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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 22:59:17

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 22:59:17

"René Girard is one of only 40 members, or immortels, of the Académie Française, France's highest intellectual honor.

Girard, 85, has produced book after book. His latest, Achever Clausewitz, created a firestorm in Paris when it appeared in 2007—the kind of conflagration only a public intellectual in France can ignite. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was citing his words, and reporters made pilgrimages to Girard's Paris doorstep day after day."


What kind of keyboard does René Girard use to crank out those words? Guess for yourself! See photo in the article:

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/julaug/features/girard.html

(http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/julaug/features/images/GIRARD1_QG.jpg)

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: d2v on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:13:13

The image in the linked article is this :

(http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2009/julaug/features/images/GIRARD2_QG.jpg)

My guess is that it is the cherry G84-4100, the spacing between keys looks smaller than usual.

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:16:41

hahaha, nope!
XD

good try, keep 'em coming.

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: Hak Foo on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:18:43

Looks like a badly lit 1391401 or similar.

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:19:31

ooh, could be... but what makes you think so?

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: skriefal on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:30:01

Yes, looks like it might be a badly lit Model M.  The recessed ridges/channels on the left side and bottom edge of the keyboard are very M-like.  Or perhaps one of the Keytronic keyboards that look similar to an M...

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:33:05

the keyboard also makes a brief appearance in a video on that page...

just after 1:00 :)

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 16 October 2009, 23:53:04

evidence is mounting... but how can you be sure? :)

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: Hak Foo on Sat, 17 October 2009, 00:42:47

Quote from: msiegel;126285

ooh, could be... but what makes you think so?

The shape plus the font.  Keytronics have a similar case, but different lettering.

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: msiegel on Sat, 17 October 2009, 01:20:18

Quote from: Hak Foo;126299

The shape plus the font.  Keytronics have a similar case, but different lettering.

YES, we have a winner!!

IBM used a heavy Helvetica for the Model M keycaps. Coupled with dye-sublimation printing, it shows up very clearly in the photo. A true IBM classic :)

Thank you for playing :D

Title: It's time to play Name That Keyboard!
Post by: wellington1869 on Sat, 17 October 2009, 11:02:15

hey if the M is good enough for french intellectuals then its good enough for typing out my snippy geekhack posts xD
What I like about the M is its nice to know that some tech products have had staying power. Its rare in the gadget world where technology turnover is like 3 years tops.