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Title: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: macguy80 on Fri, 24 July 2015, 03:23:35: So, I am loving my bucking spring Model M, but I find that, apart from the click, I also find the noise of the keycaps themselves to be quite satisfying in its own right. Is that due to the PBT keycaps, or some other aspect of the construction at play? Mine is a Unicomp Spacesaver M.

Has anyone actually typed on a rubber dome Model M to be able to say whether the keycap noise is the same, minus, of course, the click of the buckling spring?
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: chyros on Fri, 24 July 2015, 06:16:34: It's probably due to a combination of the switch construction as well as the acoustics and materials of the board. I've found PBT keycaps to actually sound inferior to ABS ones (more high-pitched).
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: jerr on Mon, 27 July 2015, 17:19:54: A quiet Model M would be dope
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 27 July 2015, 17:24:42: There is a Model M variant (I think it is called "Soft Touch") that is true buckling springs with a squirt of grease in the spring.

Rubber domes are rubber domes.

PS - ABS sucks - PBT all the way
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: jerr on Mon, 27 July 2015, 17:44:34: Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 27 July 2015, 17:24:42
There is a Model M variant (I think it is called "Soft Touch") that is true buckling springs with a squirt of grease in the spring.

Rubber domes are rubber domes.

PS - ABS sucks - PBT all the way
Where can I get one?
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: Snowdog993 on Mon, 27 July 2015, 19:12:00: The IBM "Soft Touch" keyboard is extremely rare. You might find one in 1,000 IBM keyboards.
Good Luck!

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/13192/subcatid/0/id/152083
Title: Re: Rubber Dome/ "Quiet Touch" Model M's?
Post by: macguy80 on Mon, 27 July 2015, 19:21:09: I'd love to hear a recording or see a Youtube video of one in action, but apparently that is equally as rare. :)