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Title: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: n0rvig on Thu, 17 October 2013, 15:48:44
I picked up this keyboard on eBay. It looked too good to be true. It was.

I expected a Dolch PAC keyboard with MX blues.
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However, it has switches like this :'(
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What kind of switch is that?
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Laser on Thu, 17 October 2013, 15:50:54
Cherry ML?

http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/ml.htm
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 17 October 2013, 15:51:27
It is ML, and that's a FlexPAC.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: n0rvig on Thu, 17 October 2013, 15:57:40
Dammit! That's totally what it is!

Thanks for being so quick laser & esoomenona
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Thu, 17 October 2013, 16:46:31
ML is a fun little switch; too bad that so few proper keyboards ever used it.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Linkbane on Thu, 17 October 2013, 17:12:23
I heard that it felt like an octopus on wet newspaper.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: PointyFox on Thu, 17 October 2013, 17:24:37
I heard that it felt like an octopus on wet newspaper.

No, that's a Cherry MY switch.  The Cherry ML switch feels kind of like a MX Brown but less bumpy, and is harder to press if you press it off-center.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Linkbane on Thu, 17 October 2013, 17:41:49
I heard that it felt like an octopus on wet newspaper.

No, that's a Cherry MY switch.  The Cherry ML switch feels kind of like a MX Brown but less bumpy, and is harder to press if you press it off-center.

I see, sounds like something interesting to try, and I'd think that the boards with them aren't too expensive, either.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 17 October 2013, 22:33:20
There seems to be quite a few who have tried Cherry ML and liked it.

There is no Dolch keyboard with Cherry MX and trackpad. Some with trackpoint above the numeric keypad, though.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Dubsgalore on Thu, 17 October 2013, 22:38:01
Cherry ML ~~

always too good to be true on ebay ;)
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 18 October 2013, 08:03:34
Indeed it is Cherry ML, and this is one of very few 'fullsize' standard layout that use ML.
Title: Re: What is this non-cherry switch on a Dolch PAC?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 18 October 2013, 11:17:09
Yeah. Most ML keyboard have keys that are a bit smaller than standard.