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Title: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: ed_avis on Sun, 03 May 2015, 14:41:20

www.gumtree.com/p/desktop-workstation-pcs/panasonic-kx-w900-word-processor-c-w-instruction-manual/1114327015

I don't know what kind of keyswitches Panasonic typewriters used.  Local pickup from Newton Abbot.

Title: Re: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 05 May 2015, 03:08:24

Pretty sure this one is some type of terrible rubber dome. Some (especially earlier) models of Panasonic typewriters used Alps switches.

Title: Re: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: ed_avis on Tue, 05 May 2015, 04:58:46

That's a shame.  And I guess there aren't any Panasonic Toughbook laptops with decent keyboards either?

Title: Re: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: ander on Tue, 05 May 2015, 16:26:38

Quote from: jacobolus on Tue, 05 May 2015, 03:08:24

Pretty sure this one is some type of terrible rubber dome...

But at the very least you could pick it up personally, and then you'd get a trip to the UK out of it... Not bad!

Title: Re: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 05 May 2015, 17:32:48

Whoa. The industrial design of it... It looks like a video cassette player from the '80s with a keyboard. :)

Title: Re: Panasonic KX-W900 in Devon, England
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 07 May 2015, 09:33:36

I actually stumbled upon a sibling to this typewriter in a thrift store today. Not the exact model, but very close.

I pulled a key and checked. It has a coiled spring over membrane. The slider is integrated into the keycap, so not compatible with any mechanical switches that I know of.
The key action is linear and light with short throw. Creaky on off-centre key presses.
Nice texture on the keys though: gritty without being coarse.