Nice old keyboard in metal-case .
Winning bid : 31 USD -

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I suspect beam-springs or some other interesting switch .
Hopefully we get to see some photos one day ?

I bet linear switches.

Nice find. The layout is sick. What drugs did they take to create that huge-ass Return?

Nvertheless, a great collectible item!

webwit wrote:I bet linear switches.

What else should they be?

GH had a thread on this Sanyo http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?3139 ... e-keyboard

7bit wrote:Nice find. The layout is sick. What drugs did they take to create that huge-ass Return?

They make it harder to reach but to make up for it they made it extra big.

7bit wrote:Nice find. The layout is sick. What drugs did they take to create that huge-ass Return?

Some Big Blue pills ??

A real man needs to type on a real keyboard .
Real keyboards have BigAss return-keys :


It has leaf-springs, anyone here ever tried those ?

I've got this one. I'm not into typewriters, but I had to get it to compare it to the beam spring. It feels very much alike.

7bit wrote:Nice find. The layout is sick. What drugs did they take to create that huge-ass Return?

Bit like the Amstrad 464

Ah, those were the days... Amstrads, Sinclairs, Beebs, Acorns, Memotechs, TI/49As, Ataris,...

All computers inside a keyboard case... Why can't they make them like that anymore?

Wait... they call that laptops these days.

Game Theory wrote:GH had a thread on this Sanyo http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?3139 ... e-keyboard

That Ripster dude sure knows his switches.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?3139 ... post595269

Then HaTaa has to show off and say it's Version 2.

Mrinterface wrote:Ah, those were the days... Amstrads, Sinclairs, Beebs, Acorns, Memotechs, TI/49As, Ataris,...

All computers inside a keyboard case... Why can't they make them like that anymore?

Wait... they call that laptops these days.

Yeah, but it's just not the same. Each brand of computer from that era had its own distinct character. Modern laptops all look and feel remarkably alike (apart from processor speed which is increasingly unimportant). The fact that 99% of them come with some shitty cut down version of windows pre-installed (whether you like it or not) doesn't help matters. And then of course there's the chintzy build quality of laptops, and most other consumer electronics items these days...

Wintel set us back a decade, or two. Before Wintel took over, there was lots of innovation.

I, for Öne, Welcome our new Äpple Överlords.

Umlauts are a cinch on my split keyboard 5g iPad.