deskthority

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 05:30**

What keyswitch is this?

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 05:55**

Heh, found it.

Some sort of Mitsumi Linear Switch.
http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... otherk.htm

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 16:21**

Looks like really early Alps.

Ripster has a board with similar switches:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:8529

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 18:35**

There's a Mitsumi logo on the bottom of the switch (pencilled to make it stand out a little better) —

: Mitsumi logo on Mac Plus keyboard switch.; appleswitch.jpg (65.99 KiB) Viewed 8853 times

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 19:42**

ALPS Electronics probably made the M0110. Mitsumi the M0110A.

Your typical ALPS MindFuck.

Posted: **03 Apr 2011, 20:36**

The keycaps are the same style in the M0110 and M0110A, however, the housing, and CapsLock mechanisms are different.

Posted: **04 Apr 2011, 19:00**

Funny how they kept this confusing ALPS vs Mitsumi up till even the AEK2!

Posted: **29 Jul 2011, 17:36**

ripster wrote:ALPS Electronics probably made the M0110

Why? The M0110 is "Made in USA".

Posted: **29 Jul 2011, 23:15**

The old-style Mac keyboards I've seen all had that switch. Pretty mediocre to type on.

Posted: **15 Nov 2011, 21:34**

Is there a way to add a CTRL key to the M0010A? Or some way to input the CONTROL command into an old Macintosh?

Posted: **29 Jan 2012, 14:52**

I'm looking for M0110A with ALPS to fix some switch defect of my M0110.
Looks like M0110A has three variations(at least)!

M0110: made in USA: ALPS
M0110A made in USA: ALPS http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/29717
M0110A made in JAPAN MITSUMI
M0110A made in TAIWAN SMK http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/29020

Posted: **29 Jan 2012, 15:47**

there were about a dozen on ebay.de in the last weeks
what i'm trying to say is that you'll be able to get a second one for cheap, if you keep your eyes open

Posted: **30 Jan 2012, 15:27**

Thanks for the info.
I found one made in Malaysia on the ebay today... um, Collector's nightmare.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130635643913

Posted: **15 Jul 2012, 13:43**

I got a "Made in Malaysia" M0110A involuntarily the other day.
It is a platinum colour board with MITSUMI switches and looks like same as "Made in Japan" over all.
It is NOT out of common.

deskthority

Macintosh Plus Keyboard

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