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

[Mouse]

> 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.

I believe that is correct about the type-3.  I have had multiple
type-3s apart, and they all have been labeled "OAK" and "FTM".

> 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?

Keyboards are, in my experience, and extremely personal preference.
For myself, that means layout and some aspects of the keyswitches (most
notably, no tactile bump partway down, just smooth spring pressure
until the key hits the end of its travel).

> 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.

Again speaking purely personally, I would pay a slight extra amount to
_not_ include Bluetooth hardware, and if present it needs at a bare
minimum to be hard-disableable in a way software cannot even in
principle override (remove a jumper, cut an etch run, flip a switch,
etc).  USB I don't like but would be willing to tolerate having
present, though, of course, paying for hardware I'm not going to use is
not something I'm fond of.

I would pay a significant additional amount to get arbitrary amounts of
rollover (that could mean a matrix with diodes, it could mean 95
separate pins, maybe even something else).

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