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Offline Infinite north

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Ibm terminal space saver?
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Offline Half-Saint

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 20 October 2010, 01:43:30 »
Too bad it's a rubber dome...
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 20 October 2010, 13:24:36 »
Oh, good to know, I thought it was mechanical for sure.  I was going to go for one.
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Offline sethstorm

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 20 October 2010, 18:05:05 »
Quote from: Infinite north;236257
This could be fun for someone wanting to convert a terminal keyboard.

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-POS-24-Function-Key-Keyboard-P-N-73X3832-/130445786977?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1e5f2cbf61

the 73X**** terminal boards are reported to be all rubber dome.  
If you really wanted to convert this rubber dome "unsaver" board, then by all means do get the board.
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Offline Shawn Stanford

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 20 October 2010, 18:27:33 »
I've never had an IBM RD, I assume the 'dome' is molded into the top membrane? In other words, it isn't a membrane just like a BS membrane with the rubber dome portion on top of that.
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Offline Shawn Stanford

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 20 October 2010, 20:47:19 »
So, could you theoretically take the guts from a 122-key BS, hack off extra stuff on the right and use this case, membrane and controller?
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Offline Half-Saint

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 21 October 2010, 01:34:07 »
For anyone not sure.. check the item specifics, says Rubber membrane right there :)
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 22 October 2010, 12:14:57 »
They're quite different to the buckling spring version. Lowpoly has one, and reviewed one, so there's pics if you search the part number in the Geekhack search engine. It's like a purpose-built rubber dome keyboard that has the same layout as the buckling spring version.
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Offline sethstorm

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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 24 October 2010, 15:02:19 »
Quote from: Shawn Stanford;236590
So, could you theoretically take the guts from a 122-key BS, hack off extra stuff on the right and use this case, membrane and controller?


The keyword would be Buckling Spring.  Chopping off a capacitive board would not work.
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Lexmark/IBM: M13 Black Trackpoint
NCR:HO150-STD1-01-17 Decision Mate V - The other Gray NCR linear.

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