Posting this write-up here in case anyone else runs across these kits. As noted in the title, despite the look of the key switches and keycaps, these are not MX-compatible.
Looking good so far, nice mix of custom cap legends and colors... Keyboard emulator? Looks like most of a full keyboard to me.
Pretty simple PCB, I think these units were used in a college classroom
Cham-Bana! When these were copyrighted/made, I was going to college a few miles away, and even dated a sorority girl from there. (Delta Delta Delta. Huh, the things that linger in one's memory...)
Medium thick caps, all one profile - almost flat. Switches are flat with a cross-shaped stem...
But
NOT MX-compatible. Stems are thicker than Cherry MX, the caps won't fit Cherry switches, nor will Cherry keycaps fit these switches.
Pretty simple switch mechanism (more pics later once I desolder one...), uses a flat spring to hold the stem up.
Old Intel chip
And there you have it. A board full of incompatible switches, not useful for very much except soldering practice. Kind of nice aluminum cases, could be used for a project box (on the large side...). I may try to dremel out the stems on a few of these, do Ripster's keycap mod, if I run out of other projects.
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