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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: tagger on Fri, 15 February 2019, 18:14:14

Title: Who knows this switch?
Post by: tagger on Fri, 15 February 2019, 18:14:14

Salut Geeks.

First post in this club, so Hello again!

Got a Telefunken BTX keyboard FZ680 (~1986). Cant find anything on this anywhere...

https://imgur.com/a/jlUcEVG (https://imgur.com/a/jlUcEVG)

Anybody recognizes the logo? Anybody a Clue?
(they're linear switches)

Title: Re: Who knows this switch?
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 15 February 2019, 18:32:31

From the switch recognition guide (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Switch_recognition) on the Deskthority wiki, I can infer that this is likely a Marquardt Series 6180 (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Marquardt_Series_6180) switch.
There might be different variants for LED and not LED.
(I think the illustration in that article is a bit wrong though: In pictures in the sources to the article, the Marquardt logo symbol is in the same position as on your switch.)

Title: Re: Who knows this switch?
Post by: tagger on Fri, 15 February 2019, 18:44:57

Oh cool, thanks for the find....overlooked that page unfortunatly...

Can say these switches are stiffer compared to vintage MX blacks and quite smooth and silent. Like the blacks more, though...