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Title: [Sold] NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: JP on Wed, 11 April 2018, 19:45:33

This is one of those keyboards if you look for you won't find so grab it now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NMB-Mechanical-Keyboard-RT8255CW-Space-Invader-Switches-Vintage-TESTED/123071417511?hash=item1ca7a0cca7:g:F~YAAOSwwYpaziYK

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Title: Re: NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: clickityClackity on Wed, 11 April 2018, 20:17:55

SOLD!

Title: Re: NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: JP on Wed, 11 April 2018, 20:18:45

And sold very quickly. Anyone here get it?

Title: Re: [Sold] NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: ander on Sun, 15 April 2018, 02:47:08

So that's really on the level—a left-thumb Backspace? It must've been a custom order for someone who made an unusually large number of typing errors.

Title: Re: [Sold] NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: chyros on Sun, 15 April 2018, 03:53:32

Quote from: ander on Sun, 15 April 2018, 02:47:08

So that's really on the level—a left-thumb Backspace? It must've been a custom order for someone who made an unusually large number of typing errors.

No, this is a known thing. It's probably most famous on the IBM M15, but there were also well-known NMB models like these that had it. They always go immediately, as it's a sought-after feature.

Title: Re: [Sold] NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 15 April 2018, 09:50:50

Quote from: ander on Sun, 15 April 2018, 02:47:08

—a left-thumb Backspace?

My late father-in-law was an accountant and split space bar was his preferred keyboard style. I think that they started making them in the mid-late-1990s.

Title: Re: [Sold] NMB RT8255CW+ Split Spacebar
Post by: ander on Sun, 15 April 2018, 20:56:17

So what was the logic behind the thumb-operated BS?

This keyboard would be wasted on Donald Trump, BTW, as he never retracts anything. However, a "blame the fake media" key would be handy.