Key Tronic PCB065-01614-002B
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
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My latest acquisition. A vintage 1977 Key Tronic, with modular foam'n'foil linear switches.
I've been trying to get one of these for a while, but ebay snipers seem to be on the hunt for them...
Not as neat as my previous find, but interesting nonetheless. And now I have access to switch pics of a vintage Key Tronic
Something else is arriving tomorrow. This one "could" be extremely interesting (or not...).
I've been trying to get one of these for a while, but ebay snipers seem to be on the hunt for them...
Not as neat as my previous find, but interesting nonetheless. And now I have access to switch pics of a vintage Key Tronic
Something else is arriving tomorrow. This one "could" be extremely interesting (or not...).
- 7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
- Main keyboard: Tipro / IBM 3270 emulator
- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
- Favorite switch: MX Lock
- DT Pro Member: 0001
Congratulations! There was a similar one at ebay.de some weeks ago, but I did not want it much enough.
My own 1977 Key Tronic is a bit younger than yours (12/1977)
Thanks for opening the switch, so I know how mine look inside.
My own 1977 Key Tronic is a bit younger than yours (12/1977)
Thanks for opening the switch, so I know how mine look inside.
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- Charlie_Brown_MX
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Apple Extended Keyboard
- Main mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse
- Favorite switch: ALPS: cream or salmon
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Only if you know how big an MX switch is. Since I’ve never seen one in the plastic, I’m still in the dark.002 wrote:Jesus that MX switch really gives a sense of scale to these bohemoths..
- nathanscribe
- Location: Yorkshire, UK.
- Main keyboard: Filco tenkeyless w/blues
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert
- Favorite switch: MX Blue
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Ahaha. Happy keycap is happy:
That is so my new avatar.
That is so my new avatar.
- rindorbrot
- Location: Bavaria, Germany
- Main keyboard: Phantom, GON NerD 2.0 TKL
- Main mouse: Zowie ZA11
- Favorite switch: MX Ergo-Clear, Nixdorf Soft-Touch
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What's up with the space bar? It's seems to be hanging a little low in there...
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
- DT Pro Member: 0006
- Contact:
In my pic above, the spacebar spring wasn't properly seated.rindorbrot wrote:What's up with the space bar? It's seems to be hanging a little low in there...
This pic shows the actual spacebar height.
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
- DT Pro Member: 0006
- Contact:
Oh, and that TTY Lock key 7bit. Is there an LED in there?
If there is, I demand pics!
If there is, I demand pics!
- 7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
- Main keyboard: Tipro / IBM 3270 emulator
- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
- Favorite switch: MX Lock
- DT Pro Member: 0001
Here you go----->Round 4dirge wrote:Group buy for "tty lock" keys!
Look for SPH/FUNCTION and ROUND3/FUNCTION.
There is no LED but a real lamp!HaaTa wrote:Oh, and that TTY Lock key 7bit. Is there an LED in there?
If there is, I demand pics!
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
- DT Pro Member: 0006
- Contact:
7bit wrote:There is no LED but a real lamp!HaaTa wrote:Oh, and that TTY Lock key 7bit. Is there an LED in there?
If there is, I demand pics!
Pics! (this deserves a thread of its own for awesomeness)
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Fascinating. This must be the original design of the Key Tronic foam & foil - no metal plate and square sliders. I've got a Key Tronic foam & foil from 1979 and the PCB is the same (round capacitive pads) but it has a metal plate and round sliders.
Notice how the foam pads on these disintegrate. It seems to always happen on the ones with brownish pads. When they changed the design in 1981 ("butterfly" shaped capacitive pads), they also changed the foam pads to a green material that doesn't disintegrate. I have three of these keyboards, (1982, 1983 and 1989) and none has even a single damaged foam pad. So the bad reputation of disintegrated foam must be from the earlier design brown pads.
Key Tronic certainly improved their design with the post-81 "butterfly" version. Besides the pad improvement, the PCB much better constructed. It's beautiful. When I disassembled my 1989 keyboard, I expected to see late-80's cost cutting, but I almost gasped at the beauty of it. (probably one last bit of quality before the horrible 90's came along to ruin everything)
By the way, this is a Sanders 8170 keyboard.
The earlier Sanders 720 (as seen in the header) used Micro Switch.
Notice how the foam pads on these disintegrate. It seems to always happen on the ones with brownish pads. When they changed the design in 1981 ("butterfly" shaped capacitive pads), they also changed the foam pads to a green material that doesn't disintegrate. I have three of these keyboards, (1982, 1983 and 1989) and none has even a single damaged foam pad. So the bad reputation of disintegrated foam must be from the earlier design brown pads.
Key Tronic certainly improved their design with the post-81 "butterfly" version. Besides the pad improvement, the PCB much better constructed. It's beautiful. When I disassembled my 1989 keyboard, I expected to see late-80's cost cutting, but I almost gasped at the beauty of it. (probably one last bit of quality before the horrible 90's came along to ruin everything)
By the way, this is a Sanders 8170 keyboard.
The earlier Sanders 720 (as seen in the header) used Micro Switch.