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Title: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: Melvang on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:27:37

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-KEYTRONIC-KEYBOARD-COOL-/261595866552?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3ce85425b8

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: Sent on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:30:03

I really want that enter key for some inexplicable reason.

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: engicoder on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:32:31

I love the look of the old hand routed PCB's.

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:39:21

but foam over foil

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 22 September 2014, 22:56:06

Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:39:21

but foam over foil

usually not that bad. Mine feels quite linear. I think hypersphere likes his as well.

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 23 September 2014, 06:43:04

Quote from: dorkvader on Mon, 22 September 2014, 22:56:06

Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:39:21

but foam over foil

usually not that bad. Mine feels quite linear. I think hypersphere likes his as well.

Damn. guess I had the most worn down ones ever. Literally almost not feedback at all. So mushy it makes rubber dome feel snappy

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 23 September 2014, 08:48:51

Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 23 September 2014, 06:43:04

Literally almost not feedback at all. So mushy it makes rubber dome feel snappy

This has been my experience. I think that decades-old foam is usually lifeless at best.

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 23 September 2014, 14:27:19

Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 23 September 2014, 06:43:04

Quote from: dorkvader on Mon, 22 September 2014, 22:56:06

Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 22 September 2014, 20:39:21

but foam over foil

usually not that bad. Mine feels quite linear. I think hypersphere likes his as well.

Damn. guess I had the most worn down ones ever. Literally almost not feedback at all. So mushy it makes rubber dome feel snappy

there are several generations of keytronic capacitive, most feeling pretty bad. The vintage "logo" switch with sphericals from the late 1970s and early 1980s is probably the best.

Title: Re: KeyTronic BIN 18.50
Post by: Melvang on Wed, 24 September 2014, 13:26:40

Edit:  Wrong thread.