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Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: elbowglue on Sat, 10 April 2010, 03:39:48

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350336083375&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Is it a dome?  Someone gotta make a chicony wiki :P

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 10 April 2010, 04:22:59

Fake cherries methinks.

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: Brodie337 on Sat, 10 April 2010, 04:49:50

Massive windows keys on that one, and a tiny space bar...

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: fastbuck on Sat, 10 April 2010, 04:59:35

Chicony 51XX and 53XX were mostly mechanical, all the 59XX I've seen were rubber domes. So I would GUESS that it's a rubber dome.

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: elbowglue on Sat, 10 April 2010, 05:35:59

KB 5191 was fake cherries,
KB 5181 was blue colored monterey switches (looks like alps).

The first "windows 95" keyboards had huge ctrl - alt - windows keys, sort of like my Siig Wintouch keyboard.

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 10 April 2010, 05:39:51

Woops, got the numbers mixed up. Yeah, it probably is a rubber dome alright.

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: elbowglue on Sat, 10 April 2010, 06:09:18

Yeah this 59xx is probably a dome..

Whats this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicony-Model-KB-5323-Keyboard_W0QQitemZ220521151536QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item335815bc30

Chicony KB-5323

Looks like it has a normal shaped enter key..

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sat, 10 April 2010, 08:01:26

59xx models are really simple, cheap rubber domes AFAIK. Very common.

The KB-5323 might be closer to the KB-5311/5312, which is a cheap-feeling and lightweight, but surprisingly rather well-working medium / heavy rubber dome with the classic Chicony matrix. No sliders but reasonably low friction levels nonetheless, and the "decal look" lettering seems to be tough.

Title: Chicony KB-5911?
Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Sat, 16 October 2010, 15:48:32

There is one behind my step-father's fridge, right where I found an M. It's rubber and doesn't feel that great actually.