Costar CSK-7102N ("KEYBOARD")

zts

27 May 2015, 20:29

Edit: put it on DT wiki: [wiki]Costar CSK-7102N[/wiki]

This was in a plastic bag at a garage sale - expected to find this much dirtier and possibly non-functioning, but the keyboard seems to be a brand new oldie, looks like never used, Spanish, very clean, the layout in general is very similar to NTC KB6551 http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/unite ... 10698.html . No branding on the front while the back plate simply says "KEYBOARD". Small Shift and small Backspace are a bit of a challenge, but the rest is OK. White Alps working very smoothly with nice sounding clicks. English equivalent is CSK-7101N.

FCC ID granted on 05/06/1991 corresponds to:

CSK-7102N/CSK-7101N
Costar Electronics Inc
No 369, Tanan Rd, Shie Lin
Taipei, Taiwan
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Back:
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White Alps:
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Board; insides:
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Costar board with Topro PS/2 controller markings:
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Overall, a very nice, compact layout KB with smooth, satisfying white Alps.
Last edited by zts on 06 Jul 2015, 04:13, edited 2 times in total.

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Muirium
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27 May 2015, 20:51

A plastic bag? People have no class! Still, I guess it's still "NIB" so to speak.

What does Supr do? If it sends the GUI code (Command or Windows key) then kudos to them for smuggling it into a Winkeyless layout.

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Nuum

27 May 2015, 20:55

"Supr" is the "Delete"-Button in Spanish. It's the abbreviation for "suprimir".

zts

27 May 2015, 20:57

^ yep, this. Short for suprimir.

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Muirium
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27 May 2015, 21:08

Ah well, still remappable as it sends a scancode, so still a useable layout!

zts

28 May 2015, 02:08

Note: In the initial post I mentioned Topro controller -- it doesn't have anything to do with Topre. About a year ago Topro Technology changed its name to Come True Biomedical.

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Muirium
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28 May 2015, 02:12

Tipro, Topro, Topre… you've got to be kidding me! Good thing they changed their name already.

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seebart
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28 May 2015, 08:42

another nice find zts.

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