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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: 127001 on Wed, 22 January 2014, 23:08:37
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/310851418592
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Neat indeed! It popped up on my eBay searching earlier. I was going to bid on it, but now that it's posted here, I don't think I'll bother. More fun to sit back, (save money,) and watch the excitement!
Some tings to remember: Keytronic made magnetic reed switch keyboards before they started on the (almost universally hated) foam&foil capacitive design.
Now, it does look different than this reed switch keytronic (http://imgur.com/a/KFnC2) but who knows?
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Would be neater if you made threads with a descriptive title.
Makes it a lot easier to find a thread later on.
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Would be neater if you made threads with a descriptive title.
Makes it a lot easier to find a thread later on.
*baby voice * Who's a grumpy guss?! Who's a grumpy guss?! You are!
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Yes, that's neat. It looks much nicer in that case than in the usual Sol 20 case:
(http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/sol20.jpg)
According to this page (http://weblog.ceicher.com/2007/08/sol20-restoration-phase-1-comp.html), it does appear to be foam and foil.
(http://weblog.ceicher.com/archives/solrestore3.jpg)
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So what is it?
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So what is it?
I had another look at the PCB and it's not reed.
I had a look at google patents and the first patent assigned to "key Tronic Corporation" was in 1980 (filed in 1978) (for a capacitive keyswitch). Since there are several records of kbs from 1977 from them, I wonder what switch they used.
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So what is it?
I had another look at the PCB and it's not reed.
I had a look at google patents and the first patent assigned to "key Tronic Corporation" was in 1980 (filed in 1978) (for a capacitive keyswitch). Since there are several records of kbs from 1977 from them, I wonder what switch they used.
Someone's just going to have to buy it and find out haha :P
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So what is it?
I had another look at the PCB and it's not reed.
I had a look at google patents and the first patent assigned to "key Tronic Corporation" was in 1980 (filed in 1978) (for a capacitive keyswitch). Since there are several records of kbs from 1977 from them, I wonder what switch they used.
Someone's just going to have to buy it and find out haha :P
Or you could just read my post. I already said it's most likely foam and foil.
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So what is it?
I had another look at the PCB and it's not reed.
I had a look at google patents and the first patent assigned to "key Tronic Corporation" was in 1980 (filed in 1978) (for a capacitive keyswitch). Since there are several records of kbs from 1977 from them, I wonder what switch they used.
Someone's just going to have to buy it and find out haha :P
Or you could just read my post. I already said it's most likely foam and foil.
missed your edit! thanks for pointing it out.
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Interesting... I had a Sol 20 like pictured above. That was my second microcomputer. Have never seen a stand-alone keyboard.