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Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Magna224 on Sun, 27 May 2012, 21:42:26

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-6160-KBD1-COMMERCIAL-101-KEYBOARD-ENGLISH-US-56166-/120918852097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c27534201

I was reading the details on this keyboard from the manufacturers site and it says 1mm travel and 150gr force with 1 million keystrokes. The keyboard weighs 4 lbs though!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221036225606&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

This one is a NIB XT keyboard with switches made by Micro-switch which also made the hall-effect key switches.

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: 486 on Mon, 28 May 2012, 04:33:19

I also have a NIB Honeywell, but from much later and AT . Bought it for $60. Not cheap for a rubber dome. And the price just goes up

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Drew Baumann on Mon, 28 May 2012, 13:19:56

I like the key caps on the Allen Bradley. Does anyone know if they're MX compatible?

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 28 May 2012, 18:16:07

Those windows on the lock keys look like a Keytronic board.

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: ped on Mon, 28 May 2012, 19:52:53

WOW, $285 for shipping Allen-Bradley internationally. Hahaha. That's amazing. :'D

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 28 May 2012, 21:35:12

The Allen-Bradley is a pretty handsome board, I must say.

1mm travel under 150g force! WTF?

Industrial strength, indeed!

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Magna224 on Tue, 29 May 2012, 00:32:03

Quote from: ripster;602437

Got a link?  I'll add it to the vintage switch guide.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29601-Ripster-s-Identify-That-Vintage-Switch-Guide

The PDF file.
http://search.rockwellautomation.com/search?site=main_all&ie=UTF-8&client=main_fe&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=main_fe&entsp=a__ab&q=6160&x=0&y=0

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: PixelVandalism on Tue, 29 May 2012, 01:55:28

Wow, almost $400 shipping on the first one.
They might be making a profit on the shipping, watch out for them GH!

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Drew Baumann on Tue, 29 May 2012, 10:48:19

Did anyone here win it?
I was outbid by 50 cents. If so post your findings!

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Magna224 on Tue, 29 May 2012, 11:26:49

Quote from: ripster;602561

Thanks!

Edit:  Numbers do seem very odd though....

Yeah, I think so too. Why would someone make an industrial keyboard thats only rated for 1 million keystrokes? And then 1mm to activation with 150g is ridiculous.

Title: Honeywell XT and an Allen-Bradley Industrial
Post by: Quarzac on Thu, 07 June 2012, 22:34:01

So we don't know what switches are on the Allen-Bradley?