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Title: Looking For Retro?
Post by: 127001 on Mon, 16 December 2013, 20:36:19

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201005373033

Don't really know what these go for but I haven't seen it before. Seems pretty cool.

Title: Re: Looking For Retro?
Post by: sth on Mon, 16 December 2013, 20:42:04

haata has one (duh :P ). they're pretty neat. VERY tall.

Title: Re: Looking For Retro?
Post by: agodinhost on Mon, 16 December 2013, 20:43:59

Gosh!
Look at the size of those resistors!!!

My wife would throw me away if she catch me seeing this keyboard.
She insist to say that I'm wasting my money into useless garbage stuff ...

Title: Re: Looking For Retro?
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 17 December 2013, 00:17:28

More importantly, it's evidence that doubleshot legends do not last forever. Look at the right hand side: they have worn through.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-UNIVAC-Keyboard-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/Bx8AAOxyUrZSr1Wj/$_57.JPG)

Title: Re: Looking For Retro?
Post by: vivalarevolución on Tue, 17 December 2013, 06:59:23

Can I do a USB mod?

Title: Re: Looking For Retro?
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 17 December 2013, 14:41:38

Quote from: prdlm2009 on Tue, 17 December 2013, 06:59:23

Can I do a USB mod?

If it's anything like this keyboard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/triplehaata/sets/72157637897439135/), and uses non-hall effect microswitch switches, you cannot hold most of them down. Most are made to mechancially press and immediately release. Converting it to USB would be possible, but it's not a very practical keyboard to type on.