Seems Pretty Neat...

[127001]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310851418592

[dorkvader]

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 but who knows?

[E TwentyNine]

Would be neater if you made threads with a descriptive title.

Makes it a lot easier to find a thread later on.

[127001]

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!

[mr_a500]

Yes, that's neat. It looks much nicer in that case than in the usual Sol 20 case:



According to this page, it does appear to be foam and foil.

[SpAmRaY]

So what is it?

[dorkvader]

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.

[SpAmRaY]

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

[mr_a500]

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

Or you could just read my post. I already said it's most likely foam and foil.

[SpAmRaY]

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

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.

[JimByr]

Interesting... I had a Sol 20 like pictured above. That was my second microcomputer. Have never seen a stand-alone keyboard.