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It seems that GH was hacked, and so several threads and messages were lost, mine too it seems.
Anyway, I will repost the pics and the source of the boards...as well as referring to commentary from the original thread.
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Found these boards at a local recycler after searching due to a prompting from a review by a member, Hoggy, on a KMX-144 board he has.
Hoggy review:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:12294....and since this original posting, found another review of exactly the same board with more pics over on Deskthority.net:
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=449The recycler's advert for the boards is dated Jan 12.2012...but had seen the ad several months back, but had no interest in the boards at that time.
Toronto Kijiji.ca advert:
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-computer-accessories-Devlin-keyboards-W0QQAdIdZ227350497The recycler company name is "Products Unlimited" :
http://www.productsunlimited.ca/electronic-recycling#!__contact-usThe price of the boards? $10.00 Cdn each all in price, cable included.
I picked up 5 of them, and was told that they have at least 20 more of them available.
They have an RJ-6 type connector on the board, same on the cable and a PS/2 connector on the other cable end...6 conductors through wired.
Four of the five boards work....the non-working one may be salvagable..if not then it becomes an experimental board.
All boards work on the PS/2 port directly of course, and through 3 different dollar-store PS/2-to-USB converters I have...directly in USB or through a USB hub.
The physical construction is the same as Hoggy's board, that is individual switches mounted in a black plastic support. the switches mounted/soldered into a circuit board, and a heavy metal backing base plate.
My switches are of a different type than Hoggy's board his being mechanical Cherry, mine being possibly a magnetic type...there is a rubber dome in the keycap itself...not sure what the switch type is...
was speculated that they may be Contronics magnetic or RAFI RS-67...but not sure...there are no switch markings to be seen anywhere, and I am not a switch expert.
My keycaps have a different profile than on Hoggy's board, and the locks LEDs in mine are red instead of blue
Typing on this board is ok, but I notice the switches need to be hit on center, or there is a slight drag on the switch which throws off your pace, but ok generally.
Definitely not a spring type of feel.
My board has worked flawlessly for almost two days now, not experiencing the LED lockup he unfortunately is on his board.
Overall, although I would prefer spring type Cherry switches...I do like the boards and the colors on mine.....and so I will be keeping them.
Pics of my boards:
Four of my Five: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39452[/ATTACH]
Closeup: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39453[/ATTACH]
Uncovered: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39454[/ATTACH]
Keyswitch: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39455[/ATTACH]
Controller: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39456[/ATTACH]
Electronics: [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 39457[/ATTACH]
Hope this thread is of interest and useful to the viewers.....
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