Mechanical Keyboard, like the C64

Phaedrus2129

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#2 · Aug 27, 2010

No current production mechanical keyboards I know of have the cupped keys, sorry. And even in vintage keyboards that's pretty rare unless you go pre-Model M (and thus pre~1985). The Model M might be closest in feel though.

 

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#3 · Aug 27, 2010

There are keyboards out there that have keys like this that would be cherry mx compatible. Trying to find one would be your best bet.

 

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ch_123

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#4 · Aug 27, 2010

Most of those keyboards were junky linear ones. They may look cool, but were pretty crap for typing on.

 

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#5 · Aug 27, 2010

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Originally Posted by ch_123 Most of those keyboards were junky linear ones. They may look cool, but were pretty crap for typing on.

If there was one that was compatible with a newer switch though? You'd have to buy two keyboards and swap the keys, but could be worth it.

 

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#6 · Aug 28, 2010

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Originally Posted by Crazy9000 If there was one that was compatible with a newer switch though? You'd have to buy two keyboards and swap the keys, but could be worth it.

That's sort of what I was thinking. Could get $$$ real fast

 

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#7 · Aug 28, 2010

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/h...sed-all-one-pc

 

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#8 · Aug 28, 2010

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Originally Posted by lmnop http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/h...sed-all-one-pc

Is it just me, or is it depressing that is about as good as my PC when I joined OCN. It has more RAM...

 

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#9 · Aug 28, 2010

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Originally Posted by Crazy9000 If there was one that was compatible with a newer switch though? You'd have to buy two keyboards and swap the keys, but could be worth it.

There were a lot of old ones that had stems that looked like Cherry ones. But the cross was wider on the older ones, so they aren't interchangeable.

Cherry actually offers (or at least offered in the past) cupped keycaps suitable for MX/MY switches, and there were some keyboards from the 80s that had them. Not exactly the most common thing under the sun though.