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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nilzie on Tue, 12 April 2011, 15:01:01

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: nilzie on Tue, 12 April 2011, 15:01:01

I found this keyboard recently, but I have no idea what kind it is. Can you guys help me out?

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: pitashen on Tue, 12 April 2011, 15:33:23

Dome

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: escargot on Tue, 12 April 2011, 15:52:00

It looks a bit like the Sun 7 rubber dome parts. Which I think, if you can deal with the mushiness, it's a good keyboard.

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: The Solutor on Tue, 12 April 2011, 15:53:18

Quote from: ripster;329414

If you press the Coffee button what happens?  Does it wake up the PC or give you the runs?

If the coffe button really works I'll left the mech wagon quickly :biggrin:

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: keyb_gr on Tue, 12 April 2011, 17:04:10

The construction looks pretty Fujitsu-ish... didn't they make those Sun 'boards anyway?

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: The Solutor on Tue, 12 April 2011, 19:56:50

I have a type 4 (built in US) US keymap with the right international enter, and is a reversed rubber dome.

And a type 6 (made in Malaysia) US keymap with the wrong American enter, which seem a plain rubber dome, but has nothing to do with the KB shown in the photo.

Anyway the are both nice looking, but crap keyboards.

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: CurtisLeon on Wed, 13 April 2011, 04:22:55

Rubber dome with a slider.

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 13 April 2011, 05:57:28

I agree with that it looks like a Fujitsu rubber dome keyboard -- the slider, the look of the rubber dome and the right border.
The Fujitsu FKB8811 (http://www.fujitsu.com/us/news/pr/fcai_20010820-01.html) matches what you can see in the image, but perhaps there are other keyboards that do too.

Quote from: keyb_gr;329535

The construction looks pretty Fujitsu-ish... didn't they make those Sun 'boards anyway?

I am sure they did. The sliders and key caps are interchangeable between my Sun Type 5c and
Fujitsu FKB8738 (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:13567) and the rubber dome sheets look similar too. The key caps on the Sun keyboard are of better quality: thicker, pad printed and sharper edges. Unfortunately, the keys on the bottom row are a different size.

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: nilzie on Wed, 13 April 2011, 06:51:56

Thanks for the answers. I thought it was a nice expensive keyboard. :(

It's made in Malaysia btw.

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: What is X? on Wed, 13 April 2011, 07:07:00

Quote from: nilzie;329905

Thanks for the answers. I thought it was a nice expensive keyboard. :(

It's made in Malaysia btw.

bit of a contradiction in terms isn't it :p

Title: What kind of keyboard is this?
Post by: kaiserreich on Wed, 13 April 2011, 09:20:07

What's wrong with being made in Malaysia?

They make good quality stuff in China, and low quality imitation stuff too. I don't see you complaining about that