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Title: Unknown keyboard
Post by: ajcfernandes on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:21:54: Hi, a friend of mine found this old keyboard, it looks mechanical (Buckling Spring) but we are not sure what kind of keyboard or brand is this, anyone recognise it?

(http://i.imgur.com/5PrkNRY.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/SUScXkr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/M12Mt3U.jpg)

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Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Quardah on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:33:02: Pictures are not working mate, host them on http://www.imgur.com
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Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:34:57: Plunger over spring? Not really anything special.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Quardah on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:38:32: Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:34:57
Plunger over spring? Not really anything special.

Wait you can see the pictures?
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:40:35: Yes...and I think there's something wrong with your signature as well.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: ajcfernandes on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:43:10: Ok, changed photos no new host, can see now?
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: rootwyrm on Tue, 09 July 2013, 16:37:44: If the white bit goes at the bottom, it's a knockoff buckling spring of some flavor. That certainly looks like a hammer.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: ajcfernandes on Tue, 09 July 2013, 17:12:37: Yes the white piece goes at the bottom, and the sound is similar to buckling
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 09 July 2013, 18:23:33: We have seen a couple of variations of "Mechanical Touch" on this forum before. It is indeed a buckling spring mechanism and not something else. What I have heard about them is that they are supposed to feel awful compared to IBM and Alps (rare) buckling spring designs. The switches are supposedly sometimes somewhat inconsistent to oneanother.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37: I think it's called a "Ya Sheng" or possibly "Can Tech".

They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Thimplum on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:51:56: Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37
I think it's called a "Ya Sheng" or possibly "Can Tech".

They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.

I think so too. I swear that I saw another of these somewhere in the interwebs...
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 10 July 2013, 00:09:04: Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37
They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.
Actually, the IBM M2 doesn't have a metal backplate, yet it works well.
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: ajcfernandes on Thu, 11 July 2013, 03:50:45: BTW can anyone identify this one:
(http://i.imgur.com/3Nnzz3t.jpg)
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 11 July 2013, 12:09:48: What switches does it have?
Title: Re: Unknown keyboard
Post by: ajcfernandes on Thu, 11 July 2013, 17:13:48: I dont know, i found that one for sale on a very nice price, and im looking for a Model M or something similar, the person selling is on vacations so i need to wait to get more info about the keyboard, but it looks that have a metal board under the keys.