Editing Topre Realforce (section)

==Manufacturing dates==
Unfortunately, Topre do not seem to provide a date of assembly anywhere on their keyboards. What they do provide though are manufacturing dates on the PCB and switch mounting plate. These date stickers are located on the back of the PCB and on the front of the mounting plate. This means that it's easy to pop the case off and have a look without having to undo any screws, with the exception of some [[Topre OEM Keyboards|Topre OEM keyboards]] and the Realforce numpads which have a few screws holding the enclosure shut.

The red highlighted areas on the images below indicate the date section. The format is Y MM DD #### (Year, Month, Day, 4-digit number). The fourth number most likely indicates the order that the PCB/mounting plate came off the assembly line. The example images below were both taken from the [[Topre EDIUS|EDIUS III keyboard]] and have the same '0060' number, but in many cases, the PCB and mounting plate numbers will differ even on the same board.

It's unfortunate that Topre only use a single digit for the year as it makes it a nuisance to identify, but in most cases it's pretty obvious, especially with Realforce branded keyboards as they were only manufactured after 2000. Recently released Realforce keyboards generally have well documented release dates anyway so it shouldn't be too difficult to identify the year.

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File:Topre PCB Date.jpg            | PCB sticker. 23rd of November, 2010
File:Topre_Mounting_Plate_Date.jpg | Mounting plate sticker. 29th of November, 2010
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