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Offline jacobolus

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1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« on: Tue, 21 April 2015, 05:56:51 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351378117357

Amber Omron B3G-S keyswitches are one of the clickiest switches anywhere, and pretty rare. Somewhat similar in construction to an Alps switch, but almost as tactile as a buckling spring, and quite loud.



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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 21 April 2015, 14:46:04 »
Interesting. So would this work with DIN to PS/2, and PS/2 to USB adapters?

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 11:15:00 »
Those Omron switches are calling me for a long time now...

I need to find one in EU.  :rolleyes:
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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 11:25:19 »
Oooooo, thanks for the heads up jacobolus

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 14:23:36 »
I'd love to try out these switches sometime. I wonder if they're even clickier than Acer switches xD .
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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 14:25:17 »
EVERY DON'T BID SO I CAN HAS IT OK? :P  :cool:

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 23 April 2015, 14:28:59 »

EVERY DON'T BID SO I CAN HAS IT OK? :P  :cool:

I'm joking of course

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 25 April 2015, 20:32:33 »
Awww that didn't work out as I expected it to :(

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 25 April 2015, 20:41:03 »
Who got it??

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 25 April 2015, 20:50:34 »
Wow that went for more than I thought it would. Are Omron switches in that layout (84/AT) that rare?

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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 25 April 2015, 23:10:21 »
Had been wanting to try omrons out too. Probably isn't actually worth that much, just haven't seen many out there and this one looked kind of cool. There will be more I'm sure, just have to wait.
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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 00:15:00 »
Amber Omrons in general are pretty rare and hard to find. They’re not my favorite switches, personally, but they are extremely clicky, on par with a buckling spring. :-)

If you hunt around on ebay, there are definitely cheaper ones, but only occasionally. I got this NTC board in extremely good condition for $45 shipped 3 weeks ago (no hebrew though):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251903966409?orig_cvip=true
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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 00:53:42 »
To whoever got it—mazel tov!
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Re: 1988 NTC board with amber Omrons and hebrew keycaps
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 26 April 2015, 04:43:03 »
To whoever got it—mazel tov!
****, you beat me to it, Heheheh xD .
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