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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Parak on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:28:11

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: Parak on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:28:11

The ever elusive HALL EFFECT board?!?!?1!?1one1juan?! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300492496868)

Also, re-positionable switches :eek:

I considered going for it myself, but it's probably going to be a bit too much work to get it to work with a pc, and I'm not really a collector.

If anyone here gets it, please do a review :D

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: woody on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:35:13

Keycaps and PCB traces' style look very similar to what I've posted here (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=12491). Mine I'm sure at 90% is capacitive though.

This is a beauty.

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: mr_a500 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:48:35

 :blank:

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: Parak on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:54:57

Quote from: ripster;248257

These things usually feel like crap.

Linear crap.  Well I guess crap in it's natural state IS linear.

I don't know... sometimes it's tactile.

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 17 November 2010, 17:06:06

Honeywell bought Micro Switch which made the Hall effect switches (I believe after using them as a supplier for some time)  You can even see the Micro Switch label there.

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: Parak on Sat, 20 November 2010, 18:21:36

Went for $109.50. Anyone going to fess up? Otherwise, I'd say it was webwitted :p

Title: Well well, what have we here..
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 20 November 2010, 20:08:15

Quote from: ripster;249938

Once again, most likely a Japanese collector through a buying service.

They don't mind Linear crap I guess.  I'm serious when I say most of this vintage keyboard stuff may look interesting but feels horrible.

Most vintage keyboards are ironically still bad in contrast to modern ones. If the key feel isn't bad, the layout certainly is, and incompatible with any useful interface.

IBM really had the best keyboards around. But that shouldn't be a surprise. =)