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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: klennkellon on Thu, 22 June 2017, 17:13:11
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Hey guys, found this just now at the thrift store.
(http://i.imgur.com/0s0bqJ7.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mWBPCGg.jpg)
It feels nothing like my Model M, sounds more like an F. And I think I spy a PCB rather than membranes.
If anyone could identify it for me that would be cool. I also doubt this is easy to get to work on a PC at all.
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Take off a keycap and shine a flashlight down the barrel, you should be able to see it for yourself :) .
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Take off a keycap and shine a flashlight down the barrel, you should be able to see it for yourself :) .
i see green, so its a Model F? ;D
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To me, the defining quality of Model Fs is the layers of plates under tension and compression that give it "life"
A Model F has a metal front plate and individual barrels, and a metal back plate with the PCB mated to it.
In my opinion, this is a Model M with an alternate switching layer.
Model F pivot plates ("flippers") would enhance an argument for it being more Model-F-like, while the smaller Model M style would make it an M for certain.
In my opinion.
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To me, the defining quality of Model Fs is the layers of plates under tension and compression that give it "life"
A Model F has a metal front plate and individual barrels, and a metal back plate with the PCB mated to it.
In my opinion, this is a Model M with an alternate switching layer.
Model F pivot plates ("flippers") would enhance an argument for it being more Model-F-like, while the smaller Model M style would make it an M for certain.
In my opinion.
I am incline to believe you, but it feels so much different than my Model M. Granted my Model M is missing a number of rivets.
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Mystery Solved!
https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-electronic-typewriter-model-95-capacitive-buckling-springs-t16727.html