old keyboards

[furie]

Why did keyboards from the 80's and 90's click?

[disneyspy]

back in the 1900s we liked keyboards that clicked cuz they reminded us of the clicking sound you used to get when you listened to the earpiece of a rotary phone when you were dialin someone

[disneyspy]

back in the 1900s the gas pumps pumped gas alot faster and made a clickin sound everytime a gallon of gas went into the tank

[disneyspy]

back in the 1900s guys used to click to each other when a hot chickadee walked into the room,we had clicky soundin keyboards to cover up the sound in case said chickadee had good hearin

[zildjian361]

Shit i thought this was about Hammond B-3 organs with Leslie cabinets:thumbup:

[SatCam]

I still use a keyboard like that at work, and they still give them to all the new locations. Either my company stockpiled a shit ton of these things, or they keep them around because the "Enter" key is where the control key usually is, and where the "enter" key usually is says "return" and only makes a newline.

The one at work is for our IBM System i thin-client, I also have one at home for my old IBM ps/2


http://www.crystalvisions.com/images/KB-16RKME.jpg

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[earthbrown]

back in the 1900s guys used to click to each other when a hot chickadee walked into the room,we had clicky soundin keyboards to cover up the sound in case said chickadee had good hearin


there are still people in this world, who click and pop to communicate.


K

[Ritalin]

That clicking made the movie War Games more interesting.

[Radioguy]

back in the 1900s we liked keyboards that clicked cuz they reminded us of the clicking sound you used to get when you listened to the earpiece of a rotary phone when you were dialin someone

or a typewriter. :rolleyes:

I still use a keyboard like that at work, and they still give them to all the new locations. Either my company stockpiled a shit ton of these things, or they keep them around because the "Enter" key is where the control key usually is, and where the "enter" key usually is says "return" and only makes a newline.

The one at work is for our IBM System i thin-client, I also have one at home for my old IBM ps/2


http://www.crystalvisions.com/images/KB-16RKME.jpg

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I've seen garbage bins full of these, but someone has been selling them to dollar stores in New York. Can't imagine who would buy a dusty PS/2 kb except for the click.

[razorboy]

Shit i thought this was about Hammond B-3 organs with Leslie cabinets:thumbup:

I was going to post pictures of my Prophet 5.

[Melk]

http://www.crystalvisions.com/images/KB-16RKME.jpg

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The weird thing about those old keyboards: They were dishwasher-safe. No joke.

[fezident]

http://www.musicland.cl/artist/image/75/Rick_Wakeman.jpg