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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: badcop on Thu, 15 August 2013, 11:07:13
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I remember watching this guy's big brother be developed back around 2005? and was very disappointed when i saw its price and poor performance. anyway, i was browsing through ebay and came accross this neat little thing. its mostly useless but it would maybe be cool for someone's collection one day.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Art-Lebedev-Optimus-Mini-Three-Animated-Keyboard-RARE-/130968220484?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1e7e507344
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Here is the website for anyone who isn't familiar
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/mini-three/
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That is pretty cool, but from the listing:
"I have never used the product personally. I do not know if it works or not. I havent even removed the screen protectors!
I do not warrant that it does work."
Seems a bit odd to me. How hard is it to plug it into a USB port, take a picture of whatever comes up on the buttons by default, and put that in the listing?
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That would involve the risk of finding out it doesn't work, and therefore having to disclose that fact.
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while the full size keyboard uses cherry ml (http://optimus-project.livejournal.com/60517.html) it looks like this version is a dome over PCB (see below).
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The insides....courtesy of here http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/optimus-mini.html (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/optimus-mini.html)
also more here
http://www.mindtribe.com/2006/11/teardown-optimus-mini-three-keyboard-from-art-lebedev-studio/