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Offline Quest-

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« on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 01:44:19 »
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 02:27:12 »
im 90% sure this is a rubber dome

edit: just to clarify. This is NOT a rubber dome. My original post was based on two boards I own with similar stems using rubber domes. Pictures below.
« Last Edit: Sat, 19 March 2011, 17:10:12 by Ascaii »
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Offline REVENGE

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 02:39:28 »
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im 90% sure this is a rubber dome
Round SMKs, rather pleasant to type on. I have an older version of this board, the soldering isn't very good. Comes with doubleshots that look like they're Cherry compatible, but don't fit very well.

Actually, this board may be older than mine. I'd say $20 is a fair price to ask.
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 09:53:38 »
hmm i need to find the ziplock with the switches and domes I took out of this board i found with the same switch housing.
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 04:59:43 »
found one in my collection.
This is a Preh Commander PC-AT3. A PC compatible board with beautiful dark grey on grey doubleshot keys, and what i was hoping would be SMK switches...See for yourself.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 08:02:33 »
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im 90% sure this is a rubber dome


Take a good look at the pictures before jumping to conclusions. How many rubber dome implementations do you know are soldered onto a PCB?
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 08:16:18 »
look at my picture. I was basing my post on two boards I own that had/have the same stem and rubber domes.
Yes, a little too quick on the trigger, nonetheless based on personal experience.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 08:32:25 »
There are actually keyboards with individual rubber dome switching modules (Alps made some) but they are rather rare.
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Offline elbowglue

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 15:36:05 »
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Whats this?


Laser keyboard, clicky switches which feel just like cherry blues.  Double shot keys.  Big backspace but funny enter.  This keyboard is great, a very good cheap alternative to traditional cherry blue keyboards.  I had one of these, love it, gave it to my brother.
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Offline REVENGE

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 19:29:47 »
Quote from: Ascaii;313210
look at my picture. I was basing my post on two boards I own that had/have the same stem and rubber domes.
Yes, a little too quick on the trigger, nonetheless based on personal experience.
Sorry Ascaii, but those "switches" in your pic are completely different. Besides, LASER boards have a long history with round SMKs and I think it's unlikely that the seller is mistaken about the switches being clicky and mechanical.

Quote from: elbowglue;313468
Laser keyboard, clicky switches which feel just like cherry blues.  Double shot keys.  Big backspace but funny enter.  This keyboard is great, a very good cheap alternative to traditional cherry blue keyboards.  I had one of these, love it, gave it to my brother.
I wouldn't say they feel just like Cherry blues. IMO, the click is of a much lower pitch and the tactile leaf implementation makes it feel closer to ALPS than Cherry blue.
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Offline Quest-

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 19:43:10 »
Interesting, wouldn't be a bad buy then.

Btw those keycaps look like they might fit a cherry switch?
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Offline REVENGE

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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 17 March 2011, 20:25:12 »
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Interesting, wouldn't be a bad buy then.

Btw those keycaps look like they might fit a cherry switch?

Like I said, you can try, but they might not fit securely as it seems the SMK's stem is a little bit thicker than the Cherry's. Also, despite being doubleshots, that font is FUGLY.
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Offline Ascaii

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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 19 March 2011, 17:09:28 »
Guys, I'm not arguing that the laser has rubber domes...maybe i should edit my first post to stop confusing you folks that don't follow my line of thought. The laser board definitely uses smk switches, my posts are just a word of caution to not assume any board with those stems uses smks.
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Offline domin8r

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 04 July 2011, 09:37:02 »
Quote from: Quest-;313641
Interesting, wouldn't be a bad buy then.

Btw those keycaps look like they might fit a cherry switch?

A bit of a resurrection. But I have this keyboard (typing on it now) and can confirm that they are Cherry compatible. I just received some Cherry MX compatible keycaps and they fit like a glove on these switches.
And have to agree with REVENGE, the default keycaps definitely have a FUGLY font (and odd placement). Now typing on blank keys and loving it :D
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Offline domin8r

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 19 August 2011, 06:13:01 »
Just found another one for cheap.. Lovin' it :rockon:
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