Jeff_Birt Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I'm looking for some Cherry M8 (not MX) key switches, the open top SPST variety in particular. These were used on some Atari keyboards as well as the early Epson HX-20. Found a place in Canada that had some but the shipping was outrageous to the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff_Birt Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 I found some from an Atari KB which have a different shape to the top of the key stem than the Epson HX-20. The HX-20 uses the standard + shape. It works out as I need to adapt some keycaps from the 'non-repairable' HX-20 keyboard anyhow. It is interesting that these switches were made by Cherry until the early 2000s but there seems to be no surplus of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Do you have a picture of what you are looking for? Tonight, at work, I saw a Cherry branded keyboard in the electronic waste bin. It had windows keys, but was probably from early 2000s. I'll grab it tomorrow and see if it's something that will work for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Found an M8 pic, it's not what that keyboard had. The pic I found was from an outfit selling them. https://vintkeys.ca/products/cherry-m8-switches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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