Unknown Reveal KB100

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keycap

16 Oct 2022, 06:36

Any information on this? I once had a keyboard branded as Reveal, but I kinda knew it was an NMB from the start. This one looks quite a bit different, definitely seems to be mechanical as it states it uses a spring on the back (as well as N-key rollover)
Unless, of course, they want to call a rubber dome a spring..
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Threads from 2014 indicate rubber dome, but I think they're false. A dome with sliders board very similar to the KB500 exists, and I think that's where confusion stems from. But yeah, wanted to ask if any of you had one of these by chance. Haven't purchased a board in a while and I'm slightly hoping to get Futabas considering it says made in Korea. :D

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keycap

12 Nov 2022, 06:04

Sorry for the long pause, a follow-up: Not mechanical. Oh well, it's from 1992-1993 or so and uses BTC domes, no slider. Didn't even know BTC did a cheap design like this as early as they did!

They feel pretty much exactly like the membrane version BTC dome with slider. Board FCC number is LAKBTC-55 SERIES

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zrrion

12 Nov 2022, 08:06

I bought a boxed one of those a while back and it is indeed domes. The box saying "Key type: springs" and "n-key rollover" is just straight up a lie. The board on the box is also not the board you get, box shows sculpted profile but the board you get is uniprofile.

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keycap

12 Nov 2022, 15:13

Yeah, that's what threw me off too. Not the first time I've gotten burned. At least I have another box to store a genuinely good keyboard in hehe :D

The board I got was totally different from the one in the pic. Different caps altogether (the ones in the pic looked like Alps caps to me, these just straight up look like the BTC caps on my packard bell) and also it has a full sized backspace. The one in the pic has a 1 unit backspace.

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zrrion

12 Nov 2022, 19:40

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this is what mine looked like

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