[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

Raises hand ... I know people who work with injection molding machines.

What do you need?  I would say get the Cherry keycaps that are softer and less clicky, rather than make that part yourself.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 12:43:23 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

  The tech side is easy.  The plastics and mass production parts are
hard.  Since some unnamed orange person Made Manufacturing Inaccessible
Again, it's virtually guaranteed to not be able to happen, until we
Americans get off our asses, put down the bongs and the video game
controllers, and re-learn how to operate injection molding machines.

  Speaking as a designer who has almost no work because nobody can get
things manufactured anymore...I'm not holding my breath.

              -Dave

On 6/4/21 2:37 PM, Stephen Conley wrote:
> I'd probably be okay with a type 4 as well.  And I second the notion of
> paying serious money for a new one with USB, so if anyone has the tech
> skills, not joking about the kickstarter. :)
> 
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:33 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
>>   My favorite was always the Type 4.  I'd pay serious money for a new
>> Type 4 keyboard (meaning brand new manufacture) with a USB interface.
>>
>>             -Dave
>>
>> On 6/4/21 2:29 PM, Stephen Conley wrote:
>>> Time to kickstarter a replica Type 5 keyboard that runs on USB :)
>>>
>>> The Type 5 was my favorite keyboard of all time, the "roominess" of it
>>> really made it easy on my hands personally.  I use a Logitech G15 which
>> is
>>> the closest I've ever found to a type 5, but it's long in the tooth
>> now.  I
>>> have a spare one, new in box, for when the one I actively use finally
>> kicks
>>> the bucket (its been a hard-used daily driver for 15+ years now so a true
>>> testiment to how sturdy it is!)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:25 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What was once ubiquitous is now rare.
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, that someone kept a Type 5 keyboard & mouse in new condition
>> for
>>>> what, 20, 25 years is kind of amazing.
>>>>
>>>> *Like* new, a set might be worth $25-50, depending, new a bit more,
>> maybe
>>>> $75.
>>>> I'd have a hard time justifying $100, let alone $100+70 shipping.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 4, 2021, at 14:09, John Floren <john at jfloren.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> o;?I'm feeling a bit nostalgic and would like to acquire a Type 5
>>>> keyboard +
>>>> mouse, build a converter (https://github.com/xelalexv/suniversal should
>>>> work,
>>>> since I've already got Arduino boards lying around), and use it on my
>>>> desktop.
>>>> My editor (acme) makes heavy use of all 3 mouse buttons, so the Sun
>> mouse
>>>> should be ideal, and of course I love a proper Unix layout keyboard.
>>>>>
>>>>> A quick look at ebay shows that used ones seem to be in the 75-100
>> dollar
>>>> range sans mouse, and the one provider of NOS sets I found is doing the
>>>> dumb
>>>> $100 + $70 shipping game... Is this one of those cases where I need to
>> just
>>>> watch ebay until a good deal comes up, or am I unlikely to ever find one
>>>> for
>>>> less?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>> th
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