Greetings all,
I recently acquired a keyboard from a Greek Linotype CRTronic 360 machine
Shown here in this (probably promotional) picture with the machine itself. The Linotype CRTronic 360 was a typesetting machine.
The switches are Linear Rafi RS 76 C Hall Effect
The keycaps are shiny doubleshots
Unfortunately, the massive case has a few scuffs and scrapes
The cable and connector are equally massive, and each end of the cable has a separate ground wire. The machine-side connector has the pins labelled on the inside, and a spot of rust.
No idea what type or protocol connector is, most likely proprietary. Here is the keyboard side.
The back side of the keyboard
And a close-up of the label
Opening it we find the controller, which connects to the switch PCB with a ribbon cable
The controller
Frankly, I don't know a whole lot about this keyboard or the machine, and information seems sparse. I suppose most of them got trashed by newspaper organisations once digital printing came about, and a few are still in storage areas. If anyone has any information to add, feel free.
Linotype CRTronic 360 Keyboard
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- Location: Philadelphia
- Main keyboard: IBM MOPAR FSSK
- Main mouse: Logitech G502 Lightspeed
- Favorite switch: Brown Alps
- Contact:
God damn, what an absolutely gorgeous computer and keyboard. Gotta love European design!
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- Location: Germany
thats a huge boy, reminds me of siemens keyboards, they used the same keycaps https://i.redd.it/6gqyzdshdfp01.jpg
- ArtyomTheMetroHopper
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Soon to be IBM 5382
- Main mouse: Corsair M65
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
Just got hold of one of these myself!
But strangely its got a totally different shell and black/white keycaps: Reg:
But strangely its got a totally different shell and black/white keycaps: Reg:
Last edited by ArtyomTheMetroHopper on 28 Nov 2022, 10:16, edited 1 time in total.
- ArtyomTheMetroHopper
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Soon to be IBM 5382
- Main mouse: Corsair M65
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
Did you ever get your's it soarer converted?
- ArtyomTheMetroHopper
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Soon to be IBM 5382
- Main mouse: Corsair M65
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
Not the same, the caps on these boards have a flat edge at the top while Siemens are completely circular:inozenz wrote: ↑17 Oct 2022, 13:02thats a huge boy, reminds me of siemens keyboards, they used the same keycaps https://i.redd.it/6gqyzdshdfp01.jpg
With that being said, I would not be against calling this the Siemens Battlecruiser