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Another update on the typewriter keyboards.. [...] Long story short, I think these could be "side-angled vertical plate spring" switches :lol: or less confusingly... SKFF side-angled cream. Any thoughts on this? That's a Facit typewriter keyboard; compare with the one HaaTa found . edit: Sorry, I m...

kbdfr wrote: ↑Cogito ergo sum

Who is 'I' and does 'I' really 'think'? Invalid assumptions are being made here.

There's been an attempt to determine the pin-out at another forum, https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270287 Note that with some devices, the plastic teeth left and right to the pins can have pins, too. The pin numbering in the answer refers to the image of the backside of the connec...

Glenn Gould plays Bach's F-minor Concierto, 1957

Mr.Nobody wrote: ↑I don't see others overreact so much, there is a simple solution for some overly-sensitive folks, just don't click into my thread.

*plonk*

Exactly, that's what it is. The К573РФ2 (datasheet) was a soviet clone of the Intel C2716 EPROM:

http://i.imgur.com/U5msHDG.jpg CSC Computer Keyboard, you can already see some of that PCB shining through the back :D I'm hoping it's Siemens STB although I would be happy with RAFI as well It surely has STBs. I saw the auction but had no time to take care of it, so I only added the item to my wat...

Keine Fernost-Billigware. Unsere Service-Ingenieure haben Kästen und Alu-Rollkoffer von denen im Einsatz, aber in der Profiversion. Da kostet ein vergleichbar großer Sortimentkasten über 40 Euro, wie z.B. dieser , hat dann aber einzeln herausnehmbare Schälchen statt Trennstege (sehr praktisch!) und ...

Den Sortimentskasten gibt es ab Do 6.10. für 5,49 € bei Aldi Nord.
Offenbar handelt es sich um das Vorgängermodell eines Kastens von Allit.
edit: Yep, Allit Artikel-Nr. 457300

Based on the font, I can say with 95% certainty that the caps in that video are Z-Series The font on the caps in the video is the font defined in the German standard DIN 1451:1951, which is what Siemens used for doubleshot caps until the late 1980s / early 90s. The zylindrical part of the keycaps i...

More facts: 80g actuation force; keytravel 6mm; contact crosspoint type, gold-plated, 60 mOhms; typical bounce 1..2 ms, up to 30 ms

No, "linear" is fully wrong.

"Tactile" is a bit redundant with that family, because there was no linear variant of it. And nobody remembers the Transdata 816x family, about 30,000 of which where made in total as opposed to more than 500,000 T 1000 devices.

edit: sorry, I twisted the number, its 816x, not 186x

Beardsmore calls this switch family Siemens "classical", which isn't any better than "vintage". There seem to have existed at least five series of modular keyboard switches that Siemens used for their devices and that I haven't seen used by other makers, so presumably, Siemens made them themselves: ...

ISO return is basically rectangular with a lower portion to cover the gap due to staggering. With some ISO keyboards, the return key is perfectly rectangular and a stepped letter key covers the gap. The upright ISO return was prescribed for electric typewriters since ISO 1091:1977, of which a precu...

Cherry inherited the IBM spacing. 19.05mm is the universal truth. If you are fitting into an existing case, measure the spacing for yourself, I seem to have met some (admittedly somewhat exotic) European boards that actually used a 19,00 mm pitch. In Germany, the spacing was standardized in 1927 to...

I used to own a Continental typewriter, made ~1930 by Wanderer Werke, Germany, which once was my great-grandfather's. It sports glass keytops with chrome rims. Now it is with my sister, though. Currently, my oldest keyboard is that of my TVI912 terminal from 1979. I bought it as it reminded me of my...

seebart wrote: ↑All of you seeing this funky page view? Houston, we have a (slight) problem. Webwit, go to yellow alert.

You need to edit the posting before, seebart. Your [quotes] and [spoilers] don't pair.

Or leave it as it is for something different.

nice Siemens PC with keyboard http://www.ebay.de/itm/Siemens-PCD-2-PC-mit-Monitor-und-Tastatur-/201622146186 While there are nice PCD-2 keyboards that look almost identical and are mechanical, this one has rubber domes. Thanks for the info. Is there a way to tell them apart? On Siemens and Tandberg...

Slom wrote: ↑nice Siemens PC with keyboard
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Siemens-PCD-2-PC ... 1622146186

While there are nice PCD-2 keyboards that look almost identical and are mechanical, this one has rubber domes.

The top row is similar to ISO-DE, the bottom row more like US.

In nearly 40 years of typing and coding, I can't think of a time when I wished I had something other than a standard QWERTY keyboard. The most efficient layout is the one your muscle memory is already tied to. I also prefer the layout I started with 36 years ago: ISO international bit-paired - at t...

I'll spoiler it a little: the 'missing' keycap hasn't gone missing as far as i can tell, they're all single piece and the one that was considered missing has a LED underneath and just a weird form Also it uses RAFI RS 76 M switches The shift lock cap is missing its cap. That's how that board looks ...

"surely interesting to collectors"

Yes, got to laugh about the Schadenfreude by the leader of the Nazi party . Farage claimed that the other members of parliarment had never done a proper job. After Schulz had gavelled the audience to silence, he remarked something to Farage that the interpreter translated as "you can't really say t...

The mere fact that the UK conducted a referendum proves it had not in the least "lost its sovereignty". In some other languages than English, "sovereignty" can be a synonym of "full possession of control", "confidence", "composure" and "calmness". In all these senses, the British have clearly lost ...

Overlooked: Siemens STB 21 - so simple, so elegant and it is just a joy to type on. Really? I've found them to be pretty much just like MX Brown Oo . Regarding tactility that's correct; however, the heaviness is more like MX blacks. Owing to this combination, it is the only nonclicky switch I've fo...

Du könntest fragen ob sie es als "Geschenk" deklarieren könnten. Damit ist in der Regel der Ärger vorprogrammiert. Steckt draußen eine Hülle mit der Rechnung und einer ordentlicher Zollerklärung, kann der Zoll den Paketboten die Einfuhrabgaben kassieren lassen. Deklaration als angebliches "Geschenk...

Chyros wrote: ↑Just about everything in German sound like swearing

*Krrraft-fahrrr-tssseug!*

(motor vehicle)