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

[Joshua Boyd]

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. :)
>

According to Deskthority, the Type 4 uses a KeyTronic foam and foil 
keyswitch. The Type 5 uses Fujitsu keyswitches (doesn't say what 
version), and Type 3 uses Oak Full-Travel Membrane.

On the topic of recreating Sun keyboards, the question then is, how 
important are matching the keyswitches, versus keeping the layout buy 
substituting another switch?

Also, if the connectors don't cost too much, it might make sense to 
support the Sun keyboard protocol as well as USB.B  Perhaps also 
bluetooth could be considered.

I in particular would like to see a recreation of the Sun Compact 1 (I 
believe it came with the Voyager), which despite looking like a Type 5 
variant was made by KeyTronic instead of Fujitsu.