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Offline masaleiro

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Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« on: Sun, 15 November 2015, 19:30:20 »
Hi guys! I'm a electronics/informatics student from Portugal and an overtime maker. I came here some times before to learn some stuff about mechanical keyboards and to get some ideas. Now I finally decided to register and share with you the project I've been slowly doing for the past 2 years (in it's own appropriate topic).

Regarding keyboards, I've been collecting them for quite some time but the one that sparked the interest was an IBM Model M2. Meanwhile I added many more to the collection:

In this photo there are:
From Top to Bottom, Left to Right:
- IBM Model M
- Monterey K108
- Monterey K104
- Siemens PC16/32
- Siemens PC16-20
- Some old typewriter keyboard?
- Old Monterey K108 case that I tried to convert to tenkeyless and painted black
- Another IBM Model M
- Amstrad PC2086
- Chiicony KB-5192
- PO(EURO) (the only thing that says in the back sticker besides the serial number and some warnings)
- Apple M0110A
- Topis International (unknown model)
- POSiFlex KB2100
- IBM Model M2
- unknown brand/model
- BTC-53
- Onleader Technology MKB-101
- unknown brand/model (not mechanical, just Alps compatible keycaps)
- Ortek Technology MCK-84 SX
- Laptop keyboard from vintage Maxar NPC II laptop
- Cash registering machine keyboards




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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 16 November 2015, 11:58:52 »
The "unknown" keyboard below your M2, what type of switches does it have?
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Offline masaleiro

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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 17 November 2015, 05:57:40 »
This one:
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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 17 November 2015, 09:15:46 »
Hmm.  It looks like some sort of slider type key.  I'm certainly not an expert on switches, but I am sure someone here would know what keyboard it is.
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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 18 November 2015, 04:09:21 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

Whoa!  Fantastic collection!

You'd have quite a lot of different switches there too.

The pic you posted looks a lot like slider over rubber dome, but I could be wrong.  I haven't seen that type of stem before (not that I've seen a lot of keyboards, but I've seen a lot of pictures around here)!
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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 18 November 2015, 09:34:27 »
Thanks for the welcome! In a few day I hop to get time to put photos of each individual keyboard with a removed keycap and then everyone can play a game of "name the switch" eheh  :thumb:
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Re: Mechanical keyboard addict from Portugal
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 04:05:03 »
Quote from: masaleiro on Wed, 18 November 2015, 09:34:27
Thanks for the welcome! In a few day I hop to get time to put photos of each individual keyboard with a removed keycap and then everyone can play a game of "name the switch" eheh  :thumb:

We like that game :D

At least some of us do.  Others, like me, just gaze in bewilderment at the multitude of switches and keyboards ...
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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