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Offline Azuremen

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My best find thus far in used keyboards...
« on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 14:55:46 »


Found it for $10 at my University's surplus. Uses Cherry MX Browns, with a PS/2 cable and a phone line (I assume for programming the keyboard)

Needs a bit of cleaning, but it is in fairly good shape from what I can tell. I'll get it plugged in later when I get home and test how it types out a bit more.

And here I thought my Model M I picked up for $2 was going to be a find hard to top...
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 14:59:45 »
Well done.  Looks pretty clean, too.
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Offline Fwiffo

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:07:19 »
$10? I have a RSI suffering co-worker who would kill you in your sleep.
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:07:57 »
Even if it doesn't work, that's a bargain. Nice find.
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Offline cweimann

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:42:45 »
The phone jack is for a foot switch.

You can program the keyboard right from the keyboard.  Here is a link to a pdf of the manual.  http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/contour-ps2-manual.pdf

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Found it for $10 at my University's surplus. Uses Cherry MX Browns, with a PS/2 cable and a phone line (I assume for programming the keyboard)

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Offline Zalusithix

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:43:45 »
The phone jack is for a foot pedal attachment.

And beaten to the punch... Reply by phone is slow.
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Offline kill will

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:50:33 »
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You can program the keyboard right from the keyboard.


yo dawg

i heard you like programming and keyboards....
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Offline Azuremen

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 15:57:28 »
Quote from: cweimann;249407
The phone jack is for a foot switch.

You can program the keyboard right from the keyboard.  Here is a link to a pdf of the manual.  http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/contour-ps2-manual.pdf


Thanks! I know virtually nothing about these keyboards aside from the switch mechanism, so I'll be giving this a read through for sure.

I'm just excited I found this thing for this price, since I was a bit curious about them ever since I saw a picture a bit back.
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Offline CodeChef

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 16:01:06 »
Dude, a Kinesis with Browns for 10 bucks? Lucky bastard!
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Offline Zalusithix

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 16:10:24 »
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Dude, a Kinesis with Browns for 10 bucks? Lucky bastard!


As far as I know, all of the advantage line has always been browns.
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Offline kps

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 16:13:23 »
Quote from: cweimann;249407
The phone jack is for a foot switch.

You can program the keyboard right from the keyboard.  Here is a link to a pdf of the manual.  http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/contour-ps2-manual.pdf


The manual doesn't tell you the foot switch pinout, though. That differs between old keyboards, which have the phone connector at the computer plug end of the cable, and new ones, which have it at the keyboard end.

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RJ11    Phone      Old         New
----    -----      ---         ---
 2      black      switch 2    switch 2
 3      red        switch 1    switch 1
 4      green      -           common
 5      yellow     common      switch 3
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Offline Keymonger

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 16:16:20 »
Holy jeebus. These things are $300 new, dude.
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Offline CodeChef

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 16:44:20 »
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As far as I know, all of the advantage line has always been browns.


By Kinesis I was referring to the layout, not the specific model.
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Offline shrap

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 18:11:58 »
Killer deal. On eBay, $10 might be enough to ship one.
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Offline Azuremen

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 18:55:26 »
Typing on it now. Just a touch different, feels like I am piloting something. Though I have to say I do prefer the feel of Blues to the Browns.

Suggestions on cleaning? I usually just use Simple Green to soak the keys, anything wrong with that?
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Offline ricercar

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« Reply #15 on: Fri, 19 November 2010, 20:18:15 »
You win. I had to pay $40 for mine.
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