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Identify the Keyboard
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:10
by bembotron
Good afternoon
Im from Spain, im a follower of your pages , and this is my first post.
I would like to know if this keyboard is a clone of model M, with buckinlg spring etc..
Thanks for letting me join.
Re: Identify the Keyboard
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:16
by Techno Trousers
I don't think so. Can you carefully pop off a key cap and post a picture of what's underneath?
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:24
by seebart
Looks like this:
keyboards-f2/identify-this-keyboard-thr ... 5-990.html
Laylie wrote: Hello, i finaly got the keyboard i posted here previously.(the brand is ADI Corp)
A member told me before this switch is a magnetic valve switch, i have a more clear photo now...
It's a linear switch with a high actuation force compared with my cherry mx blues and i could say its also louder.
I kinda like the feel of this one except for the fact that when i press the keys on the edge instead of the center its a lot less smooth. Its an old keyboard that seems to have gone through heavy use and was quite dirty when i got it. Could it be that it needs some kind of lubrication? Or is this just a problem of this type of switch? I would be realy happy if i could fix this problem!
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:32
by bembotron
I´ll send it later on, I´m about to buy it..but I´´m not pretty sure...
Keep on reading. Thanks.
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:36
by Harshmallow
This is the switch, as per what Daniel Beardsmore replied to that one you mention Seebart:
wiki/USw_EXBB01
Edit - We don't appear to have a name for this switch yet though, this is just in the unidentified switches category in the Wiki.
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:37
by seebart
It's interesting, but it's definitely not buckling spring.
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 21:43
by Findecanor
Shouldn't this have been posted in the
IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread instead of creating a new one?
Anyway, it is easy to see that this is not an IBM buckling spring by it not having as curved a case as IBM's. IBMs keyboards also did not yellow. There are a few rebranded IBM Model M but they are a bit rare, but identifiable by the build being the same.
If you saw this on eBay listed as "IBM BUCKLING SPRING" or similar then ... well, don't trust everything people write in descriptions on eBay. It can be incorrect not just for keyword-spamming though, some sellers are just ignorant. Others will write "IBM" because the box carried the text "IBM PC-compatible", which was common for a long time.
Posted: 15 Mar 2017, 22:44
by Daniel Beardsmore
That might be the first time one has ever been found with an actual ADI label and model number.
The address on that label does match that of the address of the monitor manufacturer ADI, which is good to get fully confirmed:
http://web.archive.org/web/199704281022 ... anches.htm
Posted: 16 Mar 2017, 18:59
by bembotron
seebart wrote: Looks like this:
keyboards-f2/identify-this-keyboard-thr ... 5-990.html
Laylie wrote: Hello, i finaly got the keyboard i posted here previously.(the brand is ADI Corp)
A member told me before this switch is a magnetic valve switch, i have a more clear photo now...
It's a linear switch with a high actuation force compared with my cherry mx blues and i could say its also louder.
I kinda like the feel of this one except for the fact that when i press the keys on the edge instead of the center its a lot less smooth. Its an old keyboard that seems to have gone through heavy use and was quite dirty when i got it. Could it be that it needs some kind of lubrication? Or is this just a problem of this type of switch? I would be realy happy if i could fix this problem!
You rule man, is that Switch...I don´t like very nosiy keyboard so I going to pass .
Posted: 16 Mar 2017, 19:02
by Daniel Beardsmore
Where is it on sale and for how much?
Posted: 19 Mar 2017, 11:05
by bembotron
Daniel Beardsmore wrote: Where is it on sale and for how much?
Its in Spain 15 euros
Posted: 19 Mar 2017, 13:20
by Daniel Beardsmore
I see … but if someone wanted to buy it, where would they find it?
Posted: 19 Mar 2017, 22:25
by Scottex
It's selling on an app called Wallapop.
It's anounced as: "Teclado mecànico adi corp."
If you can't find it or you can't use the app, or if the seller does not want to send it outside of Spain I could help as a proxy
Posted: 23 Mar 2017, 20:56
by bembotron
Exactly Scottex is right.
Sorry for the delay in answering