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Title: Tandy branded buckling spring keyboard on ebay
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 06 September 2012, 16:14:30

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110948007050&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110948007050&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)

This thing looks pretty nice. If I collected esoterica I would be all over it. Includes cat cover!

How do they work indicator lights into keycaps on buckling springs?

Title: Re: Tandy branded buckling spring keyboard on ebay
Post by: poxeclipse on Fri, 07 September 2012, 09:04:36

Yes, looks like Peerless. He removed the whole slider in the picture showing the switch. The plastic lid fits an IBM keyboard.

Title: Re: Tandy branded buckling spring keyboard on ebay
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 07 September 2012, 09:11:20

Thanks for the info. I had never seen one of these.

Time to cry again for the disappearance of the wikis.