The buckling spring keyboard switch is an interesting
beast. As I chronicled before, the
switch is definitely for enthusiasts who really like certain keyboard switch
characteristics. I was trained on a
mechanical typewriter and I found that typing was work. Really.
So, I went the other way to a soft touch typist friendly BTC keyboard,
which was in some way a precursor to the today's rubber dome keyboard using foam
pads. Anyhow, now that I have been using
the real deal for a while, I still have the same reaction as I had many years
ago. This thing is hard to press and
quite loud….
One of the major selling points for a higher key switch
activation resistance is that the fingers won’t bottom out as much. Although I have my doubts about the theory
applies to all as different people type differently, never the less, I think
that may be true for a sizable user population.
So, I did do a brief test of the theory and perhaps I do bottom out a
bit less because my fingers are already tired by time it goes to the
bottom. So, it is inconclusive right
now. I will need some major high grade instrumentation tools to prove this and I don’t have access to such facility. Not yet, at least. So, I am willing to accept that such
phenomenon might exist, but further research may be required. Anyway, that’s beside the point. Anyhow, the Unicomp keyboard does invoke the
classic IBM Model M experience and replicated quite well, as far as I
remember. However, this is indeed a
specialist keyboard and hence quite limited to a niche market for those who
really enjoy the buckling spring mechanism.
Do I like it? Yup as I am still a fan of the tactile clicky switch based
keyboard and there’s nothing like buckling springs.
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