy

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Re: Funky Ergo Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 01:03:48 »
I've got one of these in my collection. Definitely rubber dome, but feels relatively okay. The adjustment mechanism is a joy to watch and you can move the space bar in two directions (so if you have the board at full tilt, then you can still push 'down'.
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