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Let me tell you about how I learned that Unicomp used to make rubber dome model M's...

...It was about ten minutes after I saw that my "ridiculous low-ball" Ebay bid for a branded battlecruiser had won. That said, it is way snappier (and louder) than any rubber dome I've ever used. It's not a bad board at all, really, though the terminal scan code set it was flashed with means the converter is more or less mandatory, despite the board having a PS/2 connector.

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Their logo looks like the Enterprise
- Holy shit, you're right. Very TNG era.

n rollover?
- It's electrically identical to a regular Model M, so almost certainly not. In looking into it, they changed three things:
  dense little rubber domes in each key's barrel instead of the buckling-spring assemblies
  keycaps with stems that are mostly solid to actuate the domes. I put in a spare buckling spring keycap to see if it worked, and while nowhere near well enough to rely on, it snapped right in, and if you push hard enough it'll actuate.
  removed a thin sheet of rubber that cushioned the membrane from the plastic flippers attached the buckling springs.
  That's it. Same controllers, same membranes, even the same cases.
  
  I always wanted a mech version but after I released it has no rollover I lost interest. Thanks for sharing though. You're right I didn't even know these were real.

Ya, they aren't as special as the buckling springs ones, but dome model Ms still are kick ass keyboards and I'm glad to see this one is in a loving home doing what it does best!

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