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Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: v193r on Wed, 02 February 2011, 20:49:39

I saw this pic in Manyak's Guide:
(http://www.overclock.net/picture.php?albumid=2267&pictureid=13702)
Are my eyes deceiving me?

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: Brian8bit on Wed, 02 February 2011, 20:51:12

Nope. There are many colours of Cherry's which denote actuation force and tactility. Blue, brown, black, red, clear, orange, green are the ones I know. There's probably more.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:02:18

I want to make a custom "keyboardlover" keyboard, consisting of green, clear and red cherries. =)

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: v193r on Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:06:13

ive never heard of them.
info plz. are they tactile and what is the force required? pics plz.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: morcles on Thu, 03 February 2011, 00:56:45

Check this thread (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=188454), start at post 8.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: sixty on Thu, 03 February 2011, 01:00:33

As far as I know the oranges are identical to black in feel, just with a smaller keystem.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 03 February 2011, 06:46:46

The pic in the OP looks like a brown taken with poor color accuracy.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Thu, 03 February 2011, 16:15:26

Quote from: itlnstln;289231

The pic in the OP looks like a brown taken with poor color accuracy.

No, look at the shape of the keystem, it's not a normal Cherry.

Title: Orange Cherries?
Post by: itlnstln on Fri, 04 February 2011, 09:12:35

F' shizz.  I didn't catch that.