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Title: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: Ryan Uber on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:24:09

I was watching one of my old favorite movies (Pi: Faith in Chaos) and noticed a few quick flashes of retro keyboard gear.

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There are some neat keys in here that I don't see too often, plus some sweet custom keycaps that I'm sure are the product of attention to detail and never settling for anything less than perfection.

Anyone have a keyboard that looks like this? (3+ different cap sets mixed in all over the place, broken / ghetto case, caps in wrong locations / rows, etc?)

Also, if you have not seen the movie, it is HIGHLY recommended.

Title: Re: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: PointyFox on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:32:52

Quote from: Ryan Uber on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:24:09

There are some neat keys in here that I don't see too often, plus some sweet custom keycaps that I'm sure are the product of attention to detail and never settling for anything less than perfection.

The ones covered in scribbled-on masking tape?  ;)

Title: Re: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: Ryan Uber on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:47:59

Quote from: PointyFox on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:32:52

Quote from: Ryan Uber on Tue, 16 July 2013, 01:24:09

There are some neat keys in here that I don't see too often, plus some sweet custom keycaps that I'm sure are the product of attention to detail and never settling for anything less than perfection.

The ones covered in scribbled-on masking tape?  ;)

Yes. :) Group buy for replicas coming soon! (j/k)

Title: Re: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 30 July 2013, 09:16:42

Looks similar to this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231023559223?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

which was posted here

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=46318.0

Title: Re: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: loadstar81 on Mon, 23 September 2013, 14:19:48

I just re-watched this last night and now want to recreate this keyboard!

Title: Re: Pi*r^2 (movie) Keyboards!
Post by: Tarzan on Mon, 23 September 2013, 14:30:45

I'm pretty sure those key switches are Futuba, which suggests the movie keyboard borrowed the innards from a Televideo terminal keyboard.

Futuba Linear Switches
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_linear_switch (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_linear_switch)

Image link:
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/f/f8/Futaba_linear_complicated_vs_simplified.jpg)