Name those keycaps!

HaaTa · 30 May 2012, 15:43

ripster wrote:Damn, I just edited 39 to 29!

So is 29 a BTC rubber dome?
http: //geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=25890

Edit, damn this attachment thing. Will fix when on my PC.

BTC is correct. It isn't a dome though. (that just gave it away

)

ripster · 30 May 2012, 15:57

Ok, spring plunger over membrane then...

Maybe I should try it by spouting off a switch but no number for I am SURE there must be Mistsumi Buckling Rubber Sleeve SOMEwhere in here...

HaaTa · 30 May 2012, 16:03

Getting warming...

ripster · 30 May 2012, 17:24

You DO realize this game is a LOT easier if you own the keyboard?

HaaTa · 30 May 2012, 18:31

I dunno, the first result in google for "btc keyboard geekhack" gives me the answer I'm looking for. Bing and Yahoo didn't give me what I wanted though.

fossala · 30 May 2012, 18:52

HaaTa wrote:I dunno, the first result in google for "btc keyboard geekhack" gives me the answer I'm looking for. Bing and Yahoo didn't give me what I wanted though.

You need "site:geekhack.org btc keyboard" or be better and not use google at all

ripster · 30 May 2012, 18:59

Access denied.

HaaTa · 30 May 2012, 19:09

Lol, well, for you ripster I'll provide a special hint. These switches tend to fall apart, and become useless.

And a hint for all, on my count of the ones that haven't had guess. ~9 of them I haven't posted on deskthority before (and don't think anyone else has posted them somewhere). The rest have been posted by me, or someone else.

Oh, and for those with IRC logs...well you're lucky. Probably only a few haven't been posted.

MuF · 30 May 2012, 22:14

REVENGE · 30 May 2012, 22:17

More fun to post guesses off the top of your head first.

BAH. I thought somebody finished guessing 17. LASER / expo of course! The older version with sharp corners, but that font is pretty recognizable!

11. Vintage Cherry crosspoint? TG3 maybe?

ripster · 31 May 2012, 01:03

11 has that old Wyse thing going on but wrong font.

http: //geekhack.org/showthread.php?25454-wyse-THICK-double-shot-keycaps

What a Wyse Guy this OP is teasing us!

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 02:59

REVENGE wrote:More fun to post guesses off the top of your head first.

BAH. I thought somebody finished guessing 17. LASER / expo of course! The older version with sharp corners, but that font is pretty recognizable!

Yes! Someone got it

REVENGE wrote: 11. Vintage Cherry crosspoint? TG3 maybe?

ripster wrote:11 has that old Wyse thing going on but wrong font.
What a Wyse Guy this OP is teasing us!

Nope, not Wyse or Vintage Cherry crosspoint (or anything Cherry). I don't expect anyone to guess the keyboard, as the company is next to impossible to research...due to their annoying name.
As for the switch, I made a remark about the switch (somewhere on Deskthority) regarding the fact that 3 different companies produced the exact same switch, but branded it themselves.
And as a relative hint, 10 uses the same switch as 11.
That blue is a huge hint

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 03:03

MuF wrote:what about this one?

OMG...
*HaaTa wants...*

Seriously though, no idea. Not close to anything I've seen. From the QWERTZ, and odd design (and cheap'ish components), I'd guess something from East Germany.

(Regardless of if it can be separated from it's owner, switch dismantling picks must be taken, and force curves described)

IvanIvanovich · 31 May 2012, 03:21

I assume what you are looking for on the #29 BTC is foam and foil capacitive.
I know I have seen several of the as yet un-named ones, but am having a hard time placing. Too many with similar cruciform mounts it's hard to distinguish.

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 04:37

lysol wrote:I assume what you are looking for on the #29 BTC is foam and foil capacitive.
I know I have seen several of the as yet un-named ones, but am having a hard time placing. Too many with similar cruciform mounts it's hard to distinguish.

Correct!

Yeah, there are a lot of cruciform mounts...
I'm surprised no one has gotten 8 yet though.
Same with 20. Both are switches which were known about long before I joined the keyboard hunt.

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 04:39

Bah, post submitted instead of edited...

002 · 31 May 2012, 04:42

You're trying to send webwit broke aren't you, HaaTa?

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 04:47

002 wrote:You're trying to send webwit broke aren't you, HaaTa?

As in bandwidth? Or keyboards to find

All the images are hosted compliments of google, so no one feel bad at all.

002 · 31 May 2012, 04:49

HaaTa: The man who toppled Google with a single thread

REVENGE · 31 May 2012, 05:04

HaaTa wrote:Yeah, there are a lot of cruciform mounts...
I'm surprised no one has gotten 8 yet though.
Same with 20. Both are switches which were known about long before I joined the keyboard hunt.

Hmm, now that you mention it.

20. NMB? I've never taken apart the switch before, so I'm not sure.

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 05:07

REVENGE wrote:
HaaTa wrote:Yeah, there are a lot of cruciform mounts...
I'm surprised no one has gotten 8 yet though.
Same with 20. Both are switches which were known about long before I joined the keyboard hunt.
Hmm, now that you mention it.

20. NMB? I've never taken apart the switch before, so I'm not sure.

Yup! A clicky one, but you can't tell from this pic.

REVENGE · 31 May 2012, 05:55

18. Cruciform Mitsumi?

HaaTa · 31 May 2012, 06:26

Good guess (and there is a Cruciform Mitsumi somewhere in the list

).

This one is, well, difficult. But, at least, I didn't introduce this keyboard or switch.

Here's another hint for 18:

REVENGE · 31 May 2012, 07:15

HaaTa wrote:Good guess (and there is a Cruciform Mitsumi somewhere in the list ).

Haha, figures. Too many cruciform stems!

MuF · 31 May 2012, 10:23

ripster · 31 May 2012, 15:09

Boy, Czech companies sure had wide product lines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZB_vz._26

ripster · 04 Jun 2012, 04:58

Same guess, different number.

41 a BTC rubber dome?
http: //geekhack.org/showthread.php?29601-Ripster-s-Identify-That-Vintage-Switch-Guide

HaaTa · 04 Jun 2012, 05:14

ripster wrote:Same guess, different number.

41 a BTC rubber dome?
http: //geekhack.org/showthread.php?29601-Ripster-s-Identify-That-Vintage-Switch-Guide

Also a BTC, and yes technically, it has a rubber'ish resistance mechanism. But you're missing an important detail about the switch actuation

.

ripster · 05 Jun 2012, 17:43

You mean the Remote Control/PS3 Dualshock type contacts?
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?3136 ... BTC-5100C)

Minor detail.

I think I spotted another.

HaaTa · 07 Jun 2012, 18:01

Sorry, been too busy implementing a 3D render from scratch...stupid clipping... (assignment for a class I'm taking).

Nah, last I checked, it's a foam'n'foil as well. Though the keyboard is at the bottom of my stack in my storage locker, so probably isn't seeing the light of day for a while

.

Oh, and for those that like looking at pics, I "re-enabled" Crawler Query on my website. All of the images should be there, if not, probably forgot to include the album in the database.