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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Sun, 11 December 2016, 01:26:57

Title: AT keyboard for Sanyo MBC-555 PC [ENDED]
Post by: ander on Sun, 11 December 2016, 01:26:57

"Sanyo MBC-555 *RARE* Vintage Keyboard *Fully Tested & Works Perfectly* (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sanyo-MBC-555-RARE-Vintage-Keyboard-Fully-Tested-Works-Perfectly/132026207187)"


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MY0AAOSw44BYN6A4/s-l1600.jpg)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ks8AAOSwux5YN6eN/s-l1600.jpg)


BIN $72.50, incl. U.S. shipping. (The computer's not included.)

I don't know how much of a "great find" this is—but I've never seen one, and it looks cool to me. Anyone know what kind of switches it'd have?

And while Wikipedia says the MBC-555 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBC-550) was an early PC-compatible, where's ALT, and what's with GRAPH? And what an Enter key!!

Title: Re: AT keyboard for Sanyo MBC-555 PC
Post by: ander on Sun, 11 December 2016, 01:31:36

I now see a post from someone on DT (https://deskthority.net/other-external-f66/great-interesting-finds-t5700-14580.html) about this auction, and they mention it has Fujitsu Leaf Springs (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Fujitsu_Leaf_Spring).

DT wiki: "Linear, extremely smooth [even when dirty]. Much heavier than the later generation switches. One of the best examples of well designed linear switches." Sounds cool.

Title: Re: AT keyboard for Sanyo MBC-555 PC
Post by: chyros on Sun, 11 December 2016, 16:33:38

I reviewed one of these a while ago: