Tag: buckling spring
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Spring Forward with the Alps SM-101: Exploring a Rare and Uncommon Buckling Spring Keyboard
Did you know Alps designed, patented, and produced their own variant of a Buckling Spring keyboard? In 1988, 2 patents were filed by Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in Japan, detailing their design and implementation of their own Buckling Spring variant of Key Switches. However, it was not a widely adopted design, and as such there…
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Well this was a nice surprise! (1986 IBM Model F/AT)
For a while now I’ve always wanted to get hold of an IBM Model M Keyboard, purely to experience the tactility of the Buckling Spring switches. However, I’ve never really found one which ticked all the boxes, or wasn’t ridiculously overpriced for what it is (they fetch quite a premium still), so it was more…