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Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 20 July 2011, 20:38:54

Not sure what the backlighting issue is about that the description mentions.  The one's I had all worked without an AC adapter.
TG3 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220817143635)
Dexter would approve.

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: ekw808 on Fri, 22 July 2011, 15:54:18

Looks exactly like a deck, but doesn't say what kind of switches they are.

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Fri, 22 July 2011, 15:58:45

i emailed the seller. he seems to speak broken english. he says that info is direct from TG3. makes so sense to me as well.

i asked if he had tried the keyboard to see what happens and he didn't answer.

what is with ebay sellers and failing to answer multiple questions?

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: mmmty on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:02:35

It says "Tactile full travel key switches for superior feel vs. rubber keys". So it's probably Cherry Clear.

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: audioave10 on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:03:10

Could that be out of a police car or firetruck (or similar)? It might explain the 12VDC situation.

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: oddsratio on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:28:10

I took apart the TG3 I had (trading the keys in classifieds!) and they are black switches. Was going to do ghetto reds, but got lazy on the desoldering, so I shipped it to someone who was doing a mod project.

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: The Solutor on Fri, 22 July 2011, 16:45:49

Quote from: didjamatic;384421

Not sure what the backlighting issue is about that the description mentions.  The one's I had all worked without an AC adapter.

Could be a problem for some old nitpicking usb ports. Even if unlikely. The red version should draw not more than 300mA

Title: TG3 Police Keyboard
Post by: REVENGE on Fri, 22 July 2011, 17:38:19

Quote from: mmmty;385522

It says "Tactile full travel key switches for superior feel vs. rubber keys". So it's probably Cherry Clear.

Cherry Blacks with a rubber dome splash guard that doubles activation force while adding tactility.