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Offline chuckster

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Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« on: Wed, 28 January 2015, 01:00:59 »
Hello all, in another thread, I professed my love for BS and the need for a numpad to supplement my Leopold F660cM, (the lack of the numpad just became too much, and I can't bear selling such a wonderful board; at least not until the Smart68 becomes a reality). Of course, the Leo 21-key numpad was the obvious first choice, but then I also began thinking about the venerable old buckling spring.

I checked over Unicomp's stock, but didn't see any standalone number-pads, are there any out there that use BS? Any specific models you guys can recommend or at least point me toward for more research?

On a side note, is there a compact keyboard with a numpad but possibly moving the arrow cluster and the keys above them (pg up/down, del, ins, etc.) to an fn layer or somehow compacting them? I know I've seen them, but just don't know what to search for on that front.

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Re: Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 28 January 2015, 01:03:16 »


Good luck finding one, I'm also on the lookout for one ;D

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Re: Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 28 January 2015, 07:54:08 »
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Good luck finding one, I'm also on the lookout for one ;D
Yeah, these only came with the split layout BS boards, which are pretty rare themselves. Be prepared to spend a pretty penny if you do find one
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Re: Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 28 January 2015, 08:15:10 »
Here are some Model M options : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50000.msg1086173#msg1086173

From memory I think there may be a Model F / M hybrid one as well.
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Re: Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 29 January 2015, 00:49:30 »
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Good luck finding one, I'm also on the lookout for one ;D


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Re: Numpad with Buckling Springs?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 30 January 2015, 03:12:01 »
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