This is a bit of a detour from my normal written content. Herein is a scanned upload of a 1978/1979 catalogue of Marquardt Keyboard Switches - something which I do not believe is currently hosted anywhere else online.

It’s not every weekend that I have to sit down and add over 200 new switches to the collection in one sitting. Reflecting on that a bit, I doubt its something too many people ever have to do. Curious as to what that’s like, or how I manage to keep track of my switch collection behind the scenes? This is the short article for you.

It was long overdue on my part, but here we are anyways. This is the official announcement recognizing the existence of Grain Gold, LICHICX, Jerrzi, and SOAI, as well as the associated documentation changes that came with it. Stop in for some proof of life and marketing documentation from these various production houses.

Imagine two switches in one, but instead of two it’s actually three… or supposedly four even though it’s still just one switch? Honestly there’s a reason that this is a short article. I’m not sure I could take too much of this…

While I have already briefly touched on just how well these switches perform in a Scorecard Sunday update, I would be remiss if I didn’t at least share the internal designs which make these switches even more interesting. It’s a shame I never got enough in hand to do a full length review…

An exploration on where friction occurs inside of switches and where lubrication might best be suited. Originally wrote by Walker of Walker’s Keyboard Science and published to Imgur on September 18th, 2018.

Yes, I’ve somehow milked even more out of these pretty orange switches. However, I assure you the mechanism that makes them silent linears is much more interesting than you or I could have anticipated…

I mean sure, they really do “break in” switches. What is this even asking? Is this entire article me just finally having lost sanity and succumbing to an existential crisis by way of break in machine?? Not quite. In fact, I think it’s a much more interesting and subtle question not many people have asked…

With all the extra attention being paid to switch packaging in this day and age, I couldn’t help but think it would be neat to show off my favorite type that has emerged as a result. Here we take a brief look at the 35-switch box and a couple of the forms it has come in up to 2023.