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Title: AST KB101 – looks like tactile space invaders? – $48 shipped
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 14 February 2014, 07:06:40

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321303491546

I believe there were some keyboards under the same model name that were rubber domes, but looking at the back, it’s made in Thailand, and FCC ID looks like some other NMB boards. RT687XT seems to imply tactile (the T at the end) rather than e.g. clicky switches. Keycap legends also seem to match some other space invader keycaps.

Title: Re: AST KB101 – looks like tactile space invaders? – $48 shipped
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Fri, 14 February 2014, 16:31:09

The only way to be sure is to ask for pics of a keycap removed. Or even the internals of one of the switches assuming they are some type of space invader, to be sure of variety.

Given how they work, the part that makes them clicky also does the tactile action, unlike how cherry does it, so I'm not sure how they'd do tactile only.

Title: Re: AST KB101 – looks like tactile space invaders? – $48 shipped
Post by: terrpn on Fri, 14 February 2014, 18:24:05

i believe they are the white slider/rubber dome version........

Title: Re: AST KB101 – looks like tactile space invaders? – $48 shipped
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 14 February 2014, 19:12:22

Quote from: terrpn on Fri, 14 February 2014, 18:24:05

i believe they are the white slider/rubber dome version........

That’s possible. I’d definitely recommend anyone wanting to grab this ask the seller to pull a cap off. :-)