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Title: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: jwaz on Fri, 03 August 2012, 19:56:24

Just picked this beast up, label removed, maybe Chicony?

Light blue clicky ALPs switches (don't feel nearly an heavy as Montereys)

sweet ribbon connector.

(http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d899-71d6-22e0.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d899-7208-eed7.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d899-7249-1bc6.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4d899-727f-05da.jpg)

Title: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: jwaz on Fri, 03 August 2012, 23:46:25

paging HaaTa

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: 486 on Sat, 04 August 2012, 03:57:49

Seen that keyboard around. It is a Chicony. They switch look like Monterey but you say they are lighter. Hmm, variant?

Title: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: jwaz on Sat, 04 August 2012, 14:41:57

upon getting them side by side they are indeed Montereys

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 05 August 2012, 06:15:43

Dye sub caps?

That's the same (annoying) layout as my Tulip, except that being European, the blank key is put to use (£ goes above 3, \ moves to below left shift, # to below right shift).

What on earth is with that +9 V on/off switch? And the ribbon cable – is that a separate lead from the PC/AT lead?

Title: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: jwaz on Sun, 05 August 2012, 18:38:43

(http://img.tapatalk.com/18072ad5-037b-a0e7.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/18072ad5-0386-029a.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/18072ad5-0396-7465.jpg)

here are some flics of the guts, no idea about the 9v/ ribbon cable

edit: the caps are cheapo pad printed I think.

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Mon, 06 August 2012, 02:48:04

That all looks like it was modified to have it. What the crap would anyone want to add a 9v battery for? Besides adding wireless, which this doesn't seem like.

But yeah, those definitely look like monterey's.

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 06 August 2012, 03:09:20

Maybe this will help? :o

http://i.imgur.com/o8Tnd.jpg

Credit to Cinch over deskthority.

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 06 August 2012, 05:03:26

Oh, those switches are blue "Montereys". That fact has already been established.

Are there any leads cut on the circuit board? What kind of electronics is there inside?
Because most wires are soldered to the number pad, I would guess that it would be some kind of calculator mod and that the ribbon cable would go to a display.

Title: Re: ALPs Keyboard find, need ID Help
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Mon, 06 August 2012, 16:07:29

LOL WTF?