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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nubbinator on Sun, 18 January 2015, 01:36:01
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These are usually Hi-Tek linear. I love the colors and would love the keyboard, but know I'd have no idea at all on how to mod it to use it with modern computers.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Perkin-Elmer-Keyboard-/261738770638?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf0d8b0ce
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Hi-Tek linear.
I don’t think this particular one is though. I’ve never seen Hi-Tek/Stackpole switches with sculpted keycaps, and the legends are also different here. But who knows.
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Perkin-Elmer are always sculpted caps. They look like they should be the same as on the other boards.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Perkin-Elmer_3700_keyboard
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Perkin-Elmer_55000-0147
If I had any idea how to mod it for modern use, I'd grab it in a heartbeat.
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Both of those links you just posted show uniform caps (like every other Hi-Tek / Stackpole board I’ve ever seen pictures of), not sculpted.
The uniformity is clearest in this picture:
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/9/9a/PerkinElmer3700kb-side_view.jpg)
They look like they should be the same as on the other boards.
These might still be Hi-Tek switches, I wouldn’t rule it out, but the keycap legends are also obviously different. Compare:
(http://i.imgur.com/EWxNf3q.jpg)
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/1/19/PerkinElmer3700kb-top_view.jpg)
By the way, for the sake of anyone who buys this, I hope it’s not Hi-Tek / Stackpole switches, as those are pretty unpleasant to type on IMO.
My guess is Honeywell/Micro Switch Hall Effect switches, but that’s just a guess.
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This is the image I received from the seller
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/facAAOSw0e9UvHsl/$_4.JPG
Looks like hitek