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Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: 1839cc on Thu, 17 June 2010, 00:01:58

I got a free AEKII the other day! The stem of the 3 key is broken off in its slider and seems to have been glued in there. Also it was full of sticky brown goo until I cleaned it out. Looked like a soda spill. It was good for the price.

I was expecting cream sliders with black rubber dampers, but when I opened it up....... No dampers.  It was made in USA not Mexico or Japan. See attached pics.

So what do I have here?

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 17 June 2010, 00:12:44

Yup, pinks or oranges with broken caps.  Looks well abused.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: spolia optima on Thu, 17 June 2010, 00:16:32

we can rebuild it.
we have the technology.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: 1839cc on Thu, 17 June 2010, 01:09:09

Cool. Pink = black then, right?

Just the 3 is broken. From the number row not the number pad.

I don't have six million dollars to rebuild it.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: lehua768 on Thu, 17 June 2010, 01:53:12

I got a free AEKII the other day! The stem of the 3 key is broken off in its slider and seems to have been glued in there. Also it was full of sticky brown goo until I cleaned it out. Looked like a soda spill. It was good for the price.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: spolia optima on Thu, 17 June 2010, 02:34:53

Quote from: lehua768;193920

I got a free AEKII the other day! The stem of the 3 key is broken off in its slider and seems to have been glued in there. Also it was full of sticky brown goo until I cleaned it out. Looked like a soda spill. It was good for the price.

haha that was funny. you're funny. more people should make posts like this on internet message boards.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: DryDry on Thu, 17 June 2010, 03:08:33

may be the cap had broken ToT

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 17 June 2010, 04:29:31

That's odd... perhaps it was an early production model, as the original AEK used pink switches, and the original ADB non-Extended model used orange switches,

No one really knows for sure whether there's any difference between the pinks, oranges and blacks.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 17 June 2010, 08:13:54

If you need an AEKII cap, PM me, I should have an extrey.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: sandy55 on Thu, 17 June 2010, 08:22:24

M0116; the original ADB non-Extended. came with Oranges and then Pinks.
M0115; the original AEK. Came with Oranges and then Pinks
M3501; AEK II. Came with Pinks, Creams with rubber dampers, Whites with rubber dampers.

Title: Are these pink ALPS?
Post by: 1839cc on Thu, 17 June 2010, 19:13:26

Thanks for the good information everybody.

Didja I appreciate your offer, but I don't plan on using this keyboard so I don't really need a non broken 3.