How about Nakajima Ax160?Sadly, I am not that confident in recognizing keycap standarts, and even if I was, I won't say a thing without closeups of the keys, which I can't find via Google.
There is a wiki page about this. Please cross-check your findings with that one and update it.Wiki page about TA was one of the sources for this post. All the other information is taken from given links and my research (I ask sellers to remove a cap to show me the mounting), which I am constantly making. I can't gurantee that each and every typewriter is in correct category, as my own research is about 5-10% of the list. However, all the rest was not taken from head and post has links to prove those.
But please update it only with typewriters that you have examined in person!
Cherry's (or GMK's) own caps were used on some Triumph-Adler typewriters with Cherry MX or Cherry MY switches - and those can be recognized by being grey, having sharp corners and having Cherry's font.
There are other keycaps with the exact same colour scheme, keycap sizes and font but with rounded corners - and those do not fit Cherry MX. It is often difficult to tell those two types apart just from images (for instance on eBay): you would need an exceptionally sharp image or inspect them in person.
Then there are some keycap sets with completely different shapes and colours that also fit Cherry MX.
So I recently bought a ce-60 typwriter from brother.
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The keycaps look topre compatible since they look/are the same as the keycaps from the ax12 from brother.
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So I think you can add this to the topre compatible list. I unfortunately don't have a topre keyboard (yet ;)), so I can't test it myself.
Great list btw, I'm really curious whether the olivetti personal et 510 is compatible, so I will follow this! :D
Brother AX-20, Topre compatible I guessGuess? Likely, because other Brother typewriters have been confirmed to be, but you should really try it before making a claim that it is.
Great list! Do you have any experience with the TA SE 1035?If nothing shows on Internet I can't help much. TA are quite rare in my country. I've only seen uncompatibles and don't know much about this particular one.
https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTYwWDE2MDA=/z/9m8AAOSwEPtZYgmN/$_32.JPG
Terrible pic, I know :-[
Brother AX-20, Topre compatible I guessGuess? Likely, because other Brother typewriters have been confirmed to be, but you should really try it before making a claim that it is.
I have tested caps from other Japanese typewriters before that have had similar-looking mounts but not been Topre-compatible.
Brother AX-20, Topre compatible I guessGuess? Likely, because other Brother typewriters have been confirmed to be, but you should really try it before making a claim that it is.
I have tested caps from other Japanese typewriters before that have had similar-looking mounts but not been Topre-compatible.
I got the pics from used typewriters sellers in my country.
They look exactly the same as the confirmed brother typewriters.
In this post we can see some pics and the author said they have good fit.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57366.0
Just trying to get a good database of compatible keycaps :)
You missed the whole lot of typewriters that IBM has, almost all of them are usable with Buckling Springs.
I can help you with those if you are having a hard time :)
Typewriter | Keyswitch | Keycap profile | Keycap material | Legends |
Xerox 6012 | Cherry MY | Cherry | PBT | Dye-sublimation (tri-color) |
AEG Olympia Standard 200i | Cherry MX Olympia Clear | Non-standard sculpted (not OEM) | PBT | Laser infilled (?) |
Typewriter | Keyswitch | Keycap profile | Keycap material | Legends |
AEG Olympia Professional 200i | Marquardt Two Fingers Typewriter | Sperical sculpted | ABS | Doubleshot |
Sorry for necroposting. I have begun harvesting keycaps and switches from old typewriters for my split keyboards with columnar staggering.
Can confirm following typewriters have Cherry MX-compatible keycaps.
Typewriter Keyswitch Keycap profile Keycap material LegendsXerox 6012 Cherry MY Cherry PBT Dye-sublimation (tri-color) AEG Olympia Standard 200i Cherry MX Olympia Clear Non-standard sculpted (not OEM) PBT Laser infilled (?)
Uncompatible with any modern keyswitches.
Typewriter Keyswitch Keycap profile Keycap material LegendsAEG Olympia Professional 200i Marquardt Two Fingers Typewriter Sperical sculpted ABS Doubleshot
Also it seems Optima SP50 has keycaps incompatible with Cherry MX and ALPS keystems. Photos is from two auctions' (here (https://meshok.net/item/62656897_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8_OPTIMA_SP50_1) and here (https://meshok.net/item/61787366_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8_OPTIMA_Serie_SC_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BF_2)) lots.More
Hey, guys. I wanna ask you about the typewriters i found on the internet and if any of them compatible with MX, Alps, or Topre. Or atleast are they double-shot or Dyesub
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I tried to ask the owners to pull the caps but they don't wanna do it because they are afraid, and i can't check on them because i live pretty far away from them
Here's the list:
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- Panasonic Panaword FW-17 (Japan)
- Sharp WD-A550 (Japan)
- Sharp PA-3100
- Sharp PA-3100 ii
- Underwood 650
- Royal SE 700 DS
- Brother AX-450
- Brother AX-325
- Brother AX-250
- Brother AX-15
- Canon S60
- Olivetti ET Personal 510
- Olympia Splendid
- Casio Casiowriter CW-20
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Thanks in advance, cheers!