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Title: [SORED] (It's an RD, but still interesting)Black Japanese KB, $33.50 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 27 December 2017, 22:13:42

English - Japanese Mechanical Keyboard - Used (https://www.ebay.com/itm/English-Japanese-Mechanical-Keyboard-Used/182728374740)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Mx0AAOSwB3tZnJPs/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RqEAAOSwh5hZnJPs/s-l1600.jpg)


(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7bwAAOSwCotZnJPs/s-l1600.jpg)


Think this is really an MK? I don't see any company name or p/n, just FCC #ACK-260UC. Anyone have a clue? Cool look, anyway.

Title: Re: Black Japanese MK (used), $33.50 shipped
Post by: audax989 on Thu, 28 December 2017, 02:02:11

from the looks of the leds it might be rubber dome. don't quote me on that though.

Title: Re: Black Japanese MK (or is it?), $33.50 shipped
Post by: ander on Thu, 28 December 2017, 04:25:48

Quote from: audax989 on Thu, 28 December 2017, 02:02:11

from the looks of the leds it might be rubber dome. don't quote me on that though.

Well, that's what I thought, too. (Have you ever seen an MK with the curvy bit at the bottom? I haven't.) They're not asking a MK-type price for it, either.

But I thought I'd see if any of the pundits here knew more. (Yoo hoo, pundits...?)

Title: Re: Black Japanese MK (or is it?), $33.50 shipped
Post by: TalkingTree on Thu, 28 December 2017, 05:56:44

Quote from: ander on Wed, 27 December 2017, 22:13:42

Think this is really an MK?

I highly doubt it. These (http://www.adesso.com/products/product-sort2-16.html) should be the only Adesso mechanical keyboards.

Title: Re: Black Japanese MK (or is it?), $33.50 shipped
Post by: ander on Fri, 29 December 2017, 21:42:39

Oh, well, there you go.

Older RDs sound "clicky" to peeps who are used to membranes, of course. (How many RD Model M variants have we seen advertised with "the famous clicky IBM sound"?)

Title: Re: Black Japanese MK (or is it?), $33.50 shipped
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 30 December 2017, 00:49:27

Similarly, all IBM-compatible keyboards are "IBM Keyboard" and all Apple chiclet keyboards are "Magic".

If I do a eBay search now, I find several Apple rubber-dome keyboards from the '90s and '00s that are described as "Clicky".

Title: Re: (It's an RD, but still interesting)Black Japanese KB, $33.50 shipped
Post by: SamirD on Wed, 03 January 2018, 14:30:36

I actually have a Topre like this except in beige.  Funky board, but nice key feel for sure.  That small spacebar takes a lot to get used to though.

Title: Re: (It's an RD, but still interesting)Black Japanese KB, $33.50 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 03 January 2018, 22:18:16

Quote from: SamirD on Wed, 03 January 2018, 14:30:36

I actually have a Topre like this except in beige...

Hey, and that's an RD too! LOL 

Okay, I like Topres; I just couldn't resist.