What are these switches?

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fr1tz

09 Dec 2014, 05:13

Had a look through the ytwiki, couldn't find this style of Cherry switch:

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Thanks!

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Topre Enthusiast

09 Dec 2014, 05:36

That's the board for sale in Aus right? I think the stems are snapped off if you look at one of the other pics. Not sure what it is though

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Nuum

09 Dec 2014, 06:46

Could be some type of Cherry M5 switches. The keycaps seem to be Cherry Sphericals.

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Daniel Beardsmore

09 Dec 2014, 09:50

It's something from the Cherry M5/6/7 family. I've got some of those but with black DPST sliders and the branding machined off. They're RS-branded but don't have the RS part number printed on them, sadly.

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Topre Enthusiast

09 Dec 2014, 10:10

This is the auction if you care to see it:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Retro-Keyboa ... 6016.l4276
An 'Omnidata 'OMNI 1'?? can't quite make it out...

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Daniel Beardsmore

09 Dec 2014, 23:00

What's interesting is that I was looking at the photos of mine the other day (in my photo backlog) and I was thinking that the machined-away writing looked like it might spell "CHERRY" but only if the writing was the wrong way up.
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Lo and behold, the "CHERRY" branding on yours is fact the opposite way up to my other switches.

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