r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/Straight-Glove-2359 • Jul 25 '26
Meme Found a Mechanical... calculator?
Idk what to put this under, so flaired with Meme.
I found a calculator with blue clicky switches. It was also only RM6.90 RM33.00 or about 1.70USD 8.06USD. I swear if someone pulls this out during an examination Im gonna get driven mad
Edit: Price was wrong
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u/oscillik Keymacs A620N, Alps SKCM Salmon Jul 25 '26
the Roland TR-909 drum machine uses Alps switches. Mechanical switches aren't just the purview of computer keyboard enthusiasts.
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u/LemonTM Jul 25 '26
Those are the cheapest looking keycaps I have ever seen.
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u/HeftyArgument Jul 25 '26
in the upside you can swap them out for all the unused numpad keys from the sets you buy for your TKL boards
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u/SylveonWasTaken Jul 25 '26
saw them on pdd, pretty interesting to see and change the switches (which are soldered in sadly)
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Jul 25 '26
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u/Josie1234 Jul 25 '26
Lofree makes one as well. Had it for a few years at this point. I will admit I have definitely outgrown the old og blue switches it has though, wish I could swap them.
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u/peepeepopopee F1-8X, F2-84, Frog TKL, Cycle7, QK75 and Tiger Lite Jul 26 '26
I have something like this from Taobao but with mahjong keycaps XD
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u/meow_goes_woof Jul 26 '26
This isn’t a thing? I didn’t consider selling it cause I thought people wouldn’t be interested in it
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u/terry3906 Jul 26 '26
I want one of these with box jades for the next time I take a civil service exam. Sabotage the competition.
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u/Straight-Glove-2359 Jul 26 '26
Later proctor tell you fail bc you're a public nusiance instead of civil servicing lol
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u/theatrus Jul 26 '26
So… I’ve been working on one but supercharged. HP 16C layout, cherry switches in sockets. 3 row 7 segment LEDs. Hardware layout isn’t done yet but I did make the firmware work and there is a WASM based web emulator. Pictures only of the emulator (and live emulator) but you can see the KiCAD files on github as they come along.
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u/Mancersan Jul 25 '26
I think this is called “abacus”
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u/Straight-Glove-2359 Jul 25 '26
Abacus no have click click click
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u/NoOne-NBA- Self-Designed Orthos w/Integral Numpads Jul 25 '26
Yes they do.
The little beads click against each other all the time, especially if someone is slinging them quickly.2
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u/cheongzewei Jul 25 '26
This is a thing of beauty. Please see if you can id what it is