Buckling Spring Heresy!
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
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Got it, thanks! The evolution of layouts and key functions is interesting stuff, to me at least. There's a lot of info in the old computer magazines, but unfortunately I donated most of mine to a resource center that's gone now. I lost interest when Win95 came out; I was just another user after that.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
- Tritian
- Location: United States
Ahh, well there seems to definitely be some lineage here. I agree it looks nice. I dont think it's worth $70 and I suspect the build quality is like wet cardboard, but it looks really tempting.
He has dirtier examples for $40 and everywhere inbetween... i still agree thats a bit high with the shipping.
He has dirtier examples for $40 and everywhere inbetween... i still agree thats a bit high with the shipping.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Hmmm...check this one out--switch photo looks like MX, not buckling spring at all.Tritian wrote: ↑29 May 2021, 21:38Ahh, well there seems to definitely be some lineage here. I agree it looks nice. I dont think it's worth $70 and I suspect the build quality is like wet cardboard, but it looks really tempting.
He has dirtier examples for $40 and everywhere inbetween... i still agree thats a bit high with the shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114654113252
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- Location: Brisbane, Australia
This is a Chicony 5181 I think. Can't read the FCC ID but the back label is very Chicony. Switches would then be Aristotle? Identity probably just rebranded a bunch of stuff.Polecat wrote: ↑29 May 2021, 21:47Hmmm...check this one out--switch photo looks like MX, not buckling spring at all.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114654113252
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Now that you say that I can "see" the Chicony model number clearly in the FCC code. Good call on that. I'm sure you're right about Identity Systems rebranding multiple keyboards. And giving them all the same model number, which means we have to identify them by physical features.