"Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?

[Philister]

Couldn't find anything searching this forum. Maybe I'm daft.

Well, here it is- would be nice if anyone could shed some light (moslty on what switches it might sport):



http://www.ebay.de/itm/Windows-PC-Portable-PC-III-/112326920049?hash=item1a2734c771:g:hLEAAOSw~AVYqCv6

Thanks!

[Puddsy]

if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS

[Philister]

Found it myself on "that other site" - not worth the asking price for white alps in my reckoning...

https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html

[Puddsy]

Found it myself on "that other site" - not worth the asking price for white alps in my reckoning...

https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html

might be worth buying to see if the PC has anything cool on it

[nubbinator]

if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS

Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.

[Puddsy]

if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS

Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.

i've learned to assume rubberdome until proven otherwise with old boards

[merlin64]

White Alps, but I think the main draw for that keyboard is that it's got a little receptacle to hide the cable in.

To me, that makes it an excellent spot to hide a teensy.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.

Look at the size of "+" and "*" on the numeric keypad — those huge symbols are characteristic of Tai-Hao's doubleshots, and those are only known in Alps and Cherry MX mounts, as that's all they're observed to have supported. Other characteristics include the shape of "%" and the lack of a through-stroke in "$" and the size and shape of the shift key arrow.

Tai-Hao doubleshots made today use the same typeface as they used decades ago. Their pad-printed keycaps however tend to have normal-size number pad symbol legends.

[nubbinator]

The caps themselves look too squared off and unlike Alps and MX I've seen.

[EnthusiastDude]

Did you eventually find out which switches this keyboard has?