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What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 10:41:40 »
Are there a lot or only a select few?
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 11:22:37 »
There was some Cherry board that had an 8u spacebar, if I remember correctly. Not sure the model number.

But the TI-99/4A used an 8u spacebar! :D
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 11:26:13 »
There was some Cherry board that had an 8u spacebar, if I remember correctly. Not sure the model number.

But the TI-99/4A used an 8u spacebar! :D

Ah, makes sense.

Cherry had these available and so we bought a lot, and well, they don't fit what we need. Would these be good for those who would like to cut/bend their own custom sizes?
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 11:39:20 »
There was some Cherry board that had an 8u spacebar, if I remember correctly. Not sure the model number.

But the TI-99/4A used an 8u spacebar! :D

Ah, makes sense.

Cherry had these available and so we bought a lot, and well, they don't fit what we need. Would these be good for those who would like to cut/bend their own custom sizes?

The GH60 150-layout plates support an 8u spacebar, if anyone were interested in building theirs like that. :)
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 11:45:56 »
There was some Cherry board that had an 8u spacebar, if I remember correctly. Not sure the model number.

But the TI-99/4A used an 8u spacebar! :D

Ah, makes sense.

Cherry had these available and so we bought a lot, and well, they don't fit what we need. Would these be good for those who would like to cut/bend their own custom sizes?

The GH60 150-layout plates support an 8u spacebar, if anyone were interested in building theirs like that. :)

Interesting...funny side note, my last Crap Bag from SP featured an 8u SA White/Trans Spacebar which fits...we just don't have any PCBs for it atm
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 13:02:37 »
The only one I know of is the Wyse PCE - a terminal keyboard with mostly IBM Enhanced layout. They have Cherry MX.
Those that are flat above the function keys are usually PS/2-compatible.
Some were branded something else, and there are some with rubber domes.
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 20:26:58 »
That's a huge spacebar, and those CTRL caps are also gigantic :D

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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 21 August 2015, 20:31:55 »
I think that the Leading Edge 2014 has a 9u space bar.
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 22 August 2015, 00:01:41 »
All the terminal WYSE boards I have picked up were 9.75unit.  But here is a mind blow, IvanIvanovich, had a 15 unit but used it as a paint stirrer.
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Re: What keyboards feature 8u spacebars?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 22 August 2015, 00:08:06 »
I acquired an NCR PCB recently with what appears to be 8u black wire
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