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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Pylon on Thu, 11 November 2010, 13:47:07
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I just got a filthy example of one of these for free, and these are unusually good quality for a rubber dome. They've got Cherry compatible double shot keycaps, though they're low contrast (kinda defeats the purpose of double shot when you could go dye sub or laser and get better contrast and equal durability), a decent metal backplate, separate barrel plate, and the controller is huge. Key feel is decent for a rubber dome, but still not as good as my Quietkey.
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Pictures ?
Did you mean this ?
(http://keyboard.loverz-net.com/keyboards/images/Gateway-124Anykey.jpg)
The Gateway AnyKey is a programmable PC keyboard that was sold with desktop computers from the Gateway 2000 company roughly from 1990 to 1995. It was manufactured in at least five known versions and incarnations by Tucson, Arizona-based Maxi Switch, now a subsidiary of LiteOn Technology Corporation. The AnyKey is no longer manufactured, with the latest dated model available marked 1996. Maxi Switch, Gateway, and LiteOn currently do not offer any product labeled as or comparable to the AnyKey.
The AnyKey keyboard is easily distinguished from other generic keyboards by an extra double column of F keys on the left side, a unique eight directional arrow key pad as opposed to the traditional inverted T, and a quartet of extra keys directly above the numeric pad that control the programmable aspects of the keyboard. They are labeled “Program Macro”, “Suspend Macro”, “Repeat Rate”, and “Remap”, reading left to right. All versions of the AnyKey are white or very light gray with some keys (notably the programming keys, extra function keys, and arrows) in a darker gray.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_AnyKey
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It's programmable, that's why they're sought after vs. others that aren't.
Northgate Omnikey fanatics like the arrow clusters like that one pictured too.
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I have one of these, and the keys feel about as good as your average mechanical, even though they are rubber dome. I'd take the Anykey over the Quietkey any day. I never thought to check for double-shot keys, but you're right. They just have a really low contrast.
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I have one of those and I love it for the extra keys, macro function and remap function, but I don't actually like the feel of the keys. Anyone know of any mechanicals with the same function set? Or how would I go about modifying the board into one, anyone done it before?