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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Izza on Mon, 10 January 2011, 01:54:51
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Hey all!
Been lurking for a while now, learning all I can about mechanical keyboards and their differences.
Anyhow, spotted a 'board at GW today, and bought it. On the back sticker it reads:
BTC Professional Keyboard Series
Part No. BTC-5339
S/N 60910260
Made in Taiwan R.O.C.
It's heavy as hell. While I don't really care for the mushy feel of the keys, it's too nice to throw out. Super clean.
Anyone know anything about these boards? Worth keeping?
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There is some info on this japanese page (http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/btc5339_coil.html).
According to the info, it has a capacitative "foam and foil" switch, with either a coiled spring or rubber cup to provide resistance.
The foam tends to make these keyboards quite mushy...
One good thing about capacitative keyboards is that they often have N-key rollover, which is something that only very high-quality keyboards have these days.
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Much demand for these? I'm hunting around for a board to mod, but I'm thinking it may not be worth it with this one. I really want Cherry switches.
If it's the kind of thing someone here might want, I could post it in the classifieds for trade?
If not, might as well start chopping it up and see what I end up with. I plan on grabbing a Teensy, and making a mini in the end.