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https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=24994

As Anakey commented in that thread it would seem that several kinds of those switches were used back in the day sharing a common mount.

You might look for markings on the PCB to try and identify the manufacturer. Information about typewriters on the ...

@leadsquad registered less than 48 hours ago so unless they're someone from BBM doing a manual registration on the server, registration might be working now.

Not like that or even repairing the wiki is going to change much however.

Care to remove a keycap from the Tulip board and take a close shot of the switch for illustration purposes? Also, is that an AT or a PS/2 connector? And I presume the keycaps are NOT double-shot, are they. TIA and GLWS.

To quell my worries, I've cloned Deskthority. Not raw, unsearchable HTML pages like Wayback Machine or HTTrack, but a full clone. All posts, images and files have been downloaded, and thread/post databases have been recreated. Search functions will be carried over, and you'll be able to browse ...

Is anybody here with server access to fix this :(?


The ones who do "fixed" it enough by now, the thing returns so many 500 errors it can't be even scraped to save at least a part of it. By now I'm certain they bought the domain as a pet project to train an AI or just burn some money. Certainly ...

If no individual identification is possible I'd go with the denomination of the whole system.

Too bad the wiki is dead...

This variant with Futaba (clicky, I presume) switches is currently not documented in the wiki. Would you donate the pictures to the cause?

Dunno why this whole situation reminds me more and more of the M$ operation to destroy Nokia from inside.

keyboardjoy is the person/user account you want to ask. You may reach him faster through the discord channel, username to look for is "felotus".

That's a 0779, not a 0777.

It could be Cherry MX Dark Blue if the stem is darker than it seems on the photo.

BTW you didn't add to the wiki any picture of the keyboard depicting the darker switches.

CoolPenguin1 wrote: 11 May 2024, 19:10 This is a Ukrainian layout so I assume the U stands for Ukraine.

Someone just explained to me the differences between Ukrainian and Russian keyboards (thanks!). This keyboard is definitely Russian.

@Hausen

You're more than welcome to advertise your sale in the for sale subforum, stating whether your pictures are free to use in the wiki

A cursory look at wiki/Topre_switch reveals that no, you can't use Cherry MX keycaps with Topre switches. Just compare the mount with wiki/Keycap_mount#Cherry_MX_mount.

@Jugostran

You'd do well adding pictures to the wiki so the evidences you find don't get lost. Threads here don't last forever, I've lost count of the number of wiki references pointing to DT threads that became dead.

Awful picture, sorry. I got what seems to be an NCR Decision Mate keyboard with RAFI hall effect switches. Very interesting linear switches, glad I'm finally getting to try them out. It's a shame one switch got broken in shipping. This is why you shouldn't use Hermes for shipping! :x

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Very interesting stuff, especially the part about keycap printing. Now if only we could obtain a video of the process...

Is it OK to add these pictures to the wiki?

It's baffling to see a regular ANSI Left Shift key in portrait mode and then a 1u Left Shift in landscape mode, that's for sure, but then this is Apple so everything is supposed to be fscked by design.

I suppose the obvious steps on their website don't help?

@tactica: Feel free to do with the pictures as you please. I'll upload some more shortly, including a timestamp. Sadly, I can't find the time these days for wiki maintenance.

The blue sub-legends do not look like they are pad printed at all as there no 'embossed' quality to them at all. My guess ...

Neither the keyboard or the switch are documented in the wiki. Would you donate the pictures to science then?

More pictures wouldn't hurt either. Also, I take the blue sub-legends are pad printed?

Someone not using Gmail might try the generic email address just in case it's a Google thing and there's someone still there.

This is a Ukrainian layout so I assume the U stands for Ukraine.


Hm... So the article on Cherry article numbers needs updating. U or US are documented to mean US layout, always.


Hi. I received this keyboard from a man who in turn received it from a disbanded military unit (according to him ...

Unless I'm missing something HBU belongs to an ANSI keyboard so you're using keycaps from another keyboard?

Anyway, these photos (and at least these too) should be added to the wiki. We only have one picture for an ESA-3000 HASR0 keyboard and even that one was mislabelled as HASRO (with an Oh).

The keyboard with the unknown yellowish Alps clones is from a MicroOrchid PC3 portable. I have updated the wiki article and emailed MicroOrchid asking for details. Too bad the email link for most subsidiaries is the one and the same as for the original manufacturer in China, so in the end it will be ...

OK, my bad, they're the real thing. I'm sorry your stabilisers broke in the process...

The extra pictures would be useful in the Alps SKCM Blue article.

Yet another switch that need identification :( https://deskthority.net/wiki/Codegen_Technology_CG-84A1


You have to open at least one, and possibly the one under the space bar too as the spring something is likely to be different. External looks alone don't help identifying Alps clones, and the ...

Heh. I was thinking of the ITW switch when I suggested you to add the info yourself. Identifying an Alps clone is beyond my abilities, so far I haven't found a match in the wiki either. In a worst case scenario it will have to be filed as another unknown.

OK, I guess cropped versions of #1-4 and #7-8 plus the others as is will do. Not bad

You do the honours and get all the fame & glory for the feat

I'm new here and want to add a keyboard to the wiki. It is a Memorex brended keyboard, no FCC code visible. I'm mostly interested in the switches on this one, I can't identify them. I disassembled one, pictures are attached.


If you can, please re-shoot the disassembled switch, this time on a ...

I'm currently spamming the wiki


This kind of spam is most welcome. You just need to experiment with the "widths" value of the "gallery" tag so the box around the picture doesn't look out of proportion. We could use other gallery modes to avoid the box entirely (hint: try adding mode="packed ...