17 Nov
2013
17 Nov
'13
7:19 p.m.
On 11/17/2013 04:18 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what pieces fell out of the
Corvus keyboard. I did
find an incredibly tiny coil spring that could have been used to load a
pin against a nylon track to mechanically capture the key when pressed.
Never saw the pin itself.
Your comment makes me wonder if the Concept might not also toggle
capslock in software. I could swear it had a mechanical detent, but may
be mixing it up with the Lisa keyboard (last Keytronics unit I had apart
on the bench).
I've got a couple bits of old equipment here with Keytronics keyboards
that have three types of key action. The first is the usual make-break
momentary contact. The second is alternate-action--useful for things
like test or scroll-lock. The third is the Caps-lock thing--press
"Lock" and the key remains down until you hit the shift key.
So the action as described does exist.
--Chuck