Compaq RT101

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elecplus

27 Apr 2016, 22:05

I found one of these in a thrift shop today, but have not bought it yet. It looks like black Alps, but there are no logos on the switches, and the rectangle seems taller than Alps do. Anybody have any clues?

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Redmaus
Gotta start somewhere

27 Apr 2016, 22:14

Do you have any pictures?

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emdude
Model M Apologist

27 Apr 2016, 22:15

I'm guessing it looks like the keyboard in this album I found: http://imgur.com/a/KMcAN

I think it may just be a rubber dome keyboard. There is another version of the RT101 that looks to have the same kind of slider that are white instead of black, like so:
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They appear to be NMB domes with sliders, so it's probably pretty decent.

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elecplus

27 Apr 2016, 22:28

No pics becausr phone was almost dead. Felt pretty firm for a rubber dome :-)
This pic looks correct but these are black.

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Chyros

28 Apr 2016, 00:45

That should be NMB dome with slider. Not bad, but not mechanical. They tend to be quite well-built by the way, including with metal plates.

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keycap

28 Apr 2016, 01:37

Almost positive that it uses NMB dome with sliders. Not bad at all. But it's certainly not mechanical and it's a very common design that was used in many Dell/Compaq/Apple keyboards at the time.

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elecplus

28 Apr 2016, 01:44

Guess it will stay at the thrift store then :-)

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