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Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: ironman31 on Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:20:36: http://www.electronicsurplus.com/Item/5073/ALPS%20-%20KEYBOARDS%20%20for%20HEATH-ZENITH%20%20%20QWERTY%20-%2012KC132A%20%2026S06621/

Not sure if anyone might want this for mods/repairs and such, but it's cheap! And plenty in stock.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:34:59: I don't know what it is, but those are awesome keycaps.

(http://www.electronicsurplus.com/ItemImages/5073-1.jpg)
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:37:12: Wha?, 20 for $39.99...
154 in stock.

Interesting, minimum $15 order, and flat $10 shipping for under 10lbs.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: 7bit on Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:43:45: Quote from: HaaTa;276256
I don't know what it is, but those are awesome keycaps.

Show Image
(http://www.electronicsurplus.com/ItemImages/5073-1.jpg)

If it has ALPS then it might be just interesting for those key caps.

Even if not: if these where located in Europe, I would grab all of them at once!

(20 @ $39.99+shipping!)
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Mon, 10 January 2011, 16:06:53: Sent them a mail asking about shipping weight and such. I'd be interested in a few even if the caps are non-standard.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: kps on Mon, 10 January 2011, 17:26:08: The caps look nice, but those flat ribbons scream membrane.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: 7bit on Tue, 11 January 2011, 07:02:56: Quote from: HaaTa;276274
Sent them a mail asking about shipping weight and such. I'd be interested in a few even if the caps are non-standard.

Please tell us if the caps are double shot and if the switches are mechanical of any kind. I would be really interested to get a 20x pack of these!
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: kps on Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:05:35: I've made a minimum order in hope that the keycaps have regular APLS stems. I'll report when I get them.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:10:46: Well, got some nice pics today.

I was gonna keep this to myself, but then realized I really only wanted a few sets anyways (20 is just ridiculous).

But, before you go crazy, these are not necessarily MX compatible (potentially a bit bigger).
I've ordered 4 myself, and it seems the 20 for 39.99 offer has been taken down (too much interest perhaps?).

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TSyGgqlH5FI/AAAAAAAADnU/Wy6UIeQitDw/s800/5073-2.JPG)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TSyGgufmryI/AAAAAAAADnY/3yQjI1O7vFw/s800/5073-3.JPG)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TSyGgyuBJpI/AAAAAAAADnc/pgB2kmbZx2k/s800/5073-4.JPG)
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: kps on Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:14:55: Quote from: HaaTa;276774
Show Image
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6WOoTO_7VuQ/TSyGgyuBJpI/AAAAAAAADnc/pgB2kmbZx2k/s800/5073-4.JPG)

Curses, foiled again.

Definitely not MX-compatible, without surgery, because of the cross-braces.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: 7bit on Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:30:37: [SIZE=12]WANT!!!!1!!!1!1!!1!11!!einself!!![/SIZE]
Just sent them a mail. Seems they ship worldwide but they say, they don't accept credit cards ;-(
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:50:13: Uh, I just bought some with my credit card...
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: 7bit on Tue, 11 January 2011, 13:10:22: Quote from: HaaTa;276804
Uh, I just bought some with my credit card...

Somewhere they say that they take payments from US residents only.

Do you know if these keyboards have mechanical switches?
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Tue, 11 January 2011, 14:01:54: Just got the shipping notice, 4 are scheduled to arrive on Monday.

Package is 9lbs, so it qualifies for the $10 shipping I believe.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 11 January 2011, 15:43:58: Hmm.. What are the dimensions of the holes in that plate? Unlike the later ALPS, these look like they could be rectangular ..
I scale it in the photos to be 13.4 mm rectangular, but I am hoping that I am wrong and it is actually 14.0 mm ... and I think you know why. :)
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 24 January 2011, 16:37:34: Has anybody in the US who ordered received theirs? Please post!

(and yes, I am interested in buying if you have a spare ...)
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: HaaTa on Mon, 24 January 2011, 16:40:41: I got mine last week Monday :D.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: kidchunks on Tue, 25 January 2011, 06:01:21: last week friday! (thx haata) :D

Also bought a few teensy's to go with the boards I purchase. The layout is a little different but still very usable.
Title: ALPs Something or other.
Post by: ironman31 on Thu, 23 June 2011, 22:33:05: Haata, what did you end up using these for? if anything.