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Anyone know what's happened to pckeyboards.com? I'm looking for another
(couple) of buckling spring USB keyboards but they seem to have gone under.
 
Do these "buckling spring" keyboards have a tactile "give" when they
click ? I really miss the keyboard I had in the 1980s that had that
feel. It took me quite a while to get used to a laptop keyboard
and I like my Macbook pro keyboard OK, but I'd like to try getting
a keyboard like I used to have with the old PC (maybe it was IBM PC ?)
many years ago. Yeah, I seem to remember the old IBM PC having
somewhat of that tactile feel as well... The audible click was just
because of the spring I think. Tha name "buckling spring" sure
sounds like what I am thinking of...

Yes, these were used by IBM in the "Model-M" keyboards in the PS/2s. This
keyboard is a Unicomp (A.K.A. pckeyboard.com) and is just like a PS/2
keyboard, except that it's USB. I want a couple more.
 
R

Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know what's happened to pckeyboards.com? I'm looking for another
(couple) of buckling spring USB keyboards but they seem to have gone
under.

FWIW, I used to buy Belkins at five bucks a pop, but they seem to have
gone by the wayside...

In the mid-1980's, I wrote a DOS TSR to make a click on key closure because
of those stupid silent keyboards.

Good Luck!
Rich
 
FWIW, I used to buy Belkins at five bucks a pop, but they seem to have
gone by the wayside...

In the mid-1980's, I wrote a DOS TSR to make a click on key closure because
of those stupid silent keyboards.

I need the feel more than the sound.
 
C

Cydrome Leader

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know what's happened to pckeyboards.com? I'm looking for another
(couple) of buckling spring USB keyboards but they seem to have gone under.

Unicomp is pckeyboard.com
 
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