Scientific-Atlanta Spectral Dynamics SD425

JP! · 17 Jul 2019, 23:01

I recently picked up this looker of a keyboard. The case design and quality are superb, unfortunately this one is impossible to type on.

The switches are Hi-Tek High Profile which are notorious for cracked sliders.

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Muirium · 18 Jul 2019, 01:04

Oh, that's a shame. Those waffle frame switches are never any good. They spoil what is otherwise a decidedly elegant looking board. The case design is very flash, and the caps are stellar.

Makes you wonder what else you could retrofit in here…

There's quite a lot of Hi-Tek doubleshots still out there. What would they be like on adapters, for MX?

zrrion · 18 Jul 2019, 01:07

There's enough room inside the large stem that one could likely fit a ton of adapters into them without any trouble.

TheInverseKey · 18 Jul 2019, 01:08

Great find! This one really is a looker!

Findecanor · 18 Jul 2019, 03:11

Built from custom-extruded aluminium profile?

Slom · 18 Jul 2019, 05:09

Muirium wrote: 18 Jul 2019, 01:04 Oh, that's a shame. Those waffle frame switches are never any good. They spoil what is otherwise a decidedly elegant looking board. The case design is very flash, and the caps are stellar.

User afan invented a solution for the broken stems last year: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20317

JP! · 18 Jul 2019, 05:16

Slom wrote: 18 Jul 2019, 05:09
Muirium wrote: 18 Jul 2019, 01:04 Oh, that's a shame. Those waffle frame switches are never any good. They spoil what is otherwise a decidedly elegant looking board. The case design is very flash, and the caps are stellar.
User afan invented a solution for the broken stems last year: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20317

Thanks for sharing that fix. Looks like an elegant solution.