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Offline SebFindsWeirdThings

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Odd buckling spring keyboard
« on: Sun, 21 April 2019, 06:12:03 »
I found this weird keyboard at the car boot sale for a whopping £1, thought it was rubber dome but oh no, it had buckling springs.
This keyboard has no branding, only multimedia keyboard, and I'm really confused as to what it could be.
The springs inside sound and feel like the IBM ones found in the Model M, so I honestly aint sure where this is from.
It has media keys, so it's presumably from an early 2000's pc

Let me know what you think, I'll upload typing sounds when I'm home
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Offline fanpeople

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 21 April 2019, 07:25:45 »
Dats pretty cool. I wanna know more.
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Offline subcat

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 21 April 2019, 07:34:54 »
the switches are cantech buckling springs, a chinese buckling spring design. they're quite interesting, but obviously being a chinese clone switch the keyboards they come in are made out of tissue paper
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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 21 April 2019, 07:35:06 »
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Daily driver: SSK or Tenkeyless IBM AT
1984 Model M Industrial Prototype ⌨ 1992 Black Oval Industrial SSK ⌨ 1982 5251 Beam Spring ⌨ 89 Key "SSK" ⌨ M13 triplets

Offline SebFindsWeirdThings

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 21 April 2019, 09:37:18 »
Cool stuff!
Still for £1 thats dope for me, now i just need to test if it works!
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Offline flurryvelvet

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 26 April 2019, 05:39:43 »
Quote from: SebFindsWeirdThings on Sun, 21 April 2019, 06:12:03
I found this weird keyboard at the car boot sale for a whopping £1, thought it was rubber dome but oh no, it had buckling springs.
This keyboard has no branding, only multimedia keyboard, and I'm really confused as to what it could be.
The springs inside sound and feel like the IBM ones found in the Model M, so I honestly aint sure where this is from.
It has media keys, so it's presumably from an early 2000's pc

Let me know what you think, I'll upload typing sounds when I'm home

that keyboard feels crappy compared to other buckling springs
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Offline abrahamstechnology

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 26 April 2019, 20:55:42 »
Wow, a buckling spring with media buttons?
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Offline flurryvelvet

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Re: Odd buckling spring keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 10 May 2019, 07:31:50 »
Quote from: abrahamstechnology on Fri, 26 April 2019, 20:55:42
Wow, a buckling spring with media buttons?

hopefully not made of crappy ol' rusty springs
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