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Title: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 03 April 2014, 16:44:21

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Televideo-Model-950-Terminal-Keyboard-Vintage-/121305335522?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1c3e5c86e2

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: E TwentyNine on Thu, 03 April 2014, 19:56:06

Futaba Complicated

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49503.0

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:30:20

thanks for the link.

I've been meaning to get one of these.

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: Techno Trousers on Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:53:11

That looks badass. Can it be modded for PC use?

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 04 April 2014, 01:07:55

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:53:11

That looks badass. Can it be modded for PC use?

I plan to direct wire

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Sat, 05 April 2014, 03:03:34

I'd actually been kinda looking at these after the other televideo keyboards with space invaders showed up. I could tell from one of the pictures of one with missing switches that they weren't space invaders because of the positions of the missing legs, but didn't know what they were other than guessing they would probably be linear given their choice of linear space invaders in the other ones.

Quote from: Techno Trousers on Thu, 03 April 2014, 21:53:11

That looks badass. Can it be modded for PC use?

AFAIK, if you do a controller swap, any and all switches that work via contacts of some kind can be done in the same way. The other linked geekhack page is another way - just using the plate and pretty much throwing away the PCB and just hand-wiring the entire matrix direct to the teensy.

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: grave00 on Thu, 10 April 2014, 21:11:18

I have one of these that was my guinea pig retrobrighting foray.  It looks pretty good.  Better than that one.  I never imagined anyone would find it desirable.  It's switches are extremely short throw and extremely hard mushy.  It's the only keyboard I think I have where I'd want to stand up to get better leverage on.  Not good.

Title: Re: possible Space Invaders - check out the Return key!
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 10 April 2014, 21:43:13

Quote from: grave00 on Thu, 10 April 2014, 21:11:18

I never imagined anyone would find it desirable. 

White Hi-Tek switches are not to my liking, but I love the black ones.

If only there was one with a proper Enter/Backspace configuration!