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Offline ajcfernandes

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Unknown keyboard
« on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:21:54 »
Hi, a friend of mine found this old keyboard, it looks mechanical (Buckling Spring) but we are not sure what kind of keyboard or brand is this, anyone recognise it?





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Offline Quardah

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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:33:02 »
Pictures are not working mate, host them on http://www.imgur.com
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:34:57 »
Plunger over spring? Not really anything special.
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:38:32 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:34:57
Plunger over spring? Not really anything special.

Wait you can see the pictures?
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:40:35 »
Yes...and I think there's something wrong with your signature as well.
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Offline ajcfernandes

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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 14:43:10 »
Ok, changed photos no new host, can see now?
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 16:37:44 »
If the white bit goes at the bottom, it's a knockoff buckling spring of some flavor. That certainly looks like a hammer.
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Offline ajcfernandes

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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 17:12:37 »
Yes the white piece goes at the bottom, and the sound is similar to buckling
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Offline Findecanor

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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 18:23:33 »
We have seen a couple of variations of "Mechanical Touch" on this forum before. It is indeed a buckling spring mechanism and not something else. What I have heard about them is that they are supposed to feel awful compared to IBM and Alps (rare) buckling spring designs. The switches are supposedly sometimes somewhat inconsistent to oneanother.
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37 »
I think it's called a "Ya Sheng" or possibly "Can Tech".

They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:51:56 »
Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37
I think it's called a "Ya Sheng" or possibly "Can Tech".

They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.

I think so too. I swear that I saw another of these somewhere in the interwebs...
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 10 July 2013, 00:09:04 »
Quote from: Hak Foo on Tue, 09 July 2013, 19:18:37
They tried to make a buckling spring board, but didn't realize it needed things like a metal backplate to work well.
Actually, the IBM M2 doesn't have a metal backplate, yet it works well.
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 11 July 2013, 03:50:45 »
BTW can anyone identify this one:
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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 11 July 2013, 12:09:48 »
What switches does it have?
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Offline ajcfernandes

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Re: Unknown keyboard
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 11 July 2013, 17:13:48 »
I dont know, i found that one for sale on a very nice price, and im looking for a Model M or something similar, the person selling is on vacations so i need to wait to get more info about the keyboard, but it looks that have a metal board under the keys.
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