So I posted some stuff about some boards I got. I decided to dig a bit deeper in the "Fame" keyboard I got.
It has Aruz switches. Why do I call them Aruz switches? because that is the brand written on the bottom of the switch housing.
The switches are odd in that the housing is designed like a KPT switch, the feel is like a KPT, Monterey and Blue Alps in one and the slider, which is blue, looks like Blue Alps but is not the same. (looks like a hash symbol, if you can imagine that) Has anybody ever seen any of these switches before? The board's age seems to be around 1987-88 by the date code on some IC's.
New switch discovered, The "Aruz" switch.
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Findecanor
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
Interesting. How is it on off-center key presses?
I don't fully comprehend your post, does it feel more like a Monterey switch or a blue Alps?
BTW, please add to the wiki.
I don't fully comprehend your post, does it feel more like a Monterey switch or a blue Alps?
BTW, please add to the wiki.
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Mrinterface
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: UHK
- Main mouse: G203
- Favorite switch: Monterey blues
- DT Pro Member: 0012
Great. Thanx!486 wrote:wiki is up
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Aruz
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486
- DT Pro Member: -
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=6778.0
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=24756.5
Both posts talk about GOG3YLTH-5539 but neither mention it being shaped differently or mechanical.
So be careful if you are buying this board.
Ask the seller to remove a cap and take a pic and it should look like a hash or pound (for you US people) symbol
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=24756.5
Both posts talk about GOG3YLTH-5539 but neither mention it being shaped differently or mechanical.
So be careful if you are buying this board.
Ask the seller to remove a cap and take a pic and it should look like a hash or pound (for you US people) symbol
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486
- DT Pro Member: -
another tip,
Aruz switches are very delicate. The two tabs keeping the slider in can be brittle after 20 years and will break result in a broken unrepairable switch. Always remove from the front or back of the key. Never from the sides. The force may be to much for the thin brittle plastic.
Aruz switches are very delicate. The two tabs keeping the slider in can be brittle after 20 years and will break result in a broken unrepairable switch. Always remove from the front or back of the key. Never from the sides. The force may be to much for the thin brittle plastic.
