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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: rdjack21 on Thu, 12 November 2009, 11:27:00
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Ok I ran across another small keyboard over on Yahoo Japan and thought at first that I had ran across another variant of the MD01B0 (there are quite a few of them BTW) so asked the seller to pull a key and take a picture. It was not what I was hopping for but still I have not seen this one before and I can't find anything out about it. So here I am asking here.
So any Idea's or links to more information on it would be great. I have dug through sandys site and a few others but have not found this board nor the switch. I have found similar OKI boards but not this one and those other boards had a different switch in them or where rubber dome boards. The seller indicates that this particular board is very rare. And of course has listed it at a fairly high price.
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5653&stc=1&d=1258046391)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5654&stc=1&d=1258046391)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5655&stc=1&d=1258046391)
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I wonder if that's not a broken Cherry ML switch.
Eh...katakana legends...
Hiragana legends would be nicer.
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Nope not a broken Cherry ML Switch.
Found some more information on it. This is a better picture of the switch and it seems that it may be hammer on membrane or some such. It is really starting to intrigue me.
Any ways here is a better picture of it:
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5656&stc=1&d=1258060426)
From what I have found it also may have a 40g force as well.
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Hmm. Keycaps look kinda nice. And katakana on the keys would probably look pretty neat too.
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Eh...katakana legends...
Hiragana legends would be nicer.
Life is tough, isn't it?
Email Sandy, I think that's your best bet. It's not like anything I've ever seen.
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I'd prefer no legends. Every time I see one of those Japanese keyboards, they always look like someone scribbled all over them.