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Title: BNIB Focus FK-9200 (Alps, Trackball, Programmable) 3 MINUTES LEFT
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 27 February 2011, 14:14:17

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350442215870&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_922
At $36 + $15.03 shipping

Title: BNIB Focus FK-9200 (Alps, Trackball, Programmable) 3 MINUTES LEFT
Post by: Hak Foo on Sun, 27 February 2011, 21:45:37

The 9200 is NOT ALPS.  I broke down one recently.  The keycaps are ALPS compatible, and double-shot, but the switches are slider-over-something.

Title: BNIB Focus FK-9200 (Alps, Trackball, Programmable) 3 MINUTES LEFT
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 27 February 2011, 23:56:53

Quote from: Hak Foo;301979

The 9200 is NOT ALPS.  I broke down one recently.  The keycaps are ALPS compatible, and double-shot, but the switches are slider-over-something.

Interesting, are they a type of simplified Alps, or something completely different?

Title: BNIB Focus FK-9200 (Alps, Trackball, Programmable) 3 MINUTES LEFT
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 28 February 2011, 22:04:01

Nope, they look nothing like ALPS.  It looks like a plastic plug that probably went over a dome of some sort.

Title: BNIB Focus FK-9200 (Alps, Trackball, Programmable) 3 MINUTES LEFT
Post by: REVENGE on Mon, 28 February 2011, 22:09:11

Quote from: Hak Foo;302543

Nope, they look nothing like ALPS.  It looks like a plastic plug that probably went over a dome of some sort.

That's strange, because if you look on this one's box, it definitely lists tactile, clicky mechanical switches. Maybe you had a different board.