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Title: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 05 August 2014, 19:53:24

I did my due diligence, but couldn't find anything that resembled this on the DT wiki, mousefan's site, and so on.  The closest is the TaiHao Aruz (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Tai-Hao_Aruz) Anyone have a clue what it is?  Sorry I don't have a better picture, it's not my keyboard.


(http://i.imgur.com/Rrx5ykZ.jpg)

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 05 August 2014, 22:17:30

it appears to be a slider / spring over membrane type design, but it might be a rubber dome over membrane.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 05 August 2014, 22:21:13

That's what I was thinking.  Thanks for the confirmation.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: terrpn on Tue, 05 August 2014, 22:26:02

still looks like it will take an alps cap? is that a steel plate??

here's a shot of my "aruz"

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: terrpn on Tue, 05 August 2014, 22:36:04

what does someone suppose the plastic stem inside is for?

anybody able to put a manufacturer or name on it?

good eye nubbs.........

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 06 August 2014, 13:30:40

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: terrpn on Wed, 06 August 2014, 14:03:23

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 06 August 2014, 13:30:40

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

interesting...............never knew that :eek:

so definitely a RD then i reckon.................

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 06 August 2014, 14:37:45

probably a lightswitch :P

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 06 August 2014, 15:16:51

Quote from: terrpn on Wed, 06 August 2014, 14:03:23

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 06 August 2014, 13:30:40

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

interesting...............never knew that :eek:

so definitely a RD then i reckon.................

I think he meant it was like MY, meaning spring(s) of some sort over membrane and not rubber dome.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Wed, 06 August 2014, 17:59:41

The style of the case is very similar to my Oriental Tech OK-100M (which is indeed progressive rate spring over membrane) but it's not the same. There were quite a few keyboards in that style.

The keycaps appear to be Tai-Hao Alps mount double-shots, identical to mine — the keyboard should be documented on the wiki and then promptly harvested for its very nice keycaps.

It looks like the slider guide shafts are moulded into a plastic plate.

Is there not a label of any kind on the back? You might also find clues from what's written on the membranes.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 06 August 2014, 19:33:52

It's this keyboard (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=351137250446&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123).  I did all the research I could on it, including an FCC ID lookup, but there's not a lot of details on it.  The caps looked pad printed to me, not doubleshots.  I just hadn't seen that switch before and was trying to figure it out.

Title: Re: What the heck is this switch?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Thu, 07 August 2014, 02:27:13

Compare with these keycaps:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Oriental_Tech_OK-100_series

They're identical. They will be a nice set of doubleshots, presumably Alps mount.

You can see them here on a Dell AT102W with some of the original laser-etched keycaps for comparison:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:Laser_etching_vs_double-shot_%28detail%29.jpg