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John Doe wrote: 17 Dec 2020, 01:31 How about the Siemens switches type-feeling?

The variation that are in these boards feel like the most modern feeling vintage switch I've ever tried. They feel scarily similar to holy pandas, and even sound similar.

Erderm_ wrote: 16 Dec 2020, 18:58 And some Siemens keyboards! The one with more colorful keycaps is something I pieced together as it was missing half the original keyset. These switches feel amazing.

How about the Siemens switches type-feeling?

Erderm_ wrote: 16 Dec 2020, 18:58 And some Siemens keyboards! The one with more colorful keycaps is something I pieced together as it was missing half the original keyset. These switches feel amazing.

Great taste in keyboards, between smith corona leaf springs (smoother than vint blacks btw) and your secondhand s*emen boards.

Erderm_ wrote: 16 Dec 2020, 18:58 And some Siemens keyboards! The one with more colorful keycaps is something I pieced together as it was missing half the original keyset. These switches feel amazing.





Do terminals count too here?

nice s*emen

Very good looking boards, love the cap mixing you've done on the Siemens. All you need is to get them converted.

And some Siemens keyboards! The one with more colorful keycaps is something I pieced together as it was missing half the original keyset. These switches feel amazing.





Do terminals count too here?

Changed to this beauty some weeks ago and now showing some pics and typing sample...
- 58 keys keyboard from Siemens T1000 teleprinter via teensy2 (or pro micro);
- 6,3 mm switch travel!




Video:
https://youtu.be/0hy0zdgaof0

Desktop upgrade:
From To Siemens:

Btw. here is a short history of UGs (Siemens) 32 button box (PFK): http://www.plmworld.org/index.php?mo=cm&op=ld&fid=240
Some pictures of the old Unigraphics Workstations: http://www.plmworld.org/index.php?mo=cm&op=ld&fid=239

Prelim wrote: 25€ for a full nixie board 2 weeks ago @DanielT! ...now the greedy bastard asks 250€ grrr :/
http://www.ebay.de/itm/SIEMENS-NIXDORF- ... 1862021500

Blame the "Great/Interesting Finds" thread

25€ for a full nixie board 2 weeks ago @DanielT! ...now the greedy bastard asks 250€ grrr :/
http://www.ebay.de/itm/SIEMENS-NIXDORF- ... 1862021500

Madhias wrote: […]

kbdfr wrote:

Siemens audiology keyboard.jpg

Are the three caps above just lying there or usable? Looks like there are just some caps lying around.
[…]

There is a switch under each cap of the keyboard, of course
On the other hand, apparently (I didn't open the board) there is a sort of protective plastic sheet surrounding all switches with just a round opening for each slider. Thus all caps sit a tiny bit higher than they would without it.
I'll try to post a pic later.

photekq wrote: I'll be taking more pictures soon, and of lots more new keyboards..

The G80-1000HAR..

[AMAZING IMAGE]

Wonderful! I really like that picture.

kbdfr wrote:

Siemens audiology keyboard.jpg

Are the three caps above just lying there or usable? Looks like there are just some caps lying around.

seebart wrote: Oh jeah I remember that one kbdfr, really nice. OK time to post some pre-christmas heavy metal:

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Arrgh, I hate that the left door thing of my Beamspring is broken, and I have to repair it somehow (welding?).

Sorry, I meant to say that a "Siemens board with a proper Siemens '7'" has a switch underneath. The font was designed about 1930 under Siemens guidance, based on a Prussian precursor, and is known as DIN-1415. It is often seen in Germany, where it is also used for public road signs (in its modern variant).

Muirium wrote: Mmm… that 7. Those Ümlauts! Got any pics of those boards?

1980s http://www.dosforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8842

1960s http://old.fernschreibamt-hausneindorf. ... t100s.html

1930s http://old.fernschreibamt-hausneindorf.de/html/t34.html

After being happy with this font for more than 50 years, they switched to Univers towards the end of 1980s - along with the change from doubleshots to lasered keycaps, followed by the replacement of mechanical switches by rubber domes. (Thus, if you find a bord with a proper Siemens "7", you can expect a switch underneath.) Those rare mechanical "Siemens" boards made nowadays are based on Cherry keys and have Cherry-Helvetica labelling.

(edit: Univers, not Universe)

tigpha wrote: ... Getting really old-school now!

That reminds me of the keycap font SIemens used in the 1970s/80s,

edit: Sorry, I have to correct myself: For the umlauts , they did it differently such that the letters have their regular size and smaller dots are put on top. Furthermore, this only shows the construction - the end result was not as edgy as this.

haha that siemens nixdorf badge fits perfectly there. Very nice. Of course I prefer the real thing.