…It was about ten minutes after I saw that my “ridiculous low-ball” Ebay bid for a branded battlecruiser had won. That said, it is way snappier (and louder) than any rubber dome I’ve ever used. It’s not a bad board at all, really, though the terminal scan code set it was flashed with means the converter is more or less mandatory, despite the board having a PS/2 connector.
Ya, they aren’t as special as the buckling springs ones, but dome model Ms still are kick ass keyboards and I’m glad to see this one is in a loving home doing what it does best!
Their logo looks like the Enterprise
Holy shit, you’re right. Very TNG era.
n rollover?
It’s electrically identical to a regular Model M, so almost certainly not. In looking into it, they changed three things:
- dense little rubber domes in each key’s barrel instead of the buckling-spring assemblies
- keycaps with stems that are mostly solid to actuate the domes. I put in a spare buckling spring keycap to see if it worked, and while nowhere near well enough to rely on, it snapped right in, and if you push hard enough it’ll actuate.
- removed a thin sheet of rubber that cushioned the membrane from the plastic flippers attached the buckling springs.
That’s it. Same controllers, same membranes, even the same cases.
I always wanted a mech version but after I released it has no rollover I lost interest. Thanks for sharing though. You’re right I didn’t even know these were real.
If you want it badly enough, there’s the pricy “New Model F” capacitive buckling spring boards, and they have all three Model M layouts.
Ugh why did you tell me about this? You’re working for them aren’t you, you esoteric keyboard shill 😜
lol, I have a lot of keyboards, many homemade, but I don’t think I’ve spent over a hundred bucks or so on any single one of them, and most are closer to half that. No Model F of any kind here, much less a new one.
