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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: morpheus on Mon, 08 April 2013, 19:56:42
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I'm curious does anything like this exist?
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Google it. We have seen several very interesting projects of this type.
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Yes:
http://www.usbtypewriter.com
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While a mechanical keyboard could be seen as an extravagance, I found it to be very practical, but an $800 type writer as a keyboard just does not make sense to me. Why someone may want to write with such device?, while with half the cost of that a good mechanical keyboard could be bought.
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I like typing on a typewriter sometimes-- when eyestrain is starting to get to me, or when I just want to clear my head by being away from the virtual world for a while-- but really wouldn't want to use one as a keyboard.
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While a mechanical keyboard could be seen as an extravagance, I found it to be very practical, but an $800 type writer as a keyboard just does not make sense to me. Why someone may want to write with such device?, while with half the cost of that a good mechanical keyboard could be bought.
I agree with you that it doesn't make sense. I would say it's nonsense, who the hell would pay $800 for a bloody keyboard? I'm having a hard time justifying $200+ for a Topre!
I was just curious to see if it existed.
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What's all this about $800? The company sells a conversion kit for $49 - $79:
http://www.usbtypewriter.com/collections/kits
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So... if I took the Cherry switch PCB out of electronic typewriter does it count? LOL
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What's all this about $800? The company sells a conversion kit for $49 - $79:
http://www.usbtypewriter.com/collections/kits
So has anyone on Geekhack tried this mod yet?
If so, was it as easy as they claim it to be?
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It's open source -hardware and software - so you could always roll your own.
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I made a 'typewriter' keyboard.
Mine was a lot simpler than this though, I cut down the keycaps from a rubber dome keyboard and made fake typewriter keys out of binder disks.
It looked very cool and, while nowhere near as nice as typing on a regular keyboard, it was usable.
Funnily enough, this was how I stumbled across geekhack and got interested in mechanical keyboards :D
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I plan on converting my selectric to USB. I think I can get optical sensors thin enough to fit inbetween the typebars. If so, it'd be easier to mount, and wont affect the action.
While a mechanical keyboard could be seen as an extravagance, I found it to be very practical, but an $800 type writer as a keyboard just does not make sense to me. Why someone may want to write with such device?, while with half the cost of that a good mechanical keyboard could be bought.
I bought both my working IBM selectric II's for a total of $12.50
not my cheapest mechanical keyboard, but a good price nonetheless.