Early Mitsumi hybrid switches?

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Daniel Beardsmore

21 Jul 2013, 02:41

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.

Findecanor

21 Jul 2013, 09:01

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

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Daniel Beardsmore

21 Jul 2013, 13:28

You sure about that?

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Findecanor

21 Jul 2013, 14:03

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.

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Daniel Beardsmore

21 Jul 2013, 14:10

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.

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