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Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: CeeSA on Mon, 22 November 2010, 05:57:22

anyone know the switches inside the SIIG JKAB0211:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SIIG-JKAB0211-80-key-minitouch-plus-enhanced-keyboard-/190446909477?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2c57853825

Homepage from SIIG does not give that info.

thanks

Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: Half-Saint on Mon, 22 November 2010, 06:36:16

I think it's a rubber dome...

Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: sixty on Mon, 22 November 2010, 07:13:27

Yeah, all the modern SIIGs minis are rubber domes. The old ones (minitouch series) are ALPS.

Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: CeeSA on Mon, 22 November 2010, 09:41:48

i think this is not a new one.
it comes whith DIN connector.

in the description:
...
- Switch mechanism: Mechanical-key switch
...
and
...
- High-quality key switches for the "click" and "feel" that typists prefer
...

But what Mechanical-key switch?

Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 22 November 2010, 10:05:45

Text can be misleading. Have the seller pull a key and take a picture of what's underneath to be sure.

Title: Switch in SIIG JKAB0211?
Post by: Necroleachate on Mon, 22 November 2010, 14:46:28

I can say for sure it's not mechanical because I own one.
It's rubber dome under plastic hammers. It has decent stiffness and tactility for a rubber dome but still rubber.

Any Siig Minitouch (Plus) or BTC 5100 with arrow keys arranged as an inverted L is the dome version. Another difference are the square function row keys. On the alps version they're rectangular.