Last wednesday at 3:00 a. M., after knocking on the last line, the right finger was emptied -- bang, the e key flew. It's not playing, it's running away, rolling into a keyboard and never looking back。
Turning out three years of ash-eating t430, and opening up the covers, i smelled the dust and a fragrance of metal in 2012。
The original keyboard was out of production early, and a search for the t430 keypad jumped 300 links, with all of the blurry + "compatibility" all over it. Until you touch this one - with a clear type sticker on the back: sl410 / x100e / e530 / x220i all listed, even the cold e40 is clearly written in the first line of the symmetry table. It's not " probably working," it's "your type, it nods."。
Put it on first sense: the key is steady like an old friend shakes hands. It's not the spring-jumping sugar of the new keyboard, it's not the faint fatigue of the old keyboard, it's the "well, it's the hand." the f1-f12 key is completely in place, and the three little buttons above trackpoint, pressing the sound of the tumble for two seconds -- my chinkpad hasn't given up on me。
The top one is backlight. Not all old planes support it, but x220i and t430 are on the spot! It's like writing a poem in the corner of a café, and the blue light doesn't make the battery cry。
The day i finished the keyboard, i put t430 into the commuting bag, and it was quiet as a re-corrected gear. Not nostalgia. It's really working。
Some things aren't out of date, just waiting for someone who's serious about it。
(appendix: e420 users feedback that there is a small screw hole on the right side of the spaced key, without affecting the installation; x100e party says the touchboard area is completely wired — detail control ecstasy)
