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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: microsoft windows on Wed, 01 July 2009, 12:51:01

Title: Look at this!
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 01 July 2009, 12:51:01

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-VINTAGE-PS2-PS-2-BLACK-104-SEMI-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-NEW_W0QQitemZ350100071605QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item51839724b5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1240|293%3A1|294%3A50


I know everyone here will envy this vintage 'board...what a steal at just $20 plus shipping!

Title: Look at this!
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 01 July 2009, 13:36:25

Gotta love those 'hacker style' keyboards with "Semi-clicky" action...

Title: Look at this!
Post by: IBI on Wed, 01 July 2009, 13:59:59

Between the keys is awfully shiny. Is it likely to be a plate mounting for alps or cherries or just some exceptionally shiny plastic?

Title: Look at this!
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 01 July 2009, 14:02:04

Shiny plastic and a really bright flash. If that's an Alps/Cherry board, I will gladly eat my Model F whole...

Title: Look at this!
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Wed, 01 July 2009, 14:04:51

lmfao yea ok semiclicky. That looks like some rubber domes to me.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
BTW, how can it be half clicky?

Title: Look at this!
Post by: IBI on Wed, 01 July 2009, 14:12:17

Quote from: watduzhkstand4;100522

BTW, how can it be half clicky?

Physical click but no audible one like brown cherrys and black alps.

Title: Look at this!
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 01 July 2009, 14:25:21

Or maybe the dull thud of an ordinary ol' rubber dome switch being hit hard. Uh-oh--it looks like his camera blurred out the "Made in China" sticker on the back!

Title: Look at this!
Post by: chimera15 on Wed, 01 July 2009, 16:20:20

Rubber dome.  I have this board, it's not bad if it's unused early on for a rubber dome, but still a far distance from a mechanical.  They wear terribly, and get keycaps that are super wobbly.  I have one that my mom used for like 2 years, and it's caps wobble back and forth about 50 degrees I swear.


http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~duelist/kb-3923/index.htm

Title: Look at this!
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 01 July 2009, 19:57:52

Is your mom's one "semi-clicky" as well?