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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: TedG on Tue, 01 December 2020, 06:36:55

Title: Can alps with white sliders still be blue alps inside?
Post by: TedG on Tue, 01 December 2020, 06:36:55

This question came up because I have a Northgate omnikey 102 gold badge made in juli 1989, that means it is a bit younger than Chyros omnikey gold badge with blue alps. But mine has white sliders.
I am also willing to take some switches apart to solve this.

Edit: It also has slits and no alps logo and they really sound like blue alps

Title: Re: Can alps with white sliders still be blue alps inside?
Post by: treeleaf64 on Tue, 01 December 2020, 17:18:26

V early white Alps are similar to blue Alps, I don't recall it being a one-and-done transition.

Title: Re: Can alps with white sliders still be blue alps inside?
Post by: headphone_jack on Tue, 01 December 2020, 20:35:51

The sound is probably more a chassis thing than anything else. While it is true that it was not a smooth transition from blue to white alps, I doubt that white alps would have lube on the sliders unless they were extremely early to the point of being prototypes. Other than the lube, there really isn't a massive amount of difference between the two switches, so I can definitely see why you would think they sound and feel similar.

Title: Re: Can alps with white sliders still be blue alps inside?
Post by: treeleaf64 on Sat, 05 December 2020, 19:53:56

Quote from: headphone_jack on Tue, 01 December 2020, 20:35:51

The sound is probably more a chassis thing than anything else. While it is true that it was not a smooth transition from blue to white alps, I doubt that white alps would have lube on the sliders unless they were extremely early to the point of being prototypes. Other than the lube, there really isn't a massive amount of difference between the two switches, so I can definitely see why you would think they sound and feel similar.

Agree