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- 12 Mar 2018, 00:12
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5301
- Views: 1541403
Peerless is curious — certainly a nice try. They have the distinction of being a true "quiet click" switch, with a click that is both clear and distinct but also very subtle. One disadvantage for me is the relatively long pretravel, just as with the Model M (FKB4700 seems directly based on the Model...
- 10 Mar 2018, 22:02
- Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
- Topic: Wiki Q and A
- Replies: 156
- Views: 190365
The identifying shot for SKCP is here: https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/canon-typewriter-keyboards-t4242.html Yours above look the same. It seems that there are versions without the plate retention clip bars, as shown in the photos on the SKCP wiki page. Maybe those are another series (like SKCO o...
- 09 Mar 2018, 19:21
- Forum: News
- Topic: Kailh releases “X Switch” PG1425
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12311
I didn't get time to comment on this earlier. Let's take this photo again: https://deskthority.net/resources/image/45632 Look at the keycaps for C and V: the bottom of each keycap is level with the top surface of the keyboard. Now look at the expose switches, and where the scissor arms are when the ...
- 09 Mar 2018, 09:56
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Now I remember why I dislike Reddit
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9060
- 09 Mar 2018, 09:53
- Forum: News
- Topic: Kailh releases “X Switch” PG1425
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12311
That, was not expecting. The really hard part will be convincing mainstream brands to sell laptops that are thicker, heavier and noisier! (Eyeball and ruler test of a Sunrex laptop keyboard gives me a thickness of around 4 mm without keycaps, versus 6.5 for X-Switch.) I've felt for a while now that,...
- 09 Mar 2018, 00:23
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Alps naming woes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1758
You're assuming that Alps were self-consistent at any point, or consistent year upon year. I only have one person's interpretation of the 1994 catalogue, as I've never been allowed to see most of it (whoever obtained it originally was denied permission to post it online). Also, companies can't decid...
- 09 Mar 2018, 00:03
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Alps naming woes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1758
More confusingly, "SK" stands for "single key switch" according to the 1994 catalogue according to Sandy, although I suspect Alps just made that up, or they just liked how it could be expanded in English. It's not "switch, keyboard" (there are SK-- parts that are not keyboard switches), but the keyb...
- 08 Mar 2018, 23:18
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Futaba MD, a few different color combinations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5969
According to the specifications, KBM-01-01 is 3.5±0.8 oz (99±23 g), so that graph is just slightly outside the extent of the tolerance. MD-4P is cited the same, as 100±25 gf, and that's depicted as white-black-black, so the graph above is just slightly outside of tolerance in the other direction. As...
- 08 Mar 2018, 09:45
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Futaba MD, a few different color combinations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5969
- 08 Mar 2018, 09:40
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Futaba MD, a few different color combinations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5969
- 07 Mar 2018, 23:27
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Alps naming woes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1758
Alps naming woes
According to the Apple III service manual, the switches in the Apple III are "KCC" (momentary and alternate action) and "KFF" (double action). So now we have three naming formats for Alps series: Two-character: CL and CM, from alps.tw's photo and from the 1994 Alps catalogue Three-character: KCC and...
- 05 Mar 2018, 22:44
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Apple Keyboard II:How can I do retr0bright?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2377
- 05 Mar 2018, 00:35
- Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
- Topic: Wiki Q and A
- Replies: 156
- Views: 190365
- 05 Mar 2018, 00:18
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Alps Appreciation
- Replies: 4210
- Views: 1163665
- 04 Mar 2018, 23:46
- Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
- Topic: IBM part numbers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 31894
- 04 Mar 2018, 12:38
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Need help to identify the space-cadet keyboard front-printed symbols
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12164
- 03 Mar 2018, 13:23
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Olympia Disque Typewriter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2520
I will only believe that once we have reliable date evidence. So far it feels too close to the sort of believing-in-guesswork that has gone astray too many times before.purdobol wrote: ↑Two lines of typewriters released at the same time. Early to mid 80s.
- 03 Mar 2018, 00:41
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Olympia Disque Typewriter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2520
I'm curious whether these were ever used in products from anyone other than Olympia, or whether Olympia was their sole customer for keyboard switches. The intermediate type ("two-finger typewriter") seems to be a custom product for Olympia, from what Marquardt were saying — electric typewriters were...
- 03 Mar 2018, 00:16
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5301
- Views: 1541403
Is this thing at all noteworthy? https://i.imgur.com/zJwWIaE.jpg It's certainly unusual. It appears to be either Maxi Switch foam and foil or Maxi Switch reed . The former is rare, and I don't know if the latter has been seen in a keyboard (neither type seems to be on the wiki at all, but I had thi...
- 02 Mar 2018, 23:56
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Please Help on Identify this Keycap.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3141
- 02 Mar 2018, 22:04
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Replies: 5301
- Views: 1541403
- 01 Mar 2018, 23:12
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Keyboard prices
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5856
- 01 Mar 2018, 21:59
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: What old switch would you love to bring back?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7975
Retouch the photos of them using Adobe, and write about them using Microsoft …Chyros wrote: ↑I'd very much like to try out Marquardts. I own some loose switches, and they feel excellent.
- 01 Mar 2018, 21:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Differences between Apple Keyboard II with SMK vs Mitsumi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1253
http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -ii-parts/
Check the serial number for the manufacturer identifier.
Check the serial number for the manufacturer identifier.
- 28 Feb 2018, 22:59
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: What old switch would you love to bring back?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7975
I am most fascinated by [wiki]ITT ETL18[/wiki]; I only managed to buy two, and HaaTa has one of those. Another company in the UK (Ellison Electronics) has a bunch in stock, but I still cannot get them to give me a price! I don't know if they're 20 p each or £200 each. I've never typed on them, but t...
- 28 Feb 2018, 22:54
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Ortek MAK-105TB ADB Trackball Keyboard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2933
the stem may look the same but I had these in the past and I could swear the acer caps were quite a bit thinner than the ortek ones. The pictures on the wiki don't look so different. However, I took the X keycap (and some other keycap that pinged off into oblivion) off my 6312 T1U/VI/UK from 1994, ...
- 28 Feb 2018, 22:38
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Micro Switch 122ST13S-25E-J
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2450
- 28 Feb 2018, 19:35
- Forum: Mice & other input devices
- Topic: [Photos] Apple Lisa Mouse A9M0050
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5497
- 28 Feb 2018, 19:33
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Micro Switch 122ST13S-25E-J
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2450
- 28 Feb 2018, 09:54
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Micro Switch 122ST13S-25E-J
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2450
One of the PC Magazine keyboard reviews that I read (February 1992 or December 1989) mentioned the idea of capacitive membrane sensing, but said that no keyboards that they reviewed used it. Unfortunately they did not say which companies actually used it. The awkward part is not being able to see th...