[bitofhope]

The Space Cadet did not use Cherry switches. It was made by Micro-Switch and thus used Honeywell's hall effect switches. The switches are very highly regarded and presumably very nice to use if you're into linear keyfeel. Some later LISP machine keyboards used Hi-Tek space invaders if I'm not mistaken.

It seems a little unfair to call the board crappy. A lot of keyboards had a little bit of flex to them. Most modern keyboards (even premium ones) still flex a little bit. There were better -- or at least more solid-feeling -- keyboards around at the time, some of them more common and cheaper, but calling a Honeywell board "crappy" is just downright hyperbole.

[gumby]

The KTV keyboards were steel and didn't flex at all, so were a pleasure to type on. Perhaps I should have said "a bit crappy". I typed a lot on them for years.