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Post by: alienman82 on Thu, 12 March 2015, 20:49:54
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: fknraiden on Thu, 12 March 2015, 20:50:39
they should all have cherry mx blues
Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 12 March 2015, 20:52:29
Quote from: fknraiden on Thu, 12 March 2015, 20:50:39
they should all have cherry mx blues

If it has a track pad, it's an ML board.  I think the 64s are all G80 boards, but some may be ML boards.
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Post by: alienman82 on Thu, 12 March 2015, 20:53:17
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 12 March 2015, 21:13:14
Most of them have G80-1813 keyboards, some later flexpac models used ML switch, and later still you have these awful things...
(http://www.aaatesters.com/92019891.jpg)
which you should steer far clear of.

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Post by: alienman82 on Thu, 12 March 2015, 21:18:48
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: FrostyToast on Thu, 12 March 2015, 22:45:38
Quote from: alienman82 on Thu, 12 March 2015, 21:18:48
Here is the best picture of it:

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(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sHwAAOSwEeFU~2ey/s-l1600.jpg)


Definitely has mechanical switches.
Something else to note is that all boards of that model are MX blues. That is also the only model which uses mechanical switches.
Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: ghostjuggernaut on Thu, 12 March 2015, 23:10:03
Quote from: alienman82 on Thu, 12 March 2015, 21:53:48
Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 12 March 2015, 21:13:14
Most of them have G80-1813 keyboards, some later flexpac models used ML switch, and later still you have these awful things...
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(http://www.aaatesters.com/92019891.jpg)

which you should steer far clear of.

This looks very much like the pictures of the G80-1813 keyboard on deskauthority's wiki.  It looks like a fun project can't wait to start collecting!
I hope you were able to get it.
Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 13 March 2015, 01:00:30
Yes, that is a Dolch keyboard with Cherry MX switches. AFAIK, all Dolch PAC 64 should have them. It is Dolch PAC 65 that is known to have different types of keyboards.

There is more info on the Deskthority wiki (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-1813#Dolch).

Do save the computer case. If you don't want a vintage machine for retro gaming, you could probably build a nice LAN gaming box out of it.
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Post by: alienman82 on Fri, 13 March 2015, 05:34:04
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 14 March 2015, 06:15:20
Congratulations!

A lot of people would like one of these ;)
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Post by: alienman82 on Wed, 18 March 2015, 16:09:28
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: ghostjuggernaut on Wed, 18 March 2015, 17:03:46
Looks good man. Congrats on the find.
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Post by: CPTBadAss on Wed, 18 March 2015, 17:11:43
Quote from: alienman82 on Wed, 18 March 2015, 16:09:28
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(http://i.imgur.com/w3F4Kxp.jpg)

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(http://i.imgur.com/996vglF.jpg)

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(http://i.imgur.com/53a7e68.jpg)


Ooooo it works!! Always wanted to see one of those network sniffers in action. Do you have any plans for that?
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Post by: alienman82 on Wed, 18 March 2015, 17:51:12
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: heedpantsnow on Thu, 02 April 2015, 23:26:23
Cool, looks awesome!
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Post by: alienman82 on Fri, 03 April 2015, 09:03:52
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Title: Re: Do all Dulch Pac Computers have mechanical switches??
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 03 April 2015, 10:39:29
If you're interested in "permanently" converting it to PS2, that can also be done quite easily, as you may have already figured out. (Soldering a cable straight to the PCB)
If you prefer the plug option though, that's good too.  :)

Congrats on the get! These are great boards.  :thumb:
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Post by: alienman82 on Fri, 03 April 2015, 10:41:42
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Post by: heedpantsnow on Fri, 03 April 2015, 11:35:15
I'm planning on using mine for my son to play with short-term (get dos working and teach him proper computing, and typing with Mario Teaches Typing).  Later, we'll mod it into a modern computer for him to use.
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