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Offline Grimey

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Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« on: Fri, 16 August 2013, 22:00:24 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Wells-America-CLONE-KEYBOARD-Brown-Space-Invaders-Keyswitches-Slider-IBM-/290960128933?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item43be933ba5

Have never seen this before, I would be curious to know if anyone has any info on whether it is AT/XT or something else...

It may not be the greatest find, but it is something different.
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Re: Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 16 August 2013, 22:29:26 »
Pretty cool little board.  I've never used space invader switches.  Browns are tactile iirc.
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Re: Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 17 August 2013, 05:02:53 »
I'd keep wanting to take the keycaps off to see the space invaders :))
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Re: Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 17 August 2013, 21:03:44 »
Quote from: AKIMbO on Fri, 16 August 2013, 22:29:26
Pretty cool little board.  I've never used space invader switches.  Browns are tactile iirc.

I've got the all blacks and they do sound so nice when pressed and let go.  I wished IBM kept making keyboards with these switches because they would of turned out really nice keyboards.

BS should of never been their final development.  They should of gone all "Space-Invadery" with switches mounted to a 5 millimeter stainless steel plate sitting in an all PBT enclosure.

That would of been a keyboard that puts all others to shame.
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Re: Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 19 August 2013, 12:21:29 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 17 August 2013, 05:02:53
I'd keep wanting to take the keycaps off to see the space invaders :))
touch typing without keys?
wack a space invader, wack wack wack clickity clickity click  :rolleyes:
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Offline Magna224

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Re: Odd Space Invader Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 21 August 2013, 07:35:43 »
Space Invaders are teh awesums.
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