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Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: cmr on Sat, 25 July 2009, 21:19:28: is there a filco keyboard with:
- blue cherry switches
- number pad
- backspace/backslash/enter layout like a model M? (see avatar)

i think i need a third keyboard with blue cherry switches, but i can't seem to find a filco that meets the last two criteria.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: kyamei on Sat, 25 July 2009, 21:49:12: I believe majestouch has stated before that he will be special ordering 104 key blue cherry Filco boards (they aren't a normally produced product AFAIK).
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: takasta on Sat, 25 July 2009, 22:23:21: yes there is actually, they come in blank key switches / lettered / chinese charatered. I think you can get them off elitekeyboards.com
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: cmr on Sat, 25 July 2009, 22:25:55: oh excellent. i see one in the classifieds that is almost what i am looking for, but it has the wrong backspace/backslash/enter (i'm not particularly bothered by the key inscriptions)

elitekeyboards.com currently has them with the layout i want, but not the switches... or with the switches i want, but not the layout.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: kyamei on Sat, 25 July 2009, 22:42:18: It's not a standard product, Elitekeyboards doesn't have them yet.

Quote from: Elitekeyboards July Newsletter
Coming in August: 104-Key FILCOs with Cherry MX Blue switches
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: majestouch on Sun, 26 July 2009, 04:41:01: Quote from: cmr;104400
is there a filco keyboard with:
- blue cherry switches
- number pad
- backspace/backslash/enter layout like a model M? (see avatar)

i think i need a third keyboard with blue cherry switches, but i can't seem to find a filco that meets the last two criteria.

Hi cmr,

There was a quiet little announcement at the end of this newsletter/entry:

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/index.php?sub=news&id=10

Maybe I should be louder about it?
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: msiegel on Sun, 26 July 2009, 11:55:16: ahh... i see the Update :D
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: cmr on Sun, 26 July 2009, 12:12:46: i'll start saving my pennies now
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: cmr on Tue, 11 August 2009, 17:16:18: i noticed yesterday that some of the keys on my das have stopped clicking! everything about these keys works the same as other keys, except there's no audible click in the middle of the switch travel.

did i get them dirty? am i typing too hard? is this a known failure mode?

i haven't noticed this problem with my M10 but i haven't typed on it as much as on the das. if this is what happens to blue cherry switches after a year or so then i think i might want to reconsider getting yet another keyboard with them...
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: Rajagra on Tue, 11 August 2009, 17:43:23: :O I've accepted a few known DAS faults, because, well, they just haven't affected me. But if keys stop clicking, I'd go ape. Hopefully it's only dust in the key. Have you tried removing the key caps and using a blower?
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: cmr on Tue, 11 August 2009, 18:17:45: well this is obviously not a metadot thing, unless the theory is that they're purposefully disassembling the keyswitches they get from cherry.

i haven't cleaned it in a while, so i suppose i'll try that. the tab key is definitely not clicking right now but some of the letters i'd noticed are now, so... dunno.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: patrickgeekhack on Tue, 11 August 2009, 21:33:06: Quote from: Rajagra;108965
...But if keys stop clicking, I'd go ape. Hopefully it's only dust in the key.

I would too. If I buy a clicky keyboard, I want it to be clicky. If I buy a non-clicky but tactile keyboard, I don't want the click. I don't want mutant keyboards LOL.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: rdjack21 on Tue, 11 August 2009, 22:16:54: Considering the number of old Cherry boards out there with blue switches in them that still click we can all hope that it is just a dirty switch.

On the distilled water thing ripster mentioned that would work as well. Distilled water does not conduct electricity which is why we used allot of it for cleaning boards back when I was in manufacturing. But still if you do go that route make sure and dry it before plugging it in because the water will pick stuff up that will conduct electricity when you use it to clean boards. If you are worried about getting it all just take the board and stick it in the oven at 150-200F for a hour or so and it should all be gone. Oh just the board don't put the case or the key caps in the oven. The board and the switches can take the heat but the case and key caps may not.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: keyb_gr on Wed, 12 August 2009, 04:39:25: Quote from: ripster;108987
Compressed air is a good first step.

Yep, try it with that. Maybe not the kind you get at a gas station (might have undesired components, oil and stuff), but the canned version should do.

An attack with liquids should only be necessary if the switch has been contaminated by drinks or whatever.
Title: filco with blue cherry switches
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 12 August 2009, 08:35:08: Several folks around here have had similar issues, and it was usually caused by dust/dirt in the switch. Canned air usually did the trick.