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« Last post by Ellipse on Tue, 21 July 2026, 03:06:38 »
Sharing with permission a kind review of the Round 2 B104 Beam Spring keyboard:
"My B104 arrived yesterday and it is an absolute treat. It's a gorgeous piece of equipment and it's clearly very well made. It required zero repairs or tweaking beyond putting the keycaps on - when I tested it, every key fired correctly the first time.
I am still a regular Selectric user and, with the solenoid on, this thing mimics the feel of one perfectly. Everything from the key profile to the resistance to the cycle clutch "kick" (if the solenoid is on) is dead-on. Which I know was IBM's intent with the original, but it's a feeling I've been chasing in a keyboard for fifteen years, and this is where I finally found it. I recorded myself typing on both and if it weren't for the Selectric's margin bell I'd struggle to tell the difference.
Also, your red powder coat matches my Correcting Selectric II perfectly. Side-by-side, they look like they could have come out of the same factory.
Thank you so much for this labor of love. I'm going to cherish it."