deskthority

Just to clarify, are the switches on the following page, the "Coiled spring over membrane" described on [wiki]Mitsumi hybrid switch[/wiki]?

http://www.the-liberator.net/site-files ... -a-pal.htm

These have cream sliders; apparently "The colour of the slider tells which type it is", but whoever wrote that didn't actually list what the colours mean, nor was cream covered.

I think I wrote that. I don't actually remember. Please do work it out. Remember, the page is a stub.

You sure about that?

I'm not sure if there are not more variants than those shown. I have never taken my Amiga keyboards apart (they feel different), and my C64 is long gone.

BTW, I will be meeting the woman in that picture this weekend ... for a few seconds, and I don't like to disclose how much I have paid for the privilege.

It struck me that the design of the one on the Atari 800XL could have a unique force curve where the force gradient increases after actuation, since now you're pressing three springs (two metal, one plastic) instead of one.