Cherry switches... ever wonder???

[iMav]

uhh dont know how to use this forum thingy... how do you do images now? putting as an attachment isnt working. says it's too big or something so just go to that url in your browser.

Standard BBCODE ( [img] , in this case )

You can click edit on your post to see the code in use.

I suppose I could turn on allowing HTML as well.  

[karlito]

hmm that's weird i tried using [img] i guess i must have messed something up.

[xsphat]

Looks good. Are the black keycaps from the M10 and are they exactly the same size / shape as the white ones?

[karlito]

yea the black keycaps are from the scorpius. The F key caps are all the game size. I replaced the "clear" key w/ the "num lock" key from the scorpius and the num lock is larger than the clear since they were on different rows.

i just replaced esc, f4, f8, f13 (w/ print screen), f14 (w/ scroll lock), f15 (w/ pause).

the black helps break up the function keys for me so i can hit alt + f4 easier.

[iMav]

Nice work.

Still very impressed with the patience you exhibited in completing that project...and it is nice to see that you are using the keyboard regularly.  

Which reminds me...we have another member with a blue-stemmed-Cherry-equipped SMK-88 whom we haven't heard from yet.  (YOU know who you are)  

[ashort]

SLACKER!  Who is it?

[fkeidjn]

Here's what I received in an email reply from Datacal

I am sorry the brown switches are discontinued.

So no more brown switches available, just like the discontinued Alps.  I guess I'll go ahead in getting either white or using the blues from my Scorpius.

[mr_sf_applet]

So no more brown switches available, just like the discontinued Alps.  I guess I'll go ahead in getting either white or using the blues from my Scorpius.

Wait a minute. What was your specific question to DataCal? Was it concerning brown Cherries in a specific model keyboard? Or was it about the availability of brown Cherry switches in general?

If this is indeed true, then what happens to the Kinesis contoured keyboards, and the Maltron, and the  Filco Majestouch versions with brown Cherry keyswitches?

[fkeidjn]

Wait a minute. What was your specific question to DataCal? Was it concerning brown Cherries in a specific model keyboard? Or was it about the availability of brown Cherry switches in general?

Just the switches.

[xsphat]

fkeidjn, how is that vintage Fujitsu? Is it clicky? How do the keys feel?

[fkeidjn]

fkeidjn, how is that vintage Fujitsu? Is it clicky? How do the keys feel?

It's a capacitor rubber-cup/spring keyboard.  Initially, when pressing down on a key, you feel the spring, but after you press down far enough, the spring will release itself, pushing down the cup.  I could say it's semi-mechanical, but it's not actually mechanical.  I didn't get a chance to plug it into my ps/2 port of my computer, so I don't know whether or not it has the n-key rollover.

There should be a link in my signature to a site that explains more about the keyboard (if you could read Japanese), plus pictures.

[xsphat]

Use Google translator. It's not the greatest but it's better than nothing.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpark16.wakwak.com%2F~ex4%2Fkb%2Fmain_fujitsu_fkb4700.htm