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Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: huha on Mon, 18 May 2009, 05:08:17

Does anyone know what switches this (http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/FUJITSU-FKB4700-SERIES-KEYBOARD-RARE-VINTAGE-FIND_W0QQitemZ300187023684QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4706QQcmdZViewItem) keyboard uses?

-huha

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: huha on Mon, 18 May 2009, 06:10:21

Quote from: webwit;91417

Fujitsu Peerless.

Do you happen to have any information on those?

Are they worth a try just for the obscurity?

-huha

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: Mikecase00 on Mon, 18 May 2009, 15:58:11

Looking at the lights that shine through the lock keys, it looks like the same switches on my Epson Equity board.  It's a spring over rubber dome with a funny cap.  Decent key action, soft click, not as notchy as an M, but more precise than most of today's boards.

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: wheel83 on Mon, 18 May 2009, 16:26:49

yo mike case i have tried sending u messages and emails ... anyways i paypalled u 35$ for black m13 keys .. could you please pm me about this asap. it has been over a month since i sent you the moneys...

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: huha on Tue, 19 May 2009, 04:02:21

Does the Epson Q203A feature these switches as well?

I bought one for cheap and am now pondering buying the Fujitsu for slightly more ...

-huha

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: Mikecase00 on Wed, 20 May 2009, 14:34:32

Quote from: wheel83;91475

yo mike case i have tried sending u messages and emails ... anyways i paypalled u 35$ for black m13 keys .. could you please pm me about this asap. it has been over a month since i sent you the moneys...

PM sent

Title: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325?
Post by: Mikecase00 on Wed, 20 May 2009, 14:35:30

Quote from: huha;91571

Does the Epson Q203A feature these switches as well?

I bought one for cheap and am now pondering buying the Fujitsu for slightly more ...

-huha

I would guess it does.  The switches on the Epson seem to be the only variety that allow locklights to shine through the keys like on the Fujitsu.

Title: Re: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: Showhand on Fri, 06 June 2014, 10:30:27

Hey I just found one of those in my garage, branded Vegas.
I tried to type a little with it and it really feels good!

P.S. Sorry for exhuming an old post!

Title: Re: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: davkol on Fri, 06 June 2014, 12:23:18

Fujitsu Peerless and "really feels good"? To each their own, I guess. The good news is that many of those keyboards had quite nice dye-sub PBT caps and a solid curved plate.

Title: Re: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Fri, 06 June 2014, 15:46:05

I forget what mine felt like before I stripped and cleaned it and potentially washed away all the lubricant, as a lot of the stabilised keys are really stiff. Space bar is also messed up as the absurdly tacky strengthening spring (wrapped around the stabiliser) isn't set correctly.

For me personally, they're pretty decent. They have the long pretravel of buckling spring (which Fujitsu seemed to be copying) but with a nice medium weight and a gentle click that's more office friendly.

Title: Re: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: Showhand on Fri, 06 June 2014, 18:16:29

Quote from: davkol on Fri, 06 June 2014, 12:23:18

Fujitsu Peerless and "really feels good"? To each their own, I guess. The good news is that many of those keyboards had quite nice dye-sub PBT caps and a solid curved plate.

I have to clarify this. I am a newbie to "good" keyboards world. Just comparing with my past experience, made of lots of rubber domes and a mechanical once. I have to say that the PBT caps are really immortal - they are a little dirty but still as new. Perhaps, how u suggest to clean them?

Title: Re: Does anyone know the Fujitsu LR 68325 / FKB4804?
Post by: user 18 on Fri, 06 June 2014, 18:18:09

The first 'mech' I used was a fujitsu peerless switch. They really are terrible, not much better than a nice rubber dome