GHSS w/ blue alps

[WhiteRice]

Leading Edge keyboard from ebay

Work to be done

The precious's

Round two

Great deal harder when you have to be careful instead of harvesting

Emergency surgery for two of the function row switches that lost a contact

yay

I now have a great deal more sympathy for Chinese factory workers

whew

What this article was typed on.

more to come

thanks to didjamatic for inspiration

[chongyixiong]

Nice

You reckon you'd be able to upload a sound clip of the blue monterey switches onto the audio clip section?

Would like to hear one of these in action.. if it were, it'd be great!

[didjamatic]

Dang, you did an INCREDIBLE job on that mod!  Well done!  

I previously did a dampened ALPS swap so I could have a quiet option when needed, but have been anxious to do this exact swap you did.  I've got my blues desoldered and ready to swap, just need to find time to finish the mod myself.  Very nice work!

[J888www]

Gratz, very nicely done.

My first modification (1903) was with Complicated White ALPS, unfortunately, I also exchanged the Function row before I  realized they were slightly different, but that's how the cookie crumbled.

My second modification (1948) was with Complicated Black ALPS butchered from a NIB WANG 724. This time I kept the Yellow XMs on the Function row. The two "Control" key-caps have been replaced with the red Double-Shots from a Focus 2001.

My third SIIG MiniTouch 1903 NIB is not modified in any way as it is One with Monterey switches.

In the beginning, I thought the White ALPS was the way to go, but at present I mainly use the Black ALPS (the human heart is fickle, my preference may change) only because I like the Montereys so much that I hesitate to type with it for fear of any damage/dirt may occur (so it's still NIB). Maybe one day I'll purchase a display cabinet, or maybe I'll have enough courage to enjoy my One more than just viewing.

May have mentioned previously that I strongly believe that the Monterey switch is more refined/better than other ALPS, but that's just my personal opinion and I could be w*ong, you know about people from the Central Kingdom.

PS: If only there are some transparent key-caps compatible with this KBD, then it would be even better.

[WhiteRice]

Fuuuuuu....



it's ok we have contingency for this



yay!

[WhiteRice]

For you? why not

Nice

You reckon you'd be able to upload a sound clip of the blue monterey switches onto the audio clip section?

Would like to hear one of these in action.. if it were, it'd be great!

[chongyixiong]

Thanks man, and sorry about getting those switches mixed up.

Does the blue monterey switches sound as nice as the blue alps? I like that sound very much.

[chimera15]

Monterey's are closer to blue cherry's.  In fact they're very similar in sound and lightness.


Nice going with the mod.  Glad you kept the top row, that's key in this mod.  Blue alps minitouches always look cool.