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.