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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Rusty Rat on Tue, 20 July 2010, 03:54:13

Title: Model M = Selectric Touch
Post by: Rusty Rat on Tue, 20 July 2010, 03:54:13

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9231/subcatid/0/id/474453 (http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9231/subcatid/0/id/474453)
I have never seen one of these retail boxes before - ‘Enjoy Selectric Touch’ nice advertising which goes back to the original Model M design concept of trying to create the Selectric feel (ripster will disagree)

Lying buggers state its good for a 25 million cycle life which we all know is a gross underestimation or are Lexmark’s more junky?

Title: Model M = Selectric Touch
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 20 July 2010, 04:28:46

That's Unicomp's spec for it too, and there's nothing to suggest the IBM made ones lasted any longer (they're all the same thing really). Those membranes don't last forever.

And yeah, they don't feel anything even remotely like a Selectric.

Title: Model M = Selectric Touch
Post by: trievalot on Tue, 20 July 2010, 05:53:44

Easy to clean:
Simply wipe with a damp cloth

I prefer dishwasher