What the heck is this switch?

[nubbinator]

I did my due diligence, but couldn't find anything that resembled this on the DT wiki, mousefan's site, and so on.  The closest is the TaiHao Aruz Anyone have a clue what it is?  Sorry I don't have a better picture, it's not my keyboard.

[dorkvader]

it appears to be a slider / spring over membrane type design, but it might be a rubber dome over membrane.

[nubbinator]

That's what I was thinking.  Thanks for the confirmation.

[terrpn]

still looks like it will take an alps cap? is that a steel plate??

here's a shot of my "aruz"

[terrpn]

what does someone suppose the plastic stem inside is for?

anybody able to put a manufacturer or name on it?

good eye nubbs.........

[IvanIvanovich]

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

[terrpn]

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

interesting...............never knew that

so definitely a RD then i reckon.................

[paicrai]

probably a lightswitch

[dorkvader]

I think this is the Alps mount analogue of a MY switch. Looks like a Chicony? I came across one such in a fleamarket and it was equally as pleasant as MY.

interesting...............never knew that

so definitely a RD then i reckon.................

I think he meant it was like MY, meaning spring(s) of some sort over membrane and not rubber dome.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

The style of the case is very similar to my Oriental Tech OK-100M (which is indeed progressive rate spring over membrane) but it's not the same. There were quite a few keyboards in that style.

The keycaps appear to be Tai-Hao Alps mount double-shots, identical to mine — the keyboard should be documented on the wiki and then promptly harvested for its very nice keycaps.

It looks like the slider guide shafts are moulded into a plastic plate.

Is there not a label of any kind on the back? You might also find clues from what's written on the membranes.

[nubbinator]

It's this keyboard.  I did all the research I could on it, including an FCC ID lookup, but there's not a lot of details on it.  The caps looked pad printed to me, not doubleshots.  I just hadn't seen that switch before and was trying to figure it out.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Compare with these keycaps:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Oriental_Tech_OK-100_series

They're identical. They will be a nice set of doubleshots, presumably Alps mount.

You can see them here on a Dell AT102W with some of the original laser-etched keycaps for comparison:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:Laser_etching_vs_double-shot_%28detail%29.jpg