Anyone has more info on this switch? This should be a rubber dome switch found in Acer 6511-KW. However, they usually have their rubberdomes topped with Alps mounts, but this one is diff ... at best it reminds me on Cherry rubber domes: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G83-3000 . Anyone knows more about these:
I was adding a Wiki gallery for Acer 6511-KW: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Acer_6510_series when I encountered these switches -- but according to Wiki (top paragraph) Acer uses "Alps-mount Acer dome with slider switches, which are rubber dome over membrane".
More on the rubber dome switch in Acer 6511-KW?
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Bigger companies like Acer often produced different revisions of their keyboards. I have not seen this one either. Thanks for adding to the Wiki btw. Something I should be doing more. It seems Daniel Beardsmore is not active here anymore which is a big loss for DT.
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^ Yes, I was also surprised, seebart -- for example the 6311-KW (that I also put a gallery on wiki http://deskthority.net/wiki/Acer_6310_series ) has exactly what you'd expect, Acer switch topped with the black Alps mount). It also has the identical housing as the 6511-KW. Anyways, the discovery process is fun I guess Too bad Daniel Beardsmore is not active ... he has a ton of the highest quality stuff in wiki
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Off topic, but.. could you please retitle this thread with a more informative title? Could everyone else also try to use informative titles? Thanks. (For instance, "More info about the rubber dome switch in the Acer 6511KW?")
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Valid point. I'll try to keep that in mind. Not really off topic at all.jacobolus wrote: ↑Off topic, but.. could you please retitle this thread with a more informative title? Could everyone else also try to use informative titles? Thanks. (For instance, "More info about the rubber dome switch in the Acer 6511KW?")
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Fair enoughjacobolus wrote: ↑Off topic, but.. could you please retitle this thread with a more informative title? Could everyone else also try to use informative titles? Thanks. (For instance, "More info about the rubber dome switch in the Acer 6511KW?")
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This looks quite a bit different from a Cherry G83, which uses a circular stem exactly ¼" in diameter, and a flat tab at the 12 o'clock position to keep the keys from rotating. The G86 uses pretty much the same thing, except that the keys have two tabs, the location of the second one varying to keep keys from moving across rows. (The second tab can be removed to allow this, with a slight increase in rotational wobble.)
Cherry also rotates the 12 o'clock stem on the convex (modifier row) keys. Why, I can only guess, but it does cause problems if you (like me) really can't stand having the `~ key in the modifier row.
Cherry also rotates the 12 o'clock stem on the convex (modifier row) keys. Why, I can only guess, but it does cause problems if you (like me) really can't stand having the `~ key in the modifier row.