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geekhack Community => Reviews => Topic started by: chyros on Sat, 17 December 2016, 08:24:33

Title: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: chyros on Sat, 17 December 2016, 08:24:33

Finally, an actually usable Fujitsu keyboard! Thanks again to Florian for proxying :) .

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 17 December 2016, 13:00:58

So Kooreen... !!(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed1-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: chyros on Sat, 17 December 2016, 18:05:39

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 17 December 2016, 13:00:58

So Kooreen... !!

Show Image

(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/embarrassed1-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862502)

I know right? ^^ In all fairness, these switches are fairly resistant to crap, though - it's a pretty robust design.

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: dante on Sun, 18 December 2016, 10:41:15

Is there any reason why you couldn't transplant these into the peerless keyboard?

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 11:40:40

Quote from: dante on Sun, 18 December 2016, 10:41:15

Is there any reason why you couldn't transplant these into the peerless keyboard?

Yes, Fujitsu Peerless is a dome with slider over membrane-backplate sandwich keyboard while leaf springs are a electromechanical PCB-mounted switch with different sliders, barrel plate, mount, etc. They have almost nothing in common whatsoever.

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: dante on Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:35:43

What are the chances this is a Fujitsu with leaf springs?  This one comes with an AT cable:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Personal-Computer-Keyboard-AT-RARE-/192065661387

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: chyros on Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:57:38

Quote from: dante on Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:35:43

What are the chances this is a Fujitsu with leaf springs?  This one comes with an AT cable:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Personal-Computer-Keyboard-AT-RARE-/192065661387

100%, there's a cap-off pic included :p .

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: dante on Mon, 02 January 2017, 14:25:20

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/r35VO5DnOV8ty/200_s.gif)

I went through some vintage Tandy computer catalogs looking for a part number and couldn't find it.  But while I was reading a strong rush of nostalgia came pouring back into me.  While most kids grew up with C64's, Spectrums, TI/99/4A's, Apple II's/etc. I had a TRS-80 Color Computer.  And seeing all those beige boxes really felt like home.

Most of the youth/public today have a completely different feeling about Radio Shack than I did in the 80's.

I'm not exactly sure I'd want to pay money for this keyboard as I'd mostly just want to try typing on it for the experience.  But **** me if a NIB/NOS shows up.

Title: Re: Tandy 3000 keyboard (Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd generation)
Post by: Starius on Wed, 06 March 2019, 12:46:28

I've recently dug up my old Tandy 3000 keyboard (I don't know where a I got it, but I remember using it in the era of transitioning from Win 3.1 to Win 95) and I'm planning on cleaning it up a bit. 

Does anyone have any advice for opening up these switches for cleaning? I've not tried yet, but I've never tried to service these kinds of switches before.