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SGI Keyboards
Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 19:41
by vardhana
I found some SGI keyboards in a garage.
1. Granite
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It has ALPS White switches
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According to
here, there are some type of 9500900. My one is made in USA with Whites.
2. RT6856T
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This is already articled in wiki. No new things
3. SK-2052U(JIS 109) with SiliconGraphics logo
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FCC ID is GYUR58SK.
I searched this on FCC site. But there is no info
4. 6511-BN(US WKL 101) with sgi logo
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According to
Silicon Graphics article in jawp, sgi logo began to be used from around 1996. Thus, this one is newer than above.
Made by Darfon Electronics.
5. 6516-BN(JIS WKL 106) with sgi logo
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Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 19:53
by 7bit
Only the one of the top is valuable, the others are rubberdomes. Things with the stupid sgi logo on have not even colectible value for true SGI fans.
Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 20:03
by vardhana
Yes. This only shows a history of Silicon Graphics keyboards
Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 23:17
by Findecanor
vardhana wrote:It has ALPS White switches
White, tactile, non-clicky, dampened, right? These are usually called "White Cream", because a switch that is identical but with a cream-coloured slider is more common.
7bit wrote:Stupid sgi logo is stupid.
I couldn't agreee more.
Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 06:44
by vardhana
Findecanor wrote:vardhana wrote:It has ALPS White switches
White, tactile, non-clicky, dampened, right? These are usually called "White Cream", because a switch that is identical but with a cream-coloured slider is more common.
Yes, sir! Same as AEKII.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 21:27
by Muirium
Is the granite PS/2 by any chance?
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 21:33
by Halvar
Yes, it is.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 21:36
by Muirium
Indeed, I was just reading about that after (stupidly) asking before checking the wiki!
http://deskthority.net/wiki/SGI_Granite
Looks a respectable board.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 21:53
by Halvar
It is. I used it at work for a few months, because I work in a large room with eight developers, so I wanted something silent. It's a very nice heavy, high quality board with a sturdy iron plate. The switches are ok, but not my favourites. They are nicely tactile, but tend to feel uneven if you hit the key under an angle. Might be due to their age, and some lubing might help, but I didn't try that.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 22:50
by nourathar
used one for a while, but after some time I found the switches more gritty than tactile, by far not as bad as the black Alps in a Dell AT-101W, and a bit similar to Cherry browns perhaps. But that might have been the age of the board; it came from a college and it didn't exaclty feel virgin. The dampened sliders are nice though, and I really liked the thick keycaps.
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 23:08
by mr_a500
It's sad how SGI keyboard quality degraded over time - just like with every other computer maker.
I prefer orange ALPS over the white ALPS in the SGI granite, but the original keycaps were nice - so I put them on an original AEK.
SGIAEK.JPG
Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 23:22
by Muirium
Pretty fetching. Just need something for that yellowed space bar…
There's a granite for sale in my neck of the woods for £50. I'll wait till the guy lowers the price (his usual tactic with all these varied boards he lists for sale at arbitrary prices) as I'm all out right now anyway. Looks in good condition.