If you have any ideas what the switches are or how old this thing is, drop a comment
pics below
I restore it
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Mounting cross is at an angle (this one is kinda broken though)
Someone desoldered a keycap
2 of the switches have at some point been replaced with newer black stem ones, also a bunch of the switches have holes drilled into the tops (???????????)
PCB has seen better days
yum
rainbow plate
The only legible markings are "Guang Lin PCB" on the pcb and this stuff on the ribbon cable... any ideas?
I was taking apart the switches to clean them and this fell out of one of them... A note??
I unravel it...
Apparently the symbol means "paper"
goomba keycap
It is almost MX mount... to put this on mx stems I would need to shave the stems a little bit and cut the ribs off the keycaps. But MX keycaps fit perfectly on the switches
A bunch of the keycaps have this defect where you can see the inner plastic peeking through on the sides
Also, the number keycaps and ( keycap are completely smooth, all the other keys have texture. This is clearly from manufacturing not from wear... but why????
Switch dissassembled... It is designed like a clicky switch but it doesn't really click. Granted they were quite dirty and a bit rusty so they may have felt a bit different originally, but even after cleaning the "click" is not very sharp. I will post typing video later
Box navy for scale
The stem has dampeners built into it for both the downstroke and upstroke... I've never seen this before
Well here it is reassembled
Couple jumpers for the really destroyed traces and I put some rubber feet on it
Only after I plugged it in did I realize there are still 8 switches that don't work due to bad traces (some were literally cut, I don't know how I didn't notice this). It will need a lot more jumpers, I will do this later
Someone desoldered a keycap
2 of the switches have at some point been replaced with newer black stem ones, also a bunch of the switches have holes drilled into the tops (???????????)
PCB has seen better days
yum
rainbow plate
The only legible markings are "Guang Lin PCB" on the pcb and this stuff on the ribbon cable... any ideas?
I was taking apart the switches to clean them and this fell out of one of them... A note??
I unravel it...
Apparently the symbol means "paper"
goomba keycap
It is almost MX mount... to put this on mx stems I would need to shave the stems a little bit and cut the ribs off the keycaps. But MX keycaps fit perfectly on the switches
A bunch of the keycaps have this defect where you can see the inner plastic peeking through on the sides
Also, the number keycaps and ( keycap are completely smooth, all the other keys have texture. This is clearly from manufacturing not from wear... but why????
Switch dissassembled... It is designed like a clicky switch but it doesn't really click. Granted they were quite dirty and a bit rusty so they may have felt a bit different originally, but even after cleaning the "click" is not very sharp. I will post typing video later
Box navy for scale
The stem has dampeners built into it for both the downstroke and upstroke... I've never seen this before
Well here it is reassembled
Couple jumpers for the really destroyed traces and I put some rubber feet on it
Only after I plugged it in did I realize there are still 8 switches that don't work due to bad traces (some were literally cut, I don't know how I didn't notice this). It will need a lot more jumpers, I will do this later
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