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Offline SamirD

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Calculator Keycaps?
« on: Fri, 23 October 2015, 21:04:08 »
So now that I've been reading on gh for a while, I looked at my old printing calculator and pulled off the keycap to find that it's a double shot old-school spherical shape. 

And that got me thinking--anyone used calculator key caps for their numpad or numerals row?  If so, what's it look like?

Offline Jhonan

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 17:49:23 »
We're about to replace my favorite calculator in my tiny accounting office... you have me wanting to pull the keys to see if they're usable.  I just dread that they may not actually be removable and I'll be killing it early :(

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 19:11:12 »
hahaha!  I had a bunch of dead/defunct calculators, so I found out that even the rubber dome type come off and will go back okay.  Just don't use too much force--it seems like it's about to break, it probably is.

Offline Jhonan

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 19:15:13 »
Now to sneak my key puller into work...

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 19:58:32 »
Now to sneak my key puller into work...
haha, definitely report back what you find!  :thumb:


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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 20:02:55 »
Hopefully it's not a broken calculator LOL

Offline Kola93

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 21:19:28 »
The best "calculator" is definitely the G80-3700! ^-^

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Re: Calculator Keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 25 October 2015, 21:22:40 »
Calculator keys at least in the old days are pretty thick and heavy. Even if they were MX stemmed they may not feel very nice to type on.

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