geekhack
geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: HaaTa on Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:59:15
-
New find today :D (also picked up a crappy Logitech wireless keyboard, and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard for lulz).
I almost thought it was one of the many rubber domes in the stack I was going through (lots of Keytronics...).
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfkVhsflI/AAAAAAAADEE/d5IbgFo1w5I/s800/2010-11-19%2014.56.16.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfsKFE2nI/AAAAAAAADEM/uUDDjBHkUPM/s800/2010-11-19%2014.57.00.jpg)
Yup, AT.
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfoqJ_SGI/AAAAAAAADEE/ALmFVAqSuJ4/s800/2010-11-19%2014.56.36.jpg)
FCC tells me its from NMB Technologies Corp., Hi Tek Keyboard Division (~March 1993).
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfqYW29qI/AAAAAAAADEE/VM0YmO_fc7o/s800/2010-11-19%2014.56.52.jpg)
Whoops, I hope IST doesn't mind that I repurposed one of their keyboards :biggrin:.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfvQjXCrI/AAAAAAAADEE/g9TgSydzcRg/s800/2010-11-19%2014.57.22.jpg)
Damn, do those springs fly everywhere! Glad I didn't lose any.
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfxWQifnI/AAAAAAAADEc/6E8Wk5ZhG5g/s800/2010-11-19%2015.07.50.jpg)
Neon-Green slider, hehe.
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObfzW1krCI/AAAAAAAADEo/K33dAPWghPQ/s800/2010-11-19%2015.08.00.jpg)
Interesting stabilizers.
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObf-Oat_OI/AAAAAAAADEE/gLpHXpL6qFI/s800/2010-11-19%2015.09.13.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgAFB4AJI/AAAAAAAADEE/p9frqX6_lNY/s800/2010-11-19%2015.09.28.jpg)
Shucks, no double-shots this time 'round. Interesting attachment mechanism though.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgCGyURyI/AAAAAAAADEE/MLNPt89Z_5Y/s800/2010-11-19%2015.09.37.jpg)
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgD-fy9DI/AAAAAAAADFA/fHhwWS6Z_xU/s800/2010-11-19%2015.09.44.jpg)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgFmn5BEI/AAAAAAAADEE/y6cDVUV1Cfg/s800/2010-11-19%2015.09.51.jpg)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgIS9tuQI/AAAAAAAADFU/wT0hSxvN0ps/s800/2010-11-19%2015.10.01.jpg)
Aww, screwed up this pic.
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgNyr066I/AAAAAAAADGU/U2UBtLStqEg/s800/2010-11-19%2015.21.26.jpg)
Oh well, this is what matters anyways.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgPy1FQAI/AAAAAAAADGw/ZuwEMXQ98TU/s800/2010-11-19%2015.21.39.jpg)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgSLXfUHI/AAAAAAAADHM/9-KDSbz_0Z8/s800/2010-11-19%2015.21.46.jpg)
Interesting, looks like it's possible to enable an XT mode on the board (not that I'd ever have the desire to do that...).
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgUUowsDI/AAAAAAAADHc/ndBjdqZoYPI/s800/2010-11-19%2015.21.52.jpg)
Guess I'm used to seeing INTEL chips all the time.
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgWzOc5HI/AAAAAAAADHo/LMaNDAh7zns/s800/2010-11-19%2015.21.58.jpg)
Solder direction...um, k.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgc7RlObI/AAAAAAAADJA/-7ViHoBvsE0/s800/2010-11-19%2015.22.14.jpg)
Interesting, whatever it means...
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObge7gPMXI/AAAAAAAADJM/yXBFlZh_VFk/s800/2010-11-19%2015.22.20.jpg)
Neat, keys are labelled, though not completely accurate...if memory serves correctly.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgoxyjfnI/AAAAAAAADEE/XQ8B3rCIB8o/s800/2010-11-19%2015.24.21.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgrC6wFiI/AAAAAAAADJo/Git_uMbMxUY/s800/2010-11-19%2015.24.33.jpg)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgtE1mHFI/AAAAAAAADJs/3EM2y6YCr_E/s800/2010-11-19%2015.24.40.jpg)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgvtY0YUI/AAAAAAAADJ0/GjELPqZ3n9s/s800/2010-11-19%2015.24.49.jpg)
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObgx7E-EyI/AAAAAAAADKA/bogXGr7on0g/s800/2010-11-19%2015.24.58.jpg)
Nice, quality cord.
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObg4Uq8YbI/AAAAAAAADEE/IAKrl1x26p4/s800/2010-11-19%2015.27.23.jpg)
Spring comparison (spacebar vs. everything else)
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObg6nANRMI/AAAAAAAADKc/sIff3erPJXI/s800/2010-11-19%2015.29.18.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObg_CCwb7I/AAAAAAAADEE/eJyYJRsr6A4/s800/2010-11-19%2015.30.10.jpg)
Some mechanism pics (here the switch is in "pressed" state).
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObhDqrM0hI/AAAAAAAADK4/f1wVaYFVWf0/s800/2010-11-19%2015.30.30.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObhF3Hp6lI/AAAAAAAADEE/9lwLkE3s2_o/s800/2010-11-19%2015.30.43.jpg)
"Unpressed" state.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObm5_Rl4mI/AAAAAAAADEE/aZNNTiCYEDo/s800/2010-11-19%2015.58.57.jpg)
Closeup of the slider (only difference is the colour)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TObhMzz_Y4I/AAAAAAAADLM/lncNsmJoHoo/s800/2010-11-19%2015.31.12.jpg)
Haven't really had a lot of time to test it out. But I'd say it's a tactile, but not clicky board. More tactile than MX Browns (noticeably). Though the force required is about the same.
Once the keycaps are cleaned I'll be using it for a while.
Edit: Forgot to add my usual Picasa (http://picasaweb.google.com/TrIpLeHaaTa/NMBRT8251T?feat=directlink) link.
-
WTF! Why the hell, does vBulletin keep de-caps'ing my titles.
-
Any idea what those switches actually are? I don't recognize them at all.
-
They are nmb space invader switches. The one I have is clicky and is most similar to cherry blues in feel.
-
They are nmb space invader switches. The one I have is clicky and is most similar to cherry blues in feel.
Ahhhh, I knew I recognized the sliders from somewhere.