Looks awesome! Are keys really that shiny? If so, aren't your fingers slipping when you type on it?
If it feels like Cherry Blue but doesn't wobble as much (Alps feels more solid in this regard) it may actually be extremely nice switch.
Is it clicky like blues? Or more quiet mechanic contact click like in complicated Black Alps?
Got any nickels?
He meant to weigh the switches (accutation force)
Looks awesome! Are keys really that shiny? If so, aren't your fingers slipping when you type on it?
If it feels like Cherry Blue but doesn't wobble as much (Alps feels more solid in this regard) it may actually be extremely nice switch.
Is it clicky like blues? Or more quiet mechanic contact click like in complicated Black Alps?
The keycaps are super high quality doubleshots (best ALPS-type keys I have ever seen), and the shiny ones feel quite silky as opposed to the usual slippery plastic feel. It both feels and sounds more solid than a cherry blue, and the actuation is much smoother. They are made in Japan, which explains the quality. Also has NKRO.
Something like this. F, S, D please with F up.Man that is F'd up.Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=21736&d=1310690463 )
The nickles test is here: RipOmeter (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6189).
Nope, not compatible. I have a Dell AT101W to compare with. The NEC switches are wider and narrower..."flatter", so to speak. Plus they're not as hard to remove as the ALPS. I'll take a pic tomorrow; it's in the office while my Model M takes its break.
Got this yesterday at a local computer repair/parts shop. Thrown among all the old keyboard there it was. I didn't even know what it was, but the clicking of its keys was a telltale sign for sure. Got it for $1.99. Not bad at all. Took it home, gave it a really good cleanup (it was disgustingly dirty), assembled it back together, and it wasn't working properly! Dadgummit...After much thinking, I thought that maybe it's not 100% compatible with the blue cube I have connected to my laptop, so I took it to the office to see if it would work with my PC there, using a real PS/2 connector.
I lied, a few more.....Show Image(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Nicca64/086801a2.jpg)
Why would someone use a keyboard as a foot rest?!?!?!?!?I lied, a few more.....Show Image(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/Nicca64/086801a2.jpg)
^ can this be fixed if it fell apart by itself?
I have a similar NEC keyboard that I rescued after someone had been using it as a footrest, and they managed to kick the left arrow key completely off, switch and all. When I removed the key cap the whole switch just fell apart. Both pins are still stuck in the circuit board (looks like only one has come off in this pic), and I think I have all the bits, but they won't stay together if I put them all back in and squeeze it.
Can it be glued (i.e. the thin plastic bit with the little hole on each end)? Can new legs be soldered on somehow?
Or is it simpler to replace it with a completely different switch? I was thinking of an MX blue.
Why would someone use a keyboard as a foot rest?!?!?!?!?