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Offline Philister

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I'm highly tempted to buy this:

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Does anyone here know who made these and what switches they have?

Many thanks!

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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 15:45:08 »
Looks Tai-Hao, which would suggest something Alps-like.
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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 15:46:37 »
Never seen anything like it, which means it could be something good.
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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 24 February 2017, 13:55:02 »
Thanks for the feedback. I suspected it might be something desirable under the hood and sent a bid as soon as I saw it, but apparently I was only the second person to do so. Therefore, sadly, I can't post any further info about the thing.  :mad:

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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 24 February 2017, 17:49:04 »
Hi,
it's from Ortek, so it probably has some sort of ALPS switches.
I'm the one who bought it.

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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 24 February 2017, 17:54:03 »
Hi,
it's from Ortek, so it probably has some sort of ALPS switches.
I'm the one who bought it.

I hope you will post some nicer photos of it!  ;)

Offline Philister

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Re: Info about vintage-looking extended numpad with modifier and function keys?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 10:28:06 »
Ah, so at least it stayed in the family.  ;D

Yeah, it would be nice if you could let us know what I'm missing out on!

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It has clicky white ALPS switches, is unused and even came in the original box.
Here are some photos:




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They're simplified white Alps, not complicated ones, for the record. Nice find though, looks so much better than the original shot! Really cool that it's NIB :D . Ortek made some really interesting stuff.
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Offline Philister

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Thanks for posting the pictures etc. Indeed amazing that it was NIB given the original photo. Also, congrats on bagging this for just a tenner! This is undoubtedly very rare - Google search didn't reveal a single picture for the model names on the box...
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