[sprynr]

They aren't tactile, but they weren't meant to be, they were utilitarian. Under normal conditions hall-effect switches could last up to 30 billion operations (From Honeywell's own documentation https://sensing.honeywell.com/hallbook.pdf). They are designed to last and be used for the entire life of a machine, through all its upgrades. The lack of cursor keys was normal for the time, just look at the IBM Model F. As for Unicomp, they are based off of the IBM Model M (Which I have a few of and love the buckling spring mechanism) but they were designed to have feedback (auditory and tactile) built in. For sure a good design, but that doesn't make it the only good design.

>Please don't part out keyboards from old computer systems so you can use them with your Macbook. Give them to people who are actually working on collecting and preserving the old systems. I never said I did or would? Hall effect sensors are still available if someone wanted some they have much cheaper and easier options than tracking down an old keyboard. Also who ever implied that I'm not collecting and preserving old systems?