Editing Hosiden switch

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| image name        = Hosiden switch.jpg
| keycap mount      = [[Alps mount]]
| contact mechanism = Metal leaf
| manufacturer      = [[Hosiden]]
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The '''Hosiden switch''' is presently the only known keyboard switch from [[Hosiden|Hosiden Corporation]]. It has characteristics that are a hybrid of [[Cherry MX]] and [[Mitsumi standard mechanical]]:

*Alps-mount slider
*Cherry MX–style shell with LED recess
*Mitsumi-style [[contact module]]

Although it resembles an Alps clone, it is not compatible with Alps SKCL/SKCM switches. It does not appear to be Cherry-compatible either, although interestingly the term "HOSIDEN" appears on a Chicony KB-5161A mounting plate found in a KB-5181 keyboard with [[Cherry MX Blue]] switches.<ref name="KBT-ARC" />

The base of the switch bears Hosiden's logo.

==Keyboards==
*Panasonic AG-A850<ref name="Panasonic-AG-A850" />
*Royal Alpha 100 keyboard<ref name="Royal100" />
*SNE GINGA-286L<ref name="SNE-GINGA" />

==References==
<references>
<ref name="KBT-ARC">KBtalKing — [http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/10006 ▲▲▲ARC KB-5181特規cherry青軸▲▲▲] (Chinese only) Dated 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-27.</ref>
<ref name="Panasonic-AG-A850">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f64/panasonic-ag-a850-alps-mount-complicated-linear-t8346.html Panasonic AG-A850 ALPS Mount, Complicated, Linear]</ref>
<ref name="Royal100">Geekhack — [http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65714.0 {{sq|FS}} Executone Wyse WY60, Royal Alpha 100 keyboard] Posted 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2015-07-27.</ref>
<ref name="SNE-GINGA">MouseFan — [http://mousefan.telcontar.net/image/sneginga.htm SNE  GINGA-286L] (Japanese only) Dated 2004-11-14. Retrieved 2015-07-27.</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Hosiden switches]]
[[Category:Keyboard switches with Alps mount]]
[[Category:Linear switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]