Help me identify this keyboard

[kaiju_wars]

So I found this Gateway 2000 keyboard at work.  It feels like a mechanical keyboard (for the most part) has the noise of one, and the key switches look to be compatible with Cherry MX keycaps.  Also, the sticker on the back says Maxi Switches.

I'm adding images for reference.

 

Did I just snag a mechanical keyboard from work for free?

[NumLock21]

I think they're Topre switches from those round stems.

I'm fairly sure that I'm like 200% wrong. Too lazy to look it up.

Well old keyboard are mostly mechanical.

 

 

[Dodgeyou]

I would say "yes" but as with the age (even though it plays little to no factor) and the company and cheapness of it, it may very well be but even if it is a true mechanical keyboard it's most likely not great overall 

[Damascus]

better than your cheapo membrane, thats for sure

[Qwweb]

Looks like a Gateway AnyKey which is a rubber-dome keyboard designed to accept Cherry MX keycaps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_AnyKey

[Dodgeyou]

Just now, Damascus said:

better than your cheapo membrane, thats for sure

Yes for the most part, but you would be surprised, there are some pretty good membrane keyboards out there

[kaiju_wars]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

better than your cheapo membrane, thats for sure

I already have a mechanical keyboard... with blue switches.

[Qwweb]

10 minutes ago, kaiju_wars said:

sticker on the back says Maxi Switches.

Quote

The AnyKey uses rubber dome type keyswitches, with all the switches and contact points on a single sheet. The keyswitch layer contacts a single flexible membrane that detects all keypresses and directs them to the controller board via a pair of flexible edge connectors. While the AnyKey is branded as a Gateway product, the membrane layer clearly bears the inscription “Maxi Switch Inc,” revealing the true maker of the hardware.

Wikipedia link in my previous post 

 

 

[kaiju_wars]

1 minute ago, Qwweb said:

Wikipedia link in my previous post 

 

 

It's a damn good membrane keyboard then.

[Princess Luna]

Pff nothing beats my IBM Model M2

[waterjug]

bruh replace the keys with some swag looking cherry mx ones. then it would be the latest trends in keyboards combined with nostalgia, that'd be dope

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, kaiju_wars said:

So I found this Gateway 2000 keyboard at work.  It feels like a mechanical keyboard (for the most part) has the noise of one, and the key switches look to be compatible with Cherry MX keycaps.  Also, the sticker on the back says Maxi Switches.

I'm adding images for reference.

 

Did I just snag a mechanical keyboard from work for free?

Damm... A Gateway keyboard, what's next, IBM? 

But seriously, that's cool.

[Guest]

Just now, Princess Cadence said:

Pff nothing beats my IBM Model M2

You beat me to it...

[kaiju_wars]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Pff nothing beats my IBM Model M2

Okay, Miss Showoff

 

[flibberdipper]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Pff nothing beats my IBM Model M2

IDK something about the old Alps Dell QuietKey keyboards feels super fuckin dank. I'd love to get my hands on a like new one, but I guess my new-old stock membrane model does the trick just fine.

[Qwweb]

5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

IBM Model M2

I have one of these (actually just an M) as well as a IBM PC at my grandparents' house, they got it in 1981 (Grandfather was a software engineer at IBM)...

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Qwweb said:

I have one of these as well as a IBM PC at my grandparents' house, they got it in 1981 (Grandfather was a software engineer at IBM)...

Yeah it came with a Win95 IBM Machine my dad bought me when I was a little kid yet pretty much, the keyboard is all I have left from that system, I kept it in good care as that was the start of my love for PCs [:

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Qwweb said:

I have one of these (actually just an M) as well as a IBM PC at my grandparents' house, they got it in 1981 (Grandfather was a software engineer at IBM)...

 

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Yeah it came with a Win95 IBM Machine my dad bought me when I was a little kid yet pretty much, the keyboard is all I have left from that system, I kept it in good care as that was the start of my love for PCs [:

You guys make me feel crap. I'm using the Logitech K120, and I felt a IBM keyboard when I went into a thrift shop once. I didn't know anything about vintage computers at that time...

[kaiju_wars]

6 minutes ago, Factory OC said:

 

You guys make me feel crap. I'm using the Logitech K120, and I felt a IBM keyboard when I went into a thrift shop once. I didn't know anything about vintage computers at that time...

It's okay, the keyboard at the desk I use at work has a K120 on it.  They ain't bad for non mechanical keyboards.

[Guest]

Just now, kaiju_wars said:

It's okay, the keyboard at the desk I use at work has a K120 on it.  They ain't bad for non mechanical keyboards.

Yeah, my space sadly is a problem, and it wiggles a lot (the metal under it bend)...

[kaiju_wars]

Just now, Factory OC said:

Yeah, my space sadly is a problem, and it wiggles a lot (the metal under it bend)...

Hmm, I don't have that issue on mine.  That sucks.

[Guest lilbman]

99% of old keyboards are mechanical, but they're the shit mechanical switches.  I forgot what they switches are called, but they're awful.  They could be buckling spring switches.

[kaiju_wars]

Doubt if anyone cares, but it's cleaned up now.

 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, kaiju_wars said:

Doubt if anyone cares, but it's cleaned up now.

 

At least you didn't have to retrobrite it.

[TechRicalx]

Here is an ebay link to it i just don't find anything  saying that it is mechanical 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-Keyboard-Gateway-2000-PS-2-2196003-XX-XXX-STANDARD-WIRED-/282094550686