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Here are some photos of a very clean BTC-5060 I picked up. It is very nicely constructed. The case has brass threaded inserts for all mounting screws and both the rear cover and switch plate are cad plated steel. The switches are linear BTC foam and foil and while the foam is in good condition, they still feel quite mushy. The white caps are double shot abs. The grey/tan caps appear to be dye sublimated.

I added a page to the Wiki. wiki/BTC_5060

Very nice, cool pictures! Cool rainbow plate too, must've been popular back in the day! Are these the early Key Tronic mount ones then? Or are they actually Key Tronic foam and foil?

Chyros wrote: Cool rainbow plate too, must've been popular back in the day!

I don't think BTC or any manufacturer constructed their plates "for the looks" back in the day! Function keys on the left yet not XT layout. Very nice.

seebart wrote:

Chyros wrote: Cool rainbow plate too, must've been popular back in the day!

I don't think BTC or any manufacturer constructed their plates "for the looks" back in the day! Function keys on the left yet not XT layout. Very nice.

I meant heat-treating them... but I could've understood it if they did it for the looks alone xD .

As for the layout, it's a standard AT layout . Right down to the Esc key in the numpad!

Chyros wrote: Very nice, cool pictures! Cool rainbow plate too, must've been popular back in the day! Are these the early Key Tronic mount ones then? Or are they actually Key Tronic foam and foil?

The top of the switch housing is embossed with BTC, so I'm pretty sure they are not actually Key Tronic, but yes the BTC mounts are compatible with Key Tronic. I tried some Key Tronic caps on the BTC. The BTC caps are easier to remove than the Key Tronic caps. Funny that Key Tronic often has a blue tint to its sliders. Kind of red vs blue thing going on here.

BTC pink slider!? It's a wired one. How many colors of this BTC foam and foil made?