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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #200 on: Sun, 25 May 2014, 09:51:32 »
Could I also be a part of this?

No, yes, no yes, no yes....added!
Toying with my emotions :confused: :confused:
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #201 on: Sun, 22 June 2014, 20:51:49 »
The tour board is on the move once again!  It has been mailed to hashbaz.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #202 on: Mon, 23 June 2014, 15:48:15 »
Just got the board and am typing on it now.  Super satisfying click.  Hashbaz approved. :thumb:

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #203 on: Mon, 23 June 2014, 16:08:39 »
You call that a review Hashbaz?

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #204 on: Mon, 23 June 2014, 16:47:56 »
I call it a first impression, son.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #205 on: Sat, 28 June 2014, 10:31:42 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #206 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:30:01 »
all waiting and no blue alps makes hwood a dull boy
all waiting and no blue alps makes hwood a dull boy
all waiting and no blue alps makes hwood a dull boy
all waiting and no blue alps makes hwood a dull boy
all waiting and no blue alps makes hwood a dull boy
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #207 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:35:12 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #208 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:37:14 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

Don't give Hashbaz any ideas before it gets to me! hwood, um...you may receive a non-functioning board, but that's normal.  ;)
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #209 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:39:35 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

Don't give Hashbaz any ideas before it gets to me! hwood, um...you may receive a non-functioning board, but that's normal.  ;)

hashbaz might not be happy with me sharing this, but whatever.  He's not even using it!  It's sitting on his couch in his office.  :P

Sorry hash.  huehuehue  xD

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #210 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:42:34 »
hashbaz might not be happy with me sharing this, but whatever.  He's not even using it!  It's sitting on his couch in his office.  :P

HASHBAZ!! THE NERVE!


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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #211 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 20:46:08 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

Don't give Hashbaz any ideas before it gets to me! hwood, um...you may receive a non-functioning board, but that's normal.  ;)

hashbaz might not be happy with me sharing this, but whatever.  He's not even using it!  It's sitting on his couch in his office.  :P

Sorry hash.  huehuehue  xD
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #212 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 22:15:02 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

Don't give Hashbaz any ideas before it gets to me! hwood, um...you may receive a non-functioning board, but that's normal.  ;)

hashbaz might not be happy with me sharing this, but whatever.  He's not even using it!  It's sitting on his couch in his office.  :P

Sorry hash.  huehuehue  xD

So cold Hoff.  Not sure we can be kendama bros anymore.  I actually have been using it, and I have a very obscure reason for why it was not plugged in when you guys came to my desk.  I had to switch back to the KMAC when a coworker came over for a code review since the KRO on this thing is not high enough to handle my window manager properly (i3) and I had to move some windows around to places they are not normally at.

Nuclearsandwich and I actually discussed that at my desk if you had been paying attention


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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #213 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 22:20:27 »
Just came in here to say BLUE ALPS MASTER RACE.

Okay, carry on. :)

Sooner or later someone will receive that northgate board with the caps glued to the board and missing all the switches underneath, lulz.

Don't give Hashbaz any ideas before it gets to me! hwood, um...you may receive a non-functioning board, but that's normal.  ;)

hashbaz might not be happy with me sharing this, but whatever.  He's not even using it!  It's sitting on his couch in his office.  :P

Sorry hash.  huehuehue  xD

So cold Hoff.  Not sure we can be kendama bros anymore.  I actually have been using it, and I have a very obscure reason for why it was not plugged in when you guys came to my desk.  I had to switch back to the KMAC when a coworker came over for a code review since the KRO on this thing is not high enough to handle my window manager properly (i3) and I had to move some windows around to places they are not normally at.

Nuclearsandwich and I actually discussed that at my desk if you had been paying attention


 :-[  Oops.  :( 

Well I suppose it's a good thing I was only playfully jabbing then!  Otherwise I would feel like a right *******.  I kind of still do.  :|

You're nice enough to let me tour Pixar and I come back on the forums and accuse you of things.  Not cool, Hoffman.  Not cool.   >:D

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #214 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 22:37:21 »
Dude it's cool ;D

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #215 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 22:43:53 »
Dude it's cool ;D

I know.  ;)  I just did feel bad that I called you out and you had a totally legit reason.   :))

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #216 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 22:46:08 »
I know.  ;)

You just double-trolled me.  Hats off, sir.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #217 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 02:24:12 »
Wow double-trolling? What an *******.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #218 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 02:38:50 »
I thought Omnikeys are NKRO though.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #219 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 08:06:00 »
Wow double-trolling? What an *******.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #220 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 08:07:16 »
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #221 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 17:03:48 »
Would like to get in on this! I'm in NJ. :thumb:
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #222 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 21:35:51 »
Would like to get in on this! I'm in NJ. :thumb:

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #223 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 21:37:58 »
Would like to get in on this! I'm in NJ. :thumb:

Added!

I think AKIMbO secretly hates blue alps and so wants to keep this board out of his hands for as long as possible.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #224 on: Tue, 15 July 2014, 21:41:50 »
Would like to get in on this! I'm in NJ. :thumb:

Added!

I think AKIMbO secretly hates blue alps and so wants to keep this board out of his hands for as long as possible.

Pretty much...blue alps are the worst switch ever!
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #225 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 20:36:52 »
damnit hash quit hogging the board
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #226 on: Thu, 11 September 2014, 14:50:55 »
damnit hash quit hogging the board

Yeah, man! :D
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #227 on: Sun, 14 September 2014, 18:14:44 »
Sorry for the lengthy delay everyone.  It's been a combo of technical difficulties and procrastination.  A few weeks ago I tried to plug in the board one last time before sending it on, and noticed that the cable connector on the keyboard had become detached from the housing and was being pushed into the case when I tried to plug the cable into it.  I asked Akimbo what he wanted me to do and offered to open it up and take a look.  He said to do that, and then I didn't do it for a long time.  Again, real life busyness and procrastination on my part.

So I finally opened it up and found that the piece of plastic that holds the cable port in place has cracked pretty badly.  Not quite sure what the best way to fix it is.  Any thoughts?

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #228 on: Sun, 14 September 2014, 18:39:28 »
What kind of cable is it? If it's AT or PS/2, you could use a new PS/2 connector. Apart from that, epoxy might be able to fix it, I would unscrew it from the case to glue it back together though.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #229 on: Sun, 14 September 2014, 20:35:28 »

Not quite sure what the best way to fix it is.  Any thoughts?


That whole cable affair is stupid. In reply #157 I showed how to hook up a standard PS/2 cable scavenged from a regular junk keyboard.
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“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #230 on: Fri, 17 October 2014, 08:26:01 »
So...
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #231 on: Tue, 28 October 2014, 19:16:39 »
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #232 on: Tue, 28 October 2014, 21:22:31 »
I made an attempt to fix which failed.  Sending back to Akimbo at his request.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #233 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 15:41:44 »
So did this ever get fixed?
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #234 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 20:42:03 »
Akimbo has been kind of inactive lately. My mind is telling me no.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #235 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 20:55:07 »
Akimbo has been kind of inactive lately. My mind is telling me no.

Are you kidding?

He took a road trip with mean-ass cats and moved to the country music capitol.
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #236 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 20:58:52 »
Akimbo has been kind of inactive lately. My mind is telling me no.

Are you kidding?

He took a road trip with mean-ass cats and moved to the country music capitol.

Did not know this.

Unless I'm too young to get the reference.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #237 on: Sat, 13 December 2014, 21:05:42 »
About to hit the road for a 16 hour drive with a backseat full of precariously packed, irreplaceable keyboards (lzgh, ssks, at fs, f122s, kingsavers, zkb2s, etc.) and 2 mean ass cats. It's the creme de la creme of my collection.

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Did not know this.


"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #238 on: Sun, 14 December 2014, 15:29:37 »
Ok, so I'm on tapatalk on my phone so I didn't read the whole thread, but is it too late to sign up?.

Thanks


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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #239 on: Sun, 14 December 2014, 17:28:27 »
Ok, so I'm on tapatalk on my phone so I didn't read the whole thread, but is it too late to sign up?.

Thanks
Pretty late yeah
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #240 on: Sun, 14 December 2014, 23:05:15 »
Haha figured.  Onev day I will try them.  One of the few switches left I want to try that I could see myself using on a daily basis.


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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #241 on: Mon, 15 December 2014, 07:32:09 »
One of the few switches left I want to try that I could see myself using on a daily basis.

The great thing about the specimen on tour is that it is an extremely desirable chassis as well as great switches.

Trying blue Alps in any of their native boards is not likely to be as satisfying or impressive.
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #242 on: Mon, 15 December 2014, 09:07:16 »
I feel quite fortunate, as when I was first starting my keyboard adventures this year, I asked a friend if he knew of any old keyboards lying around at his workplace.  He said he found an Omni Key/102 in their recycle pile and sent me a picture of a blue Alps slider under one of the keycaps.  I about shot out of my chair!  All I paid for was the shipping.

I'm typing on the thing now, as it is in my regular rotation with a Das Keyboard w/MX blues, a K70 with reds, and an AT101W with Alps blacks.

I have to say I do like both the MX blue and the Alps blue.  The MX blue are higher-pitched and have a more tin-like click.  The Alps blues have a more "rounded" / smooth click that seems to integrate a little better with the sound of the keycap bottoming out.  Perhaps it wasn't that way new, but my board is vintage 1988 and has obviously seen some use!  I can't make an objective comparison on my speed or accuracy differences between the two boards, as they are at different levels.  I find that I sometimes mistype on the Omni vs. the Das, but that would be naturally considering the Omni is elevated a few inches higher than it should be (sitting on top of my desk instead of the keyboard drawer).  The board oozes quality, and it is very satisfying to type on with Alps blues.  If I had to choose between the MX blue and the Alps blue, I'd take the Alps.

The Omni Key/102 is built like a tank and I do not foresee parting with it.  This sounds stupid, and of course I'd never take back the experience, but being sent a board with such desirable switches right off the bat kind of let some of the air out of my keyboard pursuit!  Someone mentioned that there are still Topres, so those are my next target, I suppose.

I'm kind of surprised that there weren't more reviews of this board when people received it in Akimbo's tour.

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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #243 on: Sat, 17 January 2015, 13:04:38 »
sooo...
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #244 on: Sat, 17 January 2015, 17:56:24 »
Tour's dead hwood34. The cable connection has been busted and I no longer have the time to repair or ship the board.  Sorry!
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #245 on: Sat, 17 January 2015, 18:22:42 »
Awww.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #246 on: Sat, 17 January 2015, 18:47:30 »
Tour's dead hwood34. The cable connection has been busted and I no longer have the time to repair or ship the board.  Sorry!

You should sell it. The fix is probably easy and the board is outstanding.
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Re: Blue Alps Tour!
« Reply #247 on: Sat, 14 February 2015, 00:27:14 »
Tour's dead hwood34. The cable connection has been busted and I no longer have the time to repair or ship the board.  Sorry!

You should sell it. The fix is probably easy and the board is outstanding.


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I just found this thread and would be very interested to try that board.
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