IDENTIFY THE KEYSWITCH thread

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zrrion

23 Nov 2020, 21:21

What you have is silver reed dome with slider. They are really nice as far as domes go, I like them a lot.
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shine

23 Nov 2020, 22:29

zrrion wrote:
23 Nov 2020, 21:21
What you have is silver reed dome with slider. They are really nice as far as domes go, I like them a lot.
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Thanks man! <3

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Palatino

26 Nov 2020, 11:09

Anyone know what this is? It looks like a sort of dome with slider, but not sure. I don't have the keyboard yet so can't comment on feel or sound. Thanks.
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ball00n

26 Nov 2020, 11:28

Palatino wrote:
26 Nov 2020, 11:09
Anyone know what this is? It looks like a sort of dome with slider, but not sure. I don't have the keyboard yet so can't comment on feel or sound. Thanks.
It is an wiki/Alps_dome_with_slider
Judging by the key above the numpad it is an AppleDesign keyboard.

vdublove37

01 Dec 2020, 19:24

I found a "Fountain" branded board and have not really found much information. Could anyone identify this switch? Seems similar to Futaba MA but not exactly.
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John Doe

29 Dec 2020, 07:37

It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
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Jan Pospisil

29 Dec 2020, 09:47

John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
What keyboard is that? I think I just bought one with the same, or very similar switches.

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PlacaFromHell

29 Dec 2020, 11:00

John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
Looks like a variation of the Deyi clicky foam and foil switch.

Jan Pospisil

29 Dec 2020, 11:16

The one I have don't have external springs tho.

John Doe

31 Dec 2020, 03:28

Jan Pospisil wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 09:47
John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
What keyboard is that? I think I just bought one with the same, or very similar switches.
Apologised, Pospisil, missed your reply somehow.

Append photos if could help, mine looks like from taiwan, same version like yours?
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John Doe

31 Dec 2020, 03:29

PlacaFromHell wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 11:00
John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
Looks like a variation of the Deyi clicky foam and foil switch.
Quite possible but i'm not 100% sure.😂

Jan Pospisil

31 Dec 2020, 08:51

John Doe wrote:
31 Dec 2020, 03:28
Jan Pospisil wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 09:47
John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
What keyboard is that? I think I just bought one with the same, or very similar switches.
Apologised, Pospisil, missed your reply somehow.

Append photos if could help, mine looks like from taiwan, same version like yours?
Oh, cheers! I think it's the same maker (I suspect Copam), but a NOS model K-425 instead. (without the Elonex branding).
It's also a space saving model:
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(annoyingly, while I don't hate the switches, a related Copam model K-430 had Blue Alps. Yeah.)

Jan Pospisil

01 Jan 2021, 22:51

John Doe wrote:
31 Dec 2020, 03:28
Jan Pospisil wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 09:47
John Doe wrote:
29 Dec 2020, 07:37
It's light clicky, does anybody know what this is?
What keyboard is that? I think I just bought one with the same, or very similar switches.
Apologised, Pospisil, missed your reply somehow.

Append photos if could help, mine looks like from taiwan, same version like yours?
Going through old threads - Chyros identifies an identical looking switch as a "Copam foam and foil". I'd say that's a good bet.
viewtopic.php?p=430845#p430845

(although I wonder if he misspoke? He did a review of the Copam K-450 and there he calls it "Copam spring over membrane". And he does NOT like it, it even go a WANING. Which..odd, I find it an ok switch.)

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Lynx_Carpathica

04 Jan 2021, 15:02

Hi
Can someone please identify this Alps clone? It's in a PGA keyboard. Thanks.
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Polecat

04 Jan 2021, 17:52

Lynx_Carpathica wrote:
04 Jan 2021, 15:02
Hi
Can someone please identify this Alps clone? It's in a PGA keyboard. Thanks.
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Not sure clone switches can be identified without seeing the internal parts. But the mold markings look like Alps.tw 0A2:

wiki/Alps.tw_Type_OA2

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Lynx_Carpathica

04 Jan 2021, 18:02

The inside of the slider doesn't match up.

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Polecat

04 Jan 2021, 18:07

That's because a keycap stem is broken off in it.

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Lynx_Carpathica

05 Jan 2021, 00:47

Polecat wrote:
04 Jan 2021, 18:07
That's because a keycap stem is broken off in it.
Ahh... You're right. How didn't I notice? :lol:
Thanks :D

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Polecat

05 Jan 2021, 03:07

Hopefully because you haven't had that happen personally. Not fun to have to dig them out, but I suppose there are worse things.

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Lynx_Carpathica

05 Jan 2021, 14:19

Haven't reviced the board yet. But I will. The dubleshoots are the things that I care about ostly.

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Dr.Medic

06 Jan 2021, 16:20

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Switch from Philips P5052

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Dr.Medic

06 Jan 2021, 16:26

I got this keyboard from second-hand market and it uses 6 pin-din connector, I haven't found anything about the keyboard in particular.
Sorry for the first post being so blunt. :mrgreen:

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shine

09 Jan 2021, 19:45

Hi!

anyone knows about this switch? can't find anything
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chip chop

09 Jan 2021, 20:38

shine wrote:
09 Jan 2021, 19:45
anyone knows about this switch?
Kinda looks like Olivetti Typewriter module, Praxis maybe. If it is Olivetti it's most likely dome with slider, but thats just a guess.

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shine

09 Jan 2021, 20:52

chip chop wrote:
09 Jan 2021, 20:38
shine wrote:
09 Jan 2021, 19:45
anyone knows about this switch?
Kinda looks like Olivetti Typewriter module, Praxis maybe. If it is Olivetti it's most likely dome with slider, but thats just a guess.
ok, discovered. Alps snap action
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Validus

11 Jan 2021, 10:45

Got a hold of an Olivetti keypad for one of their calculators from the 1970's or 80's. I think it's for a Logos but the styling is also similar on many Divisumma and Underwood models as well. It's linear with an external coil spring and a shorter throw than Alps SKCM/SKCL or Cherry MX switches about 2.5mm. The PCB is labeled Japan Alps and the switches have their own PCB's that are slotted through the main PCB and soldered to it.

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Doing a search on the PCB code got me this page: https://telcontar.net/KBK/Alps/model_numbers

They list the switch under code SCH as "Spring Bridge" and has a link to pictures of the same switch from an Olympia calculator: https://imgur.com/gallery/IMTsl

Overall it's a pretty good feeling linear switch.

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zrrion

11 Jan 2021, 16:53

I just made a post about these actually:
viewtopic.php?f=62&t=25106

With yours having alps branding on the PCB itself and the additional info you linked it looks like they might be SSCH? considering the 3 letter code it lists for SKCC is just KCC. (It also looks like early ALPSavers may have had this switch at some point so that is cool although I doubt they were actually produced before the SSCH/SKCC switch)

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Validus

13 Jan 2021, 06:57

Was going to suggest starting an page on the wiki for this but I just noticed that you've started one up. I've gotten interested in these Olivetti calculators so I might grab a few more of them.

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zrrion

13 Jan 2021, 09:17

some of the olivettis have SKCC cream in them so try to verify the manufacture date if you can (or at least get a model from an earlier line), pre '79 should be good for SSCH and after that should be SKCC if the pattern holds true. If you get SKCC older than 79 that'll be pretty significant as the oldest I am aware of for SKCC is '79.

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skorpionrazor

17 Jan 2021, 03:31

Hi. I've seen this on sale and looks like a keyboard that I had when I was a kid. Do you know what kind of switches are these? Looks like Cherry Mx but I'm not sure. Keyboard company is Sunshine.
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