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Title: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: c12rlpac on Fri, 01 January 2016, 23:44:05

????

Title: Re: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 01 January 2016, 23:51:30

Looks like Futaba linear (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_simplified_linear).

Title: Re: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: chyros on Sat, 02 January 2016, 06:22:08

That's what I thought so on first sight, but I don't think so. The rectangular slider bar doesn't look like it's there and the upper retaining clips are nowhere near straight enough.

Title: Re: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: SamirD on Sat, 02 January 2016, 08:58:33

Quote from: nubbinator on Fri, 01 January 2016, 23:51:30

Looks like Futaba linear (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Futaba_simplified_linear).

I have to lean towards this as well, although the housing shape is a bit different and it is difficult to tell if the rectangular slider bar is there or not.

Title: Re: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: chyros on Sat, 02 January 2016, 09:12:21

I'm convinced it's not them. They don't look like them, and the keyboard seems to modern for vintage Futabas.

I'm pretty sure they're Mitsumi standard mechanical switches.

As for what you should do with them; give them to me! 8)

Title: Re: What switches are these and what should I do with them?
Post by: SamirD on Sat, 02 January 2016, 09:37:36

Quote from: chyros on Sat, 02 January 2016, 09:12:21

I'm convinced it's not them. They don't look like them, and the keyboard seems to modern for vintage Futabas.

I'm pretty sure they're Mitsumi standard mechanical switches.

As for what you should do with them; give them to me! 8)

Ah yes, I think you nailed it:
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/thumb/7/75/Apple_M0110A_switches.jpg/320px-Apple_M0110A_switches.jpg)