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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Ysaquerai on Tue, 30 December 2008, 13:29:52

Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: Ysaquerai on Tue, 30 December 2008, 13:29:52
I was looking for a spring keyboard then a person told in the net that he is willing to sell me his keyboard.

He send me this picture
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3328/image005ds9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/image005ds9.jpg/1/w320.png) (http://g.imageshack.us/img99/image005ds9.jpg/1/)

(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/162/image0061gr7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/image0061gr7.jpg/1/w320.png) (http://g.imageshack.us/img156/image0061gr7.jpg/1/)

I was searching for this in the net and found one in ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Vaio-keyboard-with-PS-2-connection_W0QQitemZ290285108260QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item290285108260&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A2|294%3A50

Is this a spring keyboard or just a old rubber dome?

Anyone who has an info on this? Kindly help pls.
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: bhtooefr on Tue, 30 December 2008, 13:36:02
It's almost certainly going to be rubber dome.

Generally, with very, very few exceptions, keyboards that are branded by a major computer manufacturer and that are recent (as in, the last 10 or 15 years) are going to be rubber dome.

Those exceptions would be... off the top of my head...

IBM Model M and variants
Compaq MX 11800
Apple Extended Keyboard II (BARELY makes the 15 year cutoff)
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: Ysaquerai on Tue, 30 December 2008, 13:57:49
Thanks for the info on this.
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: alpslover on Tue, 30 December 2008, 13:59:47
Quote from: bhtooefr;16655

Those exceptions would be... off the top of my head...

IBM Model M and variants
Compaq MX 11800
Apple Extended Keyboard II (BARELY makes the 15 year cutoff)


the dell at101 and descendants as well.
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: bhtooefr on Tue, 30 December 2008, 14:53:38
Ah, true.
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 30 December 2008, 15:35:30
And all of those are fairly old.
Title: Sony Vaio Keyboard - Spring?
Post by: D-EJ915 on Wed, 31 December 2008, 00:29:35
rubber dome