8 Nov
2011
8 Nov
'11
10:12 a.m.
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:07:44 -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote
Are new Cherry keyboards like this? Someone told me
that they were
garbage.
Cherry do make rubber dome keyboards (i.e. garbage) but also continue to make
mechanical switch keyboards, and are also the source of switches for most other
traditional keyboards on the market (the most notable exception being Unicomp's
buckling springs). Cherry make several varieties of keyboard switch; the ones
you describe sound like 'black' or 'red' (named for the stem colour).
Two good places to start looking for information are
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=START+HERE+--+The+Geekhack+Mechanica…
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX
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Kevin Schoedel <schoedel at kw.igs.net> VA3TCS