I am not in this dogfight, but did I remember that industrial XT cases are metal top & bottom? Or was that something special(ized)?
On closer inspection I think this listing is more similar to this one listed on clickykeyboards, judging by the font at any rate http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11066/subcatid/0/id/461779
Anyone know more about these than I do, please correct me.I am not in this dogfight, but did I remember that industrial XT cases are metal top & bottom? Or was that something special(ized)?
Might have been something specialized, since most XT's I saw while researching this particular one was the normal plastic top/metal bottom.
Anyway, it's certainly not buckling spring. You can just tell by the shape of the caps. I don't know what kind of switches it has, but it might be the old style alps like some of the other boards of the era including some other IBM boards that used green alps.
The shape of the caps is wrong and the plate is not curved. The keys are molded to curve.
Anyway, it's certainly not buckling spring. You can just tell by the shape of the caps. I don't know what kind of switches it has, but it might be the old style alps like some of the other boards of the era including some other IBM boards that used green alps.
The shape of the caps is wrong and the plate is not curved. The keys are molded to curve.
Huh?
This looks just like all the F XTs I have had.
Anyway, it's certainly not buckling spring. You can just tell by the shape of the caps. I don't know what kind of switches it has, but it might be the old style alps like some of the other boards of the era including some other IBM boards that used green alps.
The shape of the caps is wrong and the plate is not curved. The keys are molded to curve.
Huh?
This looks just like all the F XTs I have had.
Bottom edge of the F-keys is a dead straight line all the way down the column, would be curved if F.
Keycaps have more angular corners than F keycaps.
Still, I would :cool:
All this talk about the keyboard not being an F is reverse psychology. I'm not falling for it!
All this talk about the keyboard not being an F is reverse psychology. I'm not falling for it!
:p
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Fine, fine! Soarer you win....it's not capacitive BS. T_T
Crushing my dreams man, you're crushing them.
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Fine, fine! Soarer you win....it's not capacitive BS. T_T
Crushing my dreams man, you're crushing them.
Ummm... you could always just paint the XT case that color. Just sayin'! :)
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Fine, fine! Soarer you win....it's not capacitive BS. T_T
Crushing my dreams man, you're crushing them.
Ummm... you could always just paint the XT case that color. Just sayin'! :)
What about the black IBM logo?
Likely OAK switches, like in clickeykeybaords and webwit's examples:
http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_industrial/xt/Show Image(http://webwit.nl/input/ibm_industrial/xt/8.jpg)
Bottom edge of the F-keys is a dead straight line all the way down the column, would be curved if F.
Keycaps have more angular corners than F keycaps.
Enilighten me on the OAK switch. I can barely find anything online about it.
Was trying to find information about Oak swtiches and found this article (look at the date):
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/05/business/technology-the-membrane-keyboard.html
Hi-Tek "Space Invaders" prove that buckling springs are not the only reasonable option.
However, if these were good, why have they disappeared with hardly a trace?
Hi-Tek "Space Invaders" prove that buckling springs are not the only reasonable option.
However, if these were good, why have they disappeared with hardly a trace?
Honestly I didn't like the feel of space invaders and much prefer buckling springs,
Enilighten me on the OAK switch. I can barely find anything online about it.
Honestly I didn't like the feel of space invaders and much prefer buckling springs,
Of course, I prefer the Model F over all others, hands down, but there is obviously room for many other mechanisms on the market.
I wonder whether Cherry really deserves the market share that they currently enjoy, or whether all the other mechanical switch makers have fallen by the wayside because of esoteric business fluctuations, including bad decisions on both sides of the supply/demand equation.
And now I am interested to try OAK!
Just throwing this out there:
I will trade a F AT for this keyboard to whoever wins it.
Just throwing this out there:
I will trade a F AT for this keyboard to whoever wins it.
Only $51 plus shipping...not bad I suppose!Not I.
So who won?