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7 November 1983-2013 | 30 Years Cherry MX!
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7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
- Main keyboard: Tipro / IBM 3270 emulator
- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
- Favorite switch: MX Lock
- DT Pro Member: 0001
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Cherry MX key module!
Please use this thread to praise and glorify the Cherry MX switch, to celebrate its birthday!
As a birthday present, the bot will give you a 5% rebate on all payments for CherryMX and Round5, until the 14th November!
Please use this thread to praise and glorify the Cherry MX switch, to celebrate its birthday!
As a birthday present, the bot will give you a 5% rebate on all payments for CherryMX and Round5, until the 14th November!
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Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
What's the provenance of that image with the alleged introduction date? It was posted here by yab, but is it recognised as legitimate? The MX patent is from 1983, but the wiki has introduction dates of 1984 for black and 1985 for Cherry MX, which cannot possibly be correct. Unfortunately none of this information is referenced back to any reliable sources.
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7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
- Main keyboard: Tipro / IBM 3270 emulator
- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
- Favorite switch: MX Lock
- DT Pro Member: 0001
The picture above is a scan of a Cherry brochure, this is officioal enough for me!
If it turns out, the date is off by a year, then we celebrate next year again!
If it turns out, the date is off by a year, then we celebrate next year again!
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Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
Link to the brochure PDF?
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Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
Well 1983 seems to be right: http://www.cherry.de/MX/EN/index.html#!/mx
And as the year is almost over, tomorrow is as good as any day to celebrate Gunter Murmann & Guenter Bauer...
And as the year is almost over, tomorrow is as good as any day to celebrate Gunter Murmann & Guenter Bauer...
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Broadmonkey
- Fancy Rank
- Location: Denmark
- Main keyboard: Whitefox
- Main mouse: Zowie FK2
- Favorite switch: MX Black
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
If we go by this image from Halvars link, then yes it says 1983, but I don't know if it's right since even the picture is faulty... or maybe they have made a new stem: the MX Black 'n Red!
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Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
That's a weird switch on that page — doubleshot slider?! Confused artist I imagine …
Basically we have massive gaps in our catalogue collection. While I can update the Cherry MX page to read 1983, what switch(es) also need that date updating? Was MX black the only one released originally? What was MX white's original product code, and is white type B also MX1A-E1xx?
Basically we have massive gaps in our catalogue collection. While I can update the Cherry MX page to read 1983, what switch(es) also need that date updating? Was MX black the only one released originally? What was MX white's original product code, and is white type B also MX1A-E1xx?
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webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
So I started some research on Hirose Cherry aka Cherry Japan:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/HST
Please feel free to add to the stub.
They claim on their company history page that they started selling Cherry MX in October 1983. In Japan.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/HST
Please feel free to add to the stub.
They claim on their company history page that they started selling Cherry MX in October 1983. In Japan.
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Josh
- Location: CHN
- Main keyboard: G81-3077 SAU, G80-1865 wNv, FMJ
- Main mouse: G9x
- Favorite switch: vintage black
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
happy BDtinnie wrote:As well as my birthday.
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Game Theory
- Mr. Despair
- Location: Madison WI US
- Main keyboard: Majestouch Convertible 2 or Beam Spring 5251
- Main mouse: Logitech G900
- Favorite switch: MX Blue in terms of MX
- DT Pro Member: 0008
HAPPY BIRTHDA Ytinnie wrote:As well as my birthday.
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Dubsgalore
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: ESA-3000-HASRO
- Main mouse: Deathadder 2013
- Favorite switch: MX Blacks
- DT Pro Member: -
Happy Birthday Cherry MX!
Happy Birthday Tinlad!
Happy Birthday Tinlad!
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Grats, Tintin. 7bit knows exactly what to get you for a present!
Speaking of which, that new avatar… why show us the one MX we can't buy? Are you giving us a sign?
Speaking of which, that new avatar… why show us the one MX we can't buy? Are you giving us a sign?
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Hey, those greens you sent me didn't have glowing pins! I demand precious MXLOCKs in compensation! Or I could just use a flash too, I guess…