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blame-troi | 22 days ago

At the risk of dating myself, I’m still looking for a keyboard as good feeling as this.

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craftkiller|22 days ago

I've never used them, so I can't vouch for them, but it seems like beam spring keyboards are available. Have you tried any of these? https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/store/

threethirtytwo|22 days ago

I ordered the round 2 beam springs from this guy like 2 years ago. They are still in production.

blame-troi|22 days ago

I have not but I’ll look. 90% of my computer use these days is laptop on my actual lap so I don’t have a real need. But there is a definite want!

intrasight|22 days ago

I never had the pleasure of using one of those. For me it was seeking the feel of a DEC VT-102.

The IBM Type M was and still is my stand-in.

ch_123|22 days ago

The VT1xx keyboards used linear switches, you may want to look at modern mechanical keyboards with linear switches as a rough approximation. Having tried typing on one in a museum, I recall the VT1xx as relatively scratchy compared with more modern keyboards, although that could have been a wear and tear issue.

The keyboards of the VT2xx/3xx series are awful, and the later ones had rubber dome keyboards which are among the nicer rubber dome keyboards I've tried. I own both a VT320 and VT420, and managed to get a new old stock keyboard for each.