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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: CMYK on Sat, 24 December 2016, 19:00:08

Title: How to find themanufacturing date when searching for vintage cherry switches
Post by: CMYK on Sat, 24 December 2016, 19:00:08

Hello all,

I've started an ambitious custom keyboard project.  I have searched the forum and other sources about how to identify Cherry MX black switches.  Wyse keyboards seem to be plentiful, but I am really unsure how to find the date of manufacturer on these boards.  Can you tell the date of manufacturer from the serial number of these keyboards?

Title: Re: How to find themanufacturing date when searching for vintage cherry switches
Post by: chyros on Sun, 25 December 2016, 07:24:37

Usually keyboards are dated with date stamps, such as on labels, on controllers, and in keyboard cases. Serial numbers aren't very date-informative.