Author Topic: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards  (Read 3287 times)

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Offline da20valve

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Just wondering (apart from the IMB M Model) what old keyboard are mechanical, sping buckling), wondering if users can post model numbers on keyboards that fit this description.

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Re: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 29 March 2014, 06:19:07 »
You may want to glance at the Deskthority wiki: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Category:List_of_all_keyboards

Offline da20valve

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Re: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 29 March 2014, 06:29:43 »
are all these Mechanical ??.

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Re: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 29 March 2014, 07:05:01 »
Most of them. That’s also not a very complete list. But if you look up some specific type of switch on the Deskthority wiki, you can usually get a good idea of several possible boards to look for for that switch.


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Re: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 31 March 2014, 09:28:26 »
I had a weird/goofy/cool/cheap Chinese buckling spring keyboard a couple of years ago but I sold it on ebay. You can't read the numbers but it was not really very good. I would not recommend chasing one down unless you just want to add it to the collection on the shelf.
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Re: can users post model number of old mechanical +buckling sping keyboards
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 31 March 2014, 10:05:39 »
I had a weird/goofy/cool/cheap Chinese buckling spring keyboard a couple of years ago but I sold it on ebay. You can't read the numbers but it was not really very good. I would not recommend chasing one down unless you just want to add it to the collection on the shelf.

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