Weird buckling spring keyboard..

SebFindsWeirdThings

21 Apr 2019, 12:31

Going carboot sale hopping today, found this oddball of a keeb in Wolverhampton.
It has buckling springs and feels weirdly like an IBM Model M.
Here are some images: https://imgur.com/a/NByOqPf

If anyone can lmk what this is or if anyone has any ideas, that'd be great!

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Wazrach

21 Apr 2019, 21:55

SebFindsWeirdThings wrote:
21 Apr 2019, 12:31
Going carboot sale hopping today, found this oddball of a keeb in Wolverhampton.
It has buckling springs and feels weirdly like an IBM Model M.
Here are some images: https://imgur.com/a/NByOqPf

If anyone can lmk what this is or if anyone has any ideas, that'd be great!
Hiya, that's a Can Tech keyboard - Chyrosran22 did a review of it. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un65h8NWSAE

SebFindsWeirdThings

22 Apr 2019, 17:33

Oh I never knew he did a review of it! I got informed on geekhack of the switches, they're pretty okay

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Chyros

22 Apr 2019, 22:52

It's a different model - yours has media keys. Just like mine, I mistook yours for a rubber dome model at first xD .

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Polecat

23 Apr 2019, 04:06

SebFindsWeirdThings wrote:
21 Apr 2019, 12:31
Going carboot sale hopping today, found this oddball of a keeb in Wolverhampton.
It has buckling springs and feels weirdly like an IBM Model M.
Here are some images: https://imgur.com/a/NByOqPf

If anyone can lmk what this is or if anyone has any ideas, that'd be great!
Also see Syncan in the wiki:

wiki/Syncan_TK-M501C

Same FCC ID and model number, and you can change each switch from click to no click following the instructions here!

late edit: The keys won't register with the caps installed as "non clicky non tactile"! Bad assumption on my part.

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