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Title: Japanese Model M?
Post by: daskeybo on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:28:50

https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5954339-Japanese-Keyboard-Japanese-Letter-Typing/162751818108?

Anybody know if this is buckling spring and can be converted to USB?

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: 7h3_Pr0v010n3 on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:38:37

Quote from: daskeybo on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:28:50

https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5954339-Japanese-Keyboard-Japanese-Letter-Typing/162751818108?

Anybody know if this is buckling spring and can be converted to USB?

Check out the following link: https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=uoi6uul100vdim9umn5coehqjjumfgge&topic=91568.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=uoi6uul100vdim9umn5coehqjjumfgge&topic=91568.0). :thumb:

Edit: Quotation.

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: clickityClackity on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:39:35

Quote from: daskeybo on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:28:50

https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-5954339-Japanese-Keyboard-Japanese-Letter-Typing/162751818108?

Anybody know if this is buckling spring and can be converted to USB?

Yes, there is a good thread about it. I'll try to find it later (on mobile at the moment)

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: clickityClackity on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:39:55

Quote from: 7h3_Pr0v010n3 on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:38:37

Check out the following link: https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=uoi6uul100vdim9umn5coehqjjumfgge&topic=91568.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=uoi6uul100vdim9umn5coehqjjumfgge&topic=91568.0). :thumb:

^^

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: harlw on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:43:16

Lots of infoz for you here

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: matt-taco on Tue, 19 December 2017, 11:43:31

Pingmaster, alps skcc green, typing on one now. Extra smooth and delicious.

You can either wire a teensy to it, or you can take the easy rout and e-mail hasu for his tmk4704 for 45 bucks.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54706.0

Currently I use it as my school driver, I love it. Takes a week to get used to it, has a fairly short throw, 3mm, but its my fastest typer.

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: ander on Wed, 20 December 2017, 01:46:44

Here's the most recent GH thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=91914.0) about 'em.

Title: Re: Japanese Model M?
Post by: daskeybo on Wed, 20 December 2017, 12:09:26

Thanks for the info