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Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: benis on Mon, 09 May 2011, 21:36:36

It was $2.99 at Value Village.
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Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: benis on Mon, 09 May 2011, 22:00:31

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Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: HaveANiceDay on Mon, 09 May 2011, 22:13:27

Not so sure, but the caps look pad printed. They have the "aura" around the legends.
Other than that, they look really solid. Not even Hulk could flex those!
They look MX compatible.

I have no idea what the switch is.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: DeltaGunner on Tue, 10 May 2011, 00:07:44

Dont know what switch it is too but it looks Cherry MX compatible as HaveANiceDay already said.
It also looks like the spring under the keycap is the only spring(?), when it pushes the keycap up the switch goes up with it.
Just a speculation.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: redpill on Tue, 10 May 2011, 00:21:45

No idea, but Google tells me Schuyler County NY disposed of one as surplus in 1997.  So it's not even good enough for government work.  

http://www.schuylercounty.us/Minutes1997.htm

In a more relevant search return, there's one for sale on e-bay ( http://cgi.ebay.com/Keyboard-BTC-Professional-5339-Vintage-Style-/350359835372 ) that describes the keys as having "white X style plungers or sliders" which isn't very descriptive.  

But from what I've seen in my brief time on this board, chances are good that ripster has one in the closet.

Edit:  just found a geekhack post that mentions BTC but the switches sound different and it was made in Taiwan http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?14183-First-post-found-keyboard...

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: redpill on Tue, 10 May 2011, 00:35:20

Quote from: ripster;344227

BTC Foil over foam capacitive.

But do you have one in your closet????

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: What is X? on Tue, 10 May 2011, 00:58:08

that does not look MX compatible. Edges are too sloped.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: RickyJ on Tue, 10 May 2011, 01:17:13

I've got one of those in hiding, foil over foam just like Ripster said.  Feels worse than the board I've got with linear green Alps switches. :o

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: the_buff on Tue, 10 May 2011, 02:10:28

But hey--for only $2.99, and keys that might fit Cherry MX switches, not a bad first outing.  Let the obsession begin.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: Dox on Tue, 10 May 2011, 06:23:37

The keycaps are cherry compatible. I got a btc from 1988 with double shot keycaps and they fits cherry mx switches just fine.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: keyb_gr on Tue, 10 May 2011, 06:56:42

Not meaning to sound like a broken record, but here on the interwebs, keeping image sizes at a moderate level is usually appreciated. Something like 100..200K per image tends to be fine (typically that's what you get with about 1024x768 and a decent JPEG quality setting like 90).

BTC foam and foil jobs are not the very most popular since the feel is kinda meh, but they do sport NKRO, which can be handy in certain applications (e.g. music input).

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: digitalleftovers on Tue, 10 May 2011, 17:59:56

Quote from: keyb_gr;344311

Not meaning to sound like a broken record, but here on the interwebs, keeping image sizes at a moderate level is usually appreciated. Something like 100..200K per image tends to be fine (typically that's what you get with about 1024x768 and a decent JPEG quality setting like 90).

BTC foam and foil jobs are not the very most popular since the feel is kinda meh, but they do sport NKRO, which can be handy in certain applications (e.g. music input).

I'm viewing this page on 45Mb Fiber (Synchronous), but yes, It annoys me too whenever I'm trying to browse from my phone.  I don't blame the OP, some sites auto-resize.  Depending on user input, I think its worth suggesting to iMav that there be a smaller image size cap.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: benis on Tue, 10 May 2011, 21:14:45

thanks for all the tips guys, and sorry about the large pics. Anyone know where I can get an adapter to ps2?

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: RickyJ on Tue, 10 May 2011, 23:45:18

Check for markings to see if it's compatible with AT communication protocol, the older XT protocol is missing bits.  XT/AT switch is good indication, check the label to see what it says too.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 11 May 2011, 16:48:16

i have a btc that i first thought was a mechanical, it has clear mx compatible plungers with a spring, but underneath it turned out to be just rubber domes. very sneaky.

Title: Bought a legit mechanical keyboard tonight, tell me how I did.
Post by: Ascaii on Wed, 11 May 2011, 16:50:04

hit me up with a pm...i have another 20 or so at-ps2 adapters here