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Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: Waterdr1nker on Thu, 06 October 2011, 00:08:46
What's the story with this guy? He has a bunch of Filcos and other keyboards that I've never seen before. I searched here, but I couldn't find anything.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ffilccoo

[video=youtube_share;01Vay5wVMr8]http://youtu.be/01Vay5wVMr8[/video]
[video=youtube_share;xn2NQJkpW3Y]http://youtu.be/xn2NQJkpW3Y[/video]
[video=youtube_share;bTrbrHPyKbQ]http://youtu.be/bTrbrHPyKbQ[/video]
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: Tony on Thu, 06 October 2011, 01:07:22
A Japanese Filco rep or dealer detected.
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: Slowhand on Thu, 06 October 2011, 06:37:42
His boards ping. :o
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:02:15
I notice almost all his keyboards are filco zero
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:19:09
Quote from: Waterdr1nker;426767
What's the story with this guy? He has a bunch of Filcos and other keyboards that I've never seen before. I searched here, but I couldn't find anything.

Filco Zeroes weren't popular in the US.  People complained about firmware issues due to a slower scan rate "needed" for ALPS-compatible switches, so they were pulled from the US market (before Filco as a whole was dropped).  That, and ALPS switches aren't near as popular as Cherry, so the market was pretty small to begin with.
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: Harlequin on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:32:17
hmmm.. i've seen FILCO ZERO with white ALPS switch but never seen green and orange switches.
Does anyone know if he modified the switches or Japan sells these other colour switches?
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:36:07
I'm pretty sure they're modified.  Only recently have blue-stemmed ALPS-like switches re-surfaced, so other colors were probably harvested from older ALPS 'boards.  The keycaps on those 'boards would suggest the same.
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 07 October 2011, 13:11:34
They are indeed old ALPS. I have a donor board of those angelicly pingy Greens:smile:
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: Waterdr1nker on Fri, 07 October 2011, 15:45:55
His keycaps are awesome. My keyboards suck.
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: hasu on Fri, 07 October 2011, 20:55:52
His keyboard modding page: http://st.cat-v.ne.jp/pgr/keyboard/keyboard.html
I like his erase-eaze mod. Sweet!
Title: ffilccoo - YouTube user with a ****load of Filcos
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 07 October 2011, 22:50:59
BAH! You should find him hasu. Just saying:tongue: