Difference between revisions of "Keyswitch timeline"
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===1983=== | ===1983=== | ||
*[[Topre switch]] (introduction) | *[[Topre switch]] (introduction) | ||
| + | *[[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]] | ||
===1984=== | ===1984=== | ||
*[[Cherry MX Black]] | *[[Cherry MX Black]] | ||
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*[[APC switch]] ''(1984 or 1985)'' | *[[APC switch]] ''(1984 or 1985)'' | ||
Revision as of 23:21, 18 January 2014
Dates noted correspond to the availability of the switch to consumers, unless noted otherwise.
Contents
1960s
1970s
1971
- IBM beam spring
1980s
1981
- Capacitive buckling spring in the IBM Model F
- Topre switch in the prototype keyboard on display in Topre's Sagamihara plant.
1983
- Topre switch (introduction)
- Alps SKCL/SKCM series
1984
- Cherry MX Black
- APC switch (1984 or 1985)
1985
- Membrane buckling spring in the IBM Enhanced Keyboard ("Model M")
1987
- Cherry MX White (Type A)
- Cherry MY
