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Title: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: TheSven on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:21:27
Just bought this for £2 at a bazaar. Has a click to it like MX Blue and PS/2 connection. What kind of switch is it?
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: Signature on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:24:42
Looks like cherry MY switches but I'm not sure  :confused:
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:28:32
Those are MX-compatible futaba switches (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_clicky_switch).
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: TheSven on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:33:08
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:45:13
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.
Yep, just a 5-pin DIN. You only need a passive converter to PS2 so you should be able to find one for a few dollars
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: TheSven on Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:50:44
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.
Yep, just a 5-pin DIN. You only need a passive converter to PS2 so you should be able to find one for a few dollars
lol I miscounted as 6
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: TheSven on Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:32:25
Also, what kind of keycap is this? They could be doubleshot but I don't know.
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: gogusrl on Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:40:45
They are doubleshots and they look in decent shape. Nice find.
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:42:42
Yeah, DS, and those are decently thick too, certainly worth the money
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: Puddsy on Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:49:52
Yeah, I'd say that that's worth what you paid for it. You can certainly use it, but if you don't want to, those keycaps are pretty good quality.
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: Parak on Sat, 22 November 2014, 12:14:55
Those are MX-compatible futaba switches (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_clicky_switch).

Close, but these are actually SMK switches. (http://deskthority.net/wiki/SMK_Cherry_MX_mount). Nice find op - a lot of people prefer these switches to Cherry blues, say.
Title: Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
Post by: TheSven on Sat, 22 November 2014, 13:25:59
Those are MX-compatible futaba switches (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_clicky_switch).

Close, but these are actually SMK switches. (http://deskthority.net/wiki/SMK_Cherry_MX_mount). Nice find op - a lot of people prefer these switches to Cherry blues, say.
Yes, now I see. Thanks for the help guys, I'm glad I bought it :)