[Novalug] looking for a well-made and therefore probably old keyboard

sean@mcgowanet.com sean@mcgowanet.com
Fri Nov 9 20:29:27 EST 2012


I used to have a model m. Great keyboard. I want the hhkb pro 2 because it has a sun style layout. I wrote daskeyboard a while back to see if they had plans for one, but as far as I know the hhkb is the only one with the preferred layout. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Jay Hart" <jhart@kevla.org>
Sender: novalug-bounces@calypso.tux.org
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:14:32 
To: Dan Lavu<dan@lavu.net>; NOVALUG<novalug@calypso.tux.org>; Nino Pereira<ninorpereira@gm.kevla.org>
Subject: Re: [Novalug] looking for a well-made and therefore probably old
 keyboard

The IBM Model M keyboard is, and always will be, my favorite keyboard.

I still have one.

No, I won't sell it.

Seriously, don't even ask about buying it.

Jay

> If you are looking for a good “old fashioned” mechanical keyboard, that was
> easily ten dollars ten years ago. There is a group of gamers who preferred
> the tactile feel of a mechanical keyboard (myself) and you can buy them
> from Logitech, razor they are just a little pricey for a keyboard.
>
> I mean I’m all for old nostalgic gear but when it comes to replacement it’s
> a pain, I purchased five Logitech Wingman Pro’s when it they announced that
> it was discontinued. Five mice at the time only lasted a year and a half.
>
>  *From:* Nino Pereira <ninorpereira@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* November 9, 2012 3:06 PM
> *To:* NOVALUG <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
> *Subject:* [Novalug] looking for a well-made and therefore probably old
> keyboard
>
> This email is for any packrats amongst you...
>
> Some time ago I soldered some wires on a few keys of a well-made,
> old-fashioned keyboard
> so that closing n external switch would send the appropriate key code to
> some computer
> downstream. This keyboard no longer works, so I'm looking for a replacement.
>
> Most modern keyboards seem to make connections by pressing together
> pads on two thin pieces of plastic with wires painted on. You can't solder
> to those
> easily if at all. For this you need a keyboard that has actual switches.
> These could
> be soldered into a circuit board, or even be individual switches if the
> keyboard is
> really old. Ours is a Zeos KB6251, maybe 10 years old.
>
> The problem in our keyboard may be in the chip, so in princple it might be
> possible to fix the problem by replacing the chip. Has anyone done this?
> Any thoughts on how this would work?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nino
>
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