IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Chyros · 15 Oct 2018, 07:37

An F50! Noice

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SilenceGoo · 15 Oct 2018, 07:48

Chyros wrote: An F50! Noice .

I thought it's an M50, but noticed the cable is different.

Findecanor · 15 Oct 2018, 10:18

tatsurou wrote: Whaat are those? (On auction for 10 bux locally. Worth it?)

https://imgur.com/a/4Mv5KLV

Both Key Tronic.
The one in the back: E03600 family. Rubber dome: Some of these feel nice, many feel horrible.
The one in the front is late Key Tronic foam-and-foil: Buckling rubber sleeve, mushy feel because of the foam. The parts could be used when restoring more interesting KT foam-and-foil keyboards. The foam discs deteriorate over time, but you can also get newly made discs for restoration. Double-shot keycaps.

I have owned both types in Swedish ISO and trashed both, except for the foam discs that went to a restorer.
IMHO, don't get Key Tronic unless it is an "Ergo Force" and for a low price.

Findecanor · 15 Oct 2018, 10:29

rymut wrote:
bujorc wrote: Anybody familiar with these? Does it come with at least 2 nos blue alps under each key cap?
I had this keyboard (HighScreen branded one), mine had cherry mx black on it.
cherry-like_highscreen.jpg

The computer and keyboard look very similar to an early Dolch (286 or 386) but in a different colour scheme.
This was before Dolch's keyboards were made by Cherry -- but the switches were Cherry MX.

Mr.Nobody · 16 Oct 2018, 05:46

Leshe wrote: Saw this on fleabay, any guess?

Beautiful board, but it seems no one knows what it is.

snufflecat · 18 Oct 2018, 20:26

Is this anything worth spending money on?

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Myoth · 18 Oct 2018, 20:27

snufflecat · 18 Oct 2018, 21:23

Thanks, dodged a bullet there.

//gainsborough · 19 Oct 2018, 00:03

I think it's relatively safe to assume that if something has windows keys it's not worth buying. I guess maybe Topre is the exception, but even then "worth buying" is kind of a polarizing topic of discussion, haha.

Findecanor · 19 Oct 2018, 00:45

Mr.Nobody wrote:
Leshe wrote: Saw this on fleabay, any guess?

Beautiful board, but it seems no one knows what it is.

Almost a month ago. Did anyone here get it?
The locking keys with lights makes me wonder. If switches are centred inside the 2u locking keys, which type of switch allows a LED in the upper-right corner?

ZedTheMan · 19 Oct 2018, 02:21

//gainsborough wrote: I think it's relatively safe to assume that if something has windows keys it's not worth buying. I guess maybe Topre is the exception, but even then "worth buying" is kind of a polarizing topic of discussion, haha.

Well, there are the Dell AT101ws, a good solid Alps Chassis with ANSI layout. Can be worth buying at a low price, me thinks. Especially the black ones.

Keybug · 21 Oct 2018, 11:58

I know it's probably beyond saving, but anyone know what the board with the blue caps is? Cheers

Myoth · 21 Oct 2018, 12:00

the other board is a G80, Noodmaen made a post on it and the blue one could very well be a LISP keyboard, but that's only by seeing the blue/grey colour way and the odd layout, which isn't something uncommon with keyboards of this era.

EDIT : this G80 : photos-f62/cherry-g80-0275-taylorix-sys ... 18576.html

Keybug · 21 Oct 2018, 13:35

Yeah, I could see the TA logo on that one and two of the machines appear to be TA's as well. The other computer is an ITT and the board looks a bit like a simplified version of the Honeywell Hall Effect keyboard that Chyros reviewed so maybe it's an ITT Courier or somesuch?

Noobmaen · 21 Oct 2018, 14:48

Before switching to cherry, many TA computers used Micro Switch keyboard assemblies

PlacaFromHell · 23 Oct 2018, 01:56

Guys, what is this thing? Or at least, what kind of switches it has? I found it for less than 1 USD.

Noobmaen · 23 Oct 2018, 11:19

Looks like wiki/Alps_SKFF_series with broken stem

PlacaFromHell · 23 Oct 2018, 20:11

Noobmaen wrote: Looks like wiki/Alps_SKFF_series with broken stem

Thanks but I will not be able to take it

is too far from my home.

bronz · 26 Oct 2018, 23:13

Can anyone please identify this keyboard
and its potential worth ?

bronz · 28 Oct 2018, 13:28

Can anyone please identify this keyboard ?

Antonov225 · 28 Oct 2018, 16:44

Hi! Has anyone of you ever seen a keyboard like this? The plastic case looks very similar to Hi-Tek 725 from the top but the bottom plate is vastly different. Also, the keycaps are very strange for an XT board - glossy black and sculpted in a circular shape. Strangely stepped too. Thanks in advance

Blaise170 · 28 Oct 2018, 17:11

Hard to say. I might guess foam and foil but I'm not even confident of that.

Noobmaen · 28 Oct 2018, 17:14

Antonov225 wrote: Hi! Has anyone of you ever seen a keyboard like this? The plastic case looks very similar to Hi-Tek 725 from the top but the bottom plate is vastly different. Also, the keycaps are very strange for an XT board - glossy black and sculpted in a circular shape. Strangely stepped too. Thanks in advance

Those LED segments remind me of robotron, so it might be stacked spring over pcb with carbon contacts like the contemporary robotron keyboards

davkol · 28 Oct 2018, 17:20

Leshe · 28 Oct 2018, 19:16

Just found this keyboard yesterday, any clue on the model itself?
Note that it says "DATE=81.2.1" although mx blacks i think were introduced on 1984
Also, the keycaps are super nice!
Here are the pics:

Spoiler:

Darkshado · 29 Oct 2018, 03:44

Saw this while browsing classifieds... Any idea what it could be?

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elecplus · 29 Oct 2018, 09:11

Darkshado wrote: Saw this while browsing classifieds... Any idea what it could be?
mystery laptop.JPG

Looks like a Zenith. Look at the logo is the top left corner of the screen.

bronz · 29 Oct 2018, 10:56

bronz wrote: Can anyone please identify this keyboard ?

It looks like this is clone of IBM 84-key Model F keyboard with buckling spring switches.

ball00n · 29 Oct 2018, 10:58

bronz wrote:
bronz wrote: Can anyone please identify this keyboard ?

It looks like this is clone of IBM 84-key Model F keyboard with buckling spring switches.

It's oki gourd spring

Chyros · 29 Oct 2018, 11:28

Interesting. I guess I could've guessed based on the arrows. Never knew they made an AT model though, or even one with integrated LEDs (which is fairly rare for membrane keyboards).