First post - found keyboard...

[Izza]

Hey all!

Been lurking for a while now, learning all I can about mechanical keyboards and their differences.

Anyhow, spotted a 'board at GW today, and bought it. On the back sticker it reads:

BTC Professional Keyboard Series
Part No. BTC-5339
S/N 60910260
Made in Taiwan R.O.C.


It's heavy as hell. While I don't really care for the mushy feel of the keys, it's too nice to throw out. Super clean.

Anyone know anything about these boards? Worth keeping?

[Findecanor]

There is some info on this japanese page.
According to the info, it has a capacitative "foam and foil" switch, with either a coiled spring or rubber cup to provide resistance.
The foam tends to make these keyboards quite mushy...
One good thing about capacitative keyboards is that they often have N-key rollover, which is something that only very high-quality keyboards have these days.

[Izza]

Much demand for these? I'm hunting around for a board to mod, but I'm thinking it may not be worth it with this one. I really want Cherry switches.

If it's the kind of thing someone here might want, I could post it in the classifieds for trade?

If not, might as well start chopping it up and see what I end up with. I plan on grabbing a Teensy, and making a mini in the end.