---
title: "KD-81 Keyboard"
id: 14124
type: "product"
slug: "suntronics-keyboard"
url: "http://localhost/product/suntronics-keyboard/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/product/suntronics-keyboard.md"
published_at: "2019-11-30T01:21:31+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T13:20:19+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/suntronics-kd-81-a.jpg"
excerpt: "Full size keyboard conversion. 41 keys with full-size space bar. Allows touch typing. Same key layouts as Sinclair. Two color keytops. Keyboard case holds both keyboard and computer. Commands and graphics spelled out on keytops. Rear cutout allows any RAM to be plugged in."
category:
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    url: "http://localhost/category/hardware/keyboard/"
post_tag:
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/suntronics/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "ZX81"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx81/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX81"
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    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zx81/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
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    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
genre:
  - name: "Hardware"
    slug: "hardware"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/hardware/"
  - name: "Keyboard"
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    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/keyboard/"
company:
  id: 11357
  title: "Suntronics"
  type: "company"
  url: "http://localhost/company/suntronics/"
model_2: "KD-81"
price: 69.95
date: 1983
rarity: "Uncommon"
product_reviews:
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    title: "Suntronics Keyboard Review"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/suntronics-keyboard-review/"
  - id: 61318
    title: "Hardware Review: The Suntronics KD-81 Keyboard"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/hardware-review-the-suntronics-kd-81-keyboard/"
  - id: 61319
    title: "Hardware Review: DK’ Tronics Flexible Ribbon Connector"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/hardware-review-dk-tronics-flexible-ribbon-connector/"
  - id: 61320
    title: "T-S News"
    type: "article"
    url: "http://localhost/article/t-s-news-16/"
adverts:
  - publication:
      - id: 26648
        title: "SYNC v3 n2"
        type: "issue"
        url: "http://localhost/issue/sync-v3-n2/"
    advert_page: "32"
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    caption: "OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"
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  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Suntronics.png"
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  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/suntronics-keyb-6.webp"
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companies_products:
  - id: 11357
    title: "Suntronics"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/suntronics/"
---

# KD-81 Keyboard

Full size keyboard conversion. 41 keys with full-size space bar. Allows touch typing. Same key layouts as Sinclair. Two color keytops. Keyboard case holds both keyboard and computer. Commands and graphics spelled out on keytops. Rear cutout allows any RAM to be plugged in.