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Offline TheSven

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Worth £2 and what switch?
« on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:21:27 »
Just bought this for £2 at a bazaar. Has a click to it like MX Blue and PS/2 connection. What kind of switch is it?

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:24:42 »
Looks like cherry MY switches but I'm not sure  :confused:
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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:28:32 »
IV KWK Info Thread & KBK Info Thread IV (out of date)

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:33:08 »
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:45:13 »
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.
Yep, just a 5-pin DIN. You only need a passive converter to PS2 so you should be able to find one for a few dollars
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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 10:50:44 »
Also, the thing I thought was PS/2 is too big. It has 6 line. Is it din or something. Like XLR, but with 6.
Yep, just a 5-pin DIN. You only need a passive converter to PS2 so you should be able to find one for a few dollars
lol I miscounted as 6

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:32:25 »
Also, what kind of keycap is this? They could be doubleshot but I don't know.

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:40:45 »
They are doubleshots and they look in decent shape. Nice find.

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:42:42 »
Yeah, DS, and those are decently thick too, certainly worth the money
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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 11:49:52 »
Yeah, I'd say that that's worth what you paid for it. You can certainly use it, but if you don't want to, those keycaps are pretty good quality.
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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 12:14:55 »
Those are MX-compatible futaba switches.

Close, but these are actually SMK switches.. Nice find op - a lot of people prefer these switches to Cherry blues, say.

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Re: Worth £2 and what switch?
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 22 November 2014, 13:25:59 »
Those are MX-compatible futaba switches.

Close, but these are actually SMK switches.. Nice find op - a lot of people prefer these switches to Cherry blues, say.
Yes, now I see. Thanks for the help guys, I'm glad I bought it :)