Editing Key Tronic Model F clone series

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{{infobox dkeyboard
| image name   = Columbia_101.jpg
| pn           = 
| fcc          = 
| branding     = Various
| manufacturer = [[Key Tronic]]
| switch       = [[Key Tronic foam and foil]]
| layouts      = [[F XT]], [[F AT]]
| weight       = 
| years        = 
| price        = $235 incl. S&H (1983)<ref name="eBay-KB-5150" />
| keycaps      = Cylindrical double-shot
}}

'''Key Tronic Model F clone series''' is a series of [[IBM Model F]] [[clone]] keyboards produced by [[Key Tronic]] for numerous brands.

==Description==
Key Tronic copied both the XT and AT layouts of the Model F. The keyboard case itself is quite different from the Model F, and distinct in its own right. The keyboard appears to be the basis for (at least one model of) the Compaq Deskpro 286 AT keyboard.<ref name="gh-Deskpro" />

Print advertisements have been dated to 1983<ref name="DT-KB-200" /><ref name="eBay-KB-5150" />, and an FCC ID has been found from 1982.<ref name="gh-EVP-850" /> The keyboards appear to have been tactile from the outset (with linear versions produced).

These keyboards use windowed keycaps for the [[lock key]]s, instead of an LED cluster. The keycaps use [[double-shot moulding]].

In at least one instance, the PCB has been found to have hand-drawn traces.

==Variants==
{| class="wikitable"
! Model                              !! Brand                      !! FCC ID             !! Layout !! Interface !! Switch  !! Notes
|-
| KB-5150<ref name="eBay-KB-5150" /> || [[Key Tronic]]             ||                    || XT     ||           || Tactile || Advertised in 1983
|-
| KB-200<ref name="DT-KB-200" />     || [[Key Tronic]]             ||                    || XT     || Apple II  || Tactile || Designed for use with an Apple II computer; advertised in 1983
|-
| Moniker ''"Columbia"''             || [[Columbia Data Products]] ||                    || XT     ||           || Linear  || Designed for use with a Columbia Data Products IBM PC clone
|-
| EVP-850/P<ref name="gh-EVP-850" /> || [[Quanta]]                 || CIG8AVP2402 (1982) || XT     || ''DIN-5'' || Linear  || Years cited: 1984 and 1985<ref name="gh-EVP-850" />
|-
| E03091007                          || None                       ||                    || AT     || AT        || Tactile || Years cited: 1989
|}

==Gallery==
===Columbia Data Products===
<gallery widths=250px heights=187px caption="Keyboard dated September 1983">
File:Columbia_101.jpg|Top view, German layout
File:Columbia_004.jpg|Switches and springs
File:Columbia_008.jpg|Backside of the [[PCB]]
</gallery>

===AT layout===
<gallery widths=250px heights=187px caption="Unbranded model E03091007">
File:Key Tronic E03091007 -- top.jpg                  | Top view
File:Key Tronic foam and foil -- tactile switches.jpg | Switches
File:Key Tronic E03091007 -- rear label.jpg           | Rear label
</gallery>

==External links==
* MouseFan — [http://mousefan.telcontar.net/image/keytro84.htm Key Tronic Corp E03091007]
* Old Computers — [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=889 The Columbia VP computer]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="gh-Deskpro">Geekhack — [http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52132.0 Compaq Deskpro 286 AT Keyboard]</ref>
<ref name="gh-EVP-850">Geekhack — [http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54139.0 Quanta EVP-850/P keyboard]</ref>
<ref name="DT-KB-200">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/keytronic-kb-200-t7833.html KeyTronic KB-200]</ref>
<ref name="eBay-KB-5150">eBay — [http://www.ebay.com/itm/141258154247?orig_cvip=true Key Tronic KB 5150 IBM PC Computer Keyboard 1983 Print Ad Advertisement] {{volatile}}</ref>
</references>

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[[Category:Clones of the IBM Model F]]
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