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Title: Is this Unicomp Buckling Spring?
Post by: the g man on Fri, 27 April 2012, 19:19:26

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190668532460&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123#ht_999wt_1189

Hey all, Saw this on the bay. Seems that there are 10 available. Its called model M, but looks impossibly thin to be bucking spring. Anyone know anything about it?

Title: Is this Unicomp Buckling Spring?
Post by: tobydeemer on Fri, 27 April 2012, 20:13:39

It's apparently a rubber dome:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.neotec.co.jp/syouhin/key/unicomp/mightywot/mightywot.html&ei=j0KbT5npHMLm0QHXrs2rDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEQQ7gEwBA&prev=/search%3Fq%3D98U0176%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dubuntu%26hs%3DUwH%26channel%3Dfs%26prmd%3Dimvns

Not sure as the feel of typing on it. Layout looks nice though.

Title: Is this Unicomp Buckling Spring?
Post by: Autolyze on Fri, 27 April 2012, 20:15:00

I don't see any mention of "Model M" on there? I don't know anything about that board in particular, but I can tell you that it's not buckling spring. It looks kind of scissor switchy.

Title: Is this Unicomp Buckling Spring?
Post by: bazemk1979 on Fri, 27 April 2012, 21:05:14

OP you can have a look at this one, more pricey but it comes with the numpad as a whole package, also got the IBM blue color logo ALA Lexmark made, not sure but I think its made by Lexmark for IBM.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Keyboard-139745-82F0379-1397470-/140574752386?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20bae87e82