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"Quiet Touch" -> buckling springs

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iMav:
I'd still have to rape a controller from a buckling spring 'board (although I'm not convinced that they are programmed differently...even though Unicomp says so).  ;)

I might try to find some similar material, or go looking for a Model M is very poor condition to take from...and take my chances with the controller for now.

bhtooefr:
lam47: IMO, yes.

My blue-logo IBM US 1391401, blue-logo white-chassis Lexmark M13, and Unicomp EnduraPro all sound and feel different.

wellington1869:

--- Quote from: lam47;13236 ---Well that's a shame. I was looking forward to seeing this.
Out of interest do the Unicomp springs feel/sound much different to the original IBM ones?
--- End quote ---


definitely. I had an endurapro, and the springs were lighter and the keys themselves were flimsier and the sound was very different from the old model M I had. (On the endurapro the sound was higher in tone, bottom out clack was way louder).
Basically i really preferred the M. That said, I know there are people on geekhack who have preferred the lighter feel (and even the higher-tone sound) of the unicomp boards.

iMav:
I've compared the buckling spring assemblies you can purchase from Unicomp with ones from older Model M's and I can't tell a difference.  

Could simply be the difference in age and, possibly, differences with the rest of the keyboard and keycaps.

bhtooefr:
I do recall reading somewhere that IBM allowed a 30% variance in spring weights, IIRC, though. And, usually the Lexmark boards are considered to feel worse.

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