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Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: ethanh8791 on Thu, 04 August 2011, 19:52:50

anyone want this piece of junk....happy to donate it to a good home.........

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23318[/ATTACH]

Interested people feel free to contact me - I can provide more photos as necessary, I haven't tested it out but appears to be in good shape.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: sleeper52 on Thu, 04 August 2011, 19:56:22

free? hmmmmmm...........

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: jpc on Thu, 04 August 2011, 20:40:50

What kind of switches? How old is that?

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: ethanh8791 on Thu, 04 August 2011, 20:52:20

Sorry for the confusion. This keyboard is not free. I do actually want some money for it. I'm generous guy...but not that generous.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: cactux on Thu, 04 August 2011, 20:55:26

1 USD if you burn it :-)

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: cactux on Thu, 04 August 2011, 20:56:08

1 USD and 2 cents if you burn it :-)

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: TexasFlood on Thu, 04 August 2011, 21:17:15

Check this out, :wink:

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=23320)

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: jpc on Thu, 04 August 2011, 22:25:19

That space bar is ostentatious. He's compensating for something.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 04 August 2011, 22:33:13

1st rule of mechanical keyboard pursuits.... never buy a Keytronic. No matter how vintage or mechanical they look, it's a rubber dome.  I've been burned more times than I care to admit.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: Pylon on Thu, 04 August 2011, 22:42:49

1st rule of rubber dome keyboard pursuts.... always buy a Keytronic. Most of them are awesome as far as rubber domes go, though there are reports that quality has declined on the newer ones.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: Ekaros on Thu, 04 August 2011, 22:45:25

Quote from: Pylon;393336

1st rule of rubber dome keyboard pursuts.... always buy a Keytronic. Most of them are awesome as far as rubber domes go, though there are reports that quality has declined on the newer ones.

It can't be bad, if my dad is still using one...

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Thu, 04 August 2011, 23:43:07

lol early 90's trackpad. I can already guess how useless that thing is.

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: cactux on Thu, 04 August 2011, 23:58:20

:rockon: [ATTACH=CONFIG]23333[/ATTACH]

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: Ekaros on Fri, 05 August 2011, 00:46:14

XT or AT?

Still, why on earth they have that portition and not even in rubberdomes...

Title: key tronic 5153
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 05 August 2011, 10:00:02

I think that this one is more likely to have foam-and-foil switches.

These switches have either a rubber sleeve or a coiled spring directly under the key cap. The initial feel is like a rubber dome or a linear mechanical switch, but below the actuation point, you compress the foam and that feels very mushy.

I had one in the classic "full-size" layout, but nobody wanted it. I could not give it away for free.
I took it apart and placed the plate on plints so that the foam wouldn't be compressed when I typed on it. That actually felt quite nice (but of course that setup does not work electrically.)