Spoils of today...

[Icarium]

In this huge box of cattoys

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I just found this beautiful battleship

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with quite weird keycaps as I discovered

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but maybe you all expected that and I'm the only one this seems weird to.

In other news.
I just desoldered an old Acer board where the case sadly was completely broken during transport. Now I have quite a bunch of blue complicated alps. Maybe I should put them on my phantom. :p

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[Ekaros]

Two piece keycaps are pretty smart desing. Easy to make one profile and print what ever is needed... Quite common on buckling spring boards...

[7bit]

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with quite weird keycaps as I discovered
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It is a UK board => You will find 3 white key stems under F, J and 5.

No 3270 emulator BTW, but does it work with a PC?

[Icarium]

Oh, right. I actually wanted to ask if anybody knows what kind of buckling spring that is? I don't know the exact names but I believe some have rubber dome and some capacitive switches underneath or something.

And what do I need to hook this up to a PC? Soarer thingy?

[Icarium]

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with quite weird keycaps as I discovered
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It is a UK board: You will find 3 white key stems under F, J and 5.

Aawwww, damn! So close!
Dead on with F and J but 5 was gray.

[7bit]

Oh, right. I actually wanted to ask if anybody knows what kind of buckling spring that is? I don't know the exact names but I believe some have rubber dome and some capacitive switches underneath or something.

It is not a capacitive, it is a Model M terminal keyboard. Just pull the keystems out and you see if it is a rubberdome or a buckling spring.

ps: but don't pull the springs out!!!!

[Icarium]

Why what happens if I do?

Also, if you've never seen either I suspect it might be hard to tell them apart.

What's a 3270 emulator board? No, it does not work with a PC it comes with something that looks like a RJ45 connector.

[Ekaros]

You might brake the switch and there is no "easy" way to fix it...

BTW isn't that German not UK?

[7bit]

Made in U.K., but German layout.

[7bit]

Why what happens if I do?

Also, if you've never seen either I suspect it might be hard to tell them apart.

What's a 3270 emulator board? No, it does not work with a PC it comes with something that looks like a RJ45 connector.

A 3270 terminal emulator works with a PC. But yours isn't an emulator board. However, there are way to fix this, but I'm not the expert for this.

pulling the spring out:
It is like pulling out the wings of an insect!

It will hurt the keyboard. When a Tipro beeps on this planet, this is the scream of a ripped out buckling spring!

[kbdfr]

(...) pulling the spring out:
It is like pulling out the wings of an insect!

It will hurt the keyboard. Whan a Tipro beeps on this planet, this is the scream of a ripped out buckling spring!