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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: db268 on Wed, 17 June 2015, 11:17:06
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Hello guys,
Can anyone help me identify this keyboard? It looks like a Victor Keyboard and there are some IBM's that look like it. Also, is it mechanical?
(http://i.imgur.com/AKm1El8.png)
Thanks
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Any other pictures?
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I seem to remember those legends on Keytronic foam over foil, but I could very well be wrong. Cap shape is wrong for BS, could be MX, but I highly doubt it. My bet is foam over foil.
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Any other pictures?
I don't have any other pictures at the moment but I've requested more.
I seem to remember those legends on Keytronic foam over foil, but I could very well be wrong. Cap shape is wrong for BS, could be MX, but I highly doubt it. My bet is foam over foil.
Thanks. Is foam over foil a mechanical switch?
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Foam and foil is... sort of. It is a capacitive switch where the slider connects to the foil pads on the PCB. http://deskthority.net/wiki/Key_Tronic_foam_and_foil
I have the linear version of these on my Harris-Lanier and I'm giving it away for the price of shipping, if that tells you anything about foam and foil.
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Thanks. Is foam over foil a mechanical switch?
There's no true definition of "mechanical switch" that everyone adheres to. Some people consider everything that's not rubber dome mechanical, others don't even consider the Model M mechanical.
In the truest sense of the word, "capacitive" would probably be a more appropriate than "mechanical", but then again, I can't really think of a switch to which the term "mechanical" would apply best.
My own advice; I'd call them mechanical, but stay away from foam-and-foil boards. The foam will almost certainly have rotten away, leading to highly unpleasant switches.
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I'll leave one more photo with the back of the keyboard but I'll move away from it anyway. It's probably not what I'm looking for.
(http://i.imgur.com/Xa0Tuza.jpg)
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After some difficulty I've discovered that you have the keyboard that was originally included in the 1987 Acer 910 PC. It is also known as the Acer KB-084, but unfortunately I do not know what switches it uses. Most likely, it will either have Acer switches or rubber dome.
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Acer switches are nice, if that's what it is. But I don't know how old those go. Could be a gamble.
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I've had good luck with keyboards from Taiwan and that looks to be from a good time period. If its not too expensive or much trouble I would go for it if you're into a nice keyboard collection. Even if its a rubber dome it'd probably be a decent one.
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After some difficulty I've discovered that you have the keyboard that was originally included in the 1987 Acer 910 PC. It is also known as the Acer KB-084, but unfortunately I do not know what switches it uses. Most likely, it will either have Acer switches or rubber dome.
Thanks for that. This keyboard is included in a "bundle" with a Philips NMS TC100 but I don't think the computer still works.
I've had good luck with keyboards from Taiwan and that looks to be from a good time period. If its not too expensive or much trouble I would go for it if you're into a nice keyboard collection. Even if its a rubber dome it'd probably be a decent one.
I don't think I'll be moving forward with this since the guys only wants to sell this included with the PC I mentioned above, or wants me to pay the full price just for the keyboard because he thinks he can't sell the PC without it. Too much trouble and I don't think it's worth the 35 euros he's asking.
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I don't think I'll be moving forward with this since the guys only wants to sell this included with the PC I mentioned above, or wants me to pay the full price just for the keyboard because he thinks he can't sell the PC without it. Too much trouble and I don't think it's worth the 35 euros he's asking.
Maybe you could at least convince him to pop a cap for you. I'll bet it's a rubber dome.
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Fairly certain you'd lose that bet against nubbinator. ;)
F&F is the most probable, if it wasn't for the caps I could also have imagined space invaders as philips had a couple if xt clones with those.
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I don't think I'll be moving forward with this since the guys only wants to sell this included with the PC I mentioned above, or wants me to pay the full price just for the keyboard because he thinks he can't sell the PC without it. Too much trouble and I don't think it's worth the 35 euros he's asking.
Maybe you could at least convince him to pop a cap for you. I'll bet it's a rubber dome.
Frankly none of the possibilities for this board would be worth 35 euro, though I guess it could be nice just for the sake of knowledge