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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: bopdiddy on Thu, 04 June 2009, 16:21:43
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I toured around but can't find any picture or description that matches this one:
(http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/204/keyboard.jpg) (http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=keyboard.jpg)
(Found on a classified board, asking for model detail, but haven't heard back.)
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Looks like a regular rubber dome... Not part of the "M" series anyway...
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Nuts, that's what I suspected. Oh, well. I hate being a poor, overtaxed Canadian trying to find a mechanical keyboard.
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It costs about $34US to have a keyboard shipped up to Canada through USPS standard service (model M size and weight), about $45-$50 for express. UPS is horrible, usually about $40 in shipping + $30 in "brokerage" fees and another $10-20 in duty on a <=$100 item (the brokerage and duty are COD, so you don't see those until it shows up at your door).
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Those are one of the better rubber dome boards when they're new, I used two of them for a lot of years before I found good mechanicals. They tend to get really squishy, and the keys get really wobbly after a bit of use however. Those were pretty standard early rubber dome boards that replaced mechanicals with most systems back in the early -mid 90's. That's really the keyboard I maxed my typing skills on, playing a lot of text based mud's. lol
I think they're probably pretty common and not worth much. I found several at my local thrift shop the last time I went for like $5 each.
The model number is kb-8923
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It costs about $34US to have a keyboard shipped up to Canada through USPS standard service (model M size and weight), about $45-$50 for express. UPS is horrible, usually about $40 in shipping + $30 in "brokerage" fees and another $10-20 in duty on a <=$100 item (the brokerage and duty are COD, so you don't see those until it shows up at your door).
Woah, that's as much as it costs to get one shipped over here... Obviously geographical knowledge was never the strong point of UPS.
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This is definitely a KB-8923. These are pretty good for rubber dome keyboards. They have a longer key stroke than most rubber dome switches made today and they do last quite a while. Look around thrift shops like someone else here posted, and you will probably find some selling from 5 to 10 dollars. I have one that was given to me. I found it to be acceptible in terms of usability.
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I have that EXACT keyboard. I found it in my grandparents basement :D
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I stand corrected.