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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Whiskey in the Jar-o on Sun, 02 December 2007, 01:27:16

Title: Alps availability
Post by: Whiskey in the Jar-o on Sun, 02 December 2007, 01:27:16

Interesting info at the end of the article:

http://db.tidbits.com/article/7607

Title: Alps availability
Post by: fkeidjn on Sun, 02 December 2007, 02:55:06

If the manufacturer is in Taiwan, then could the company be Strongman (http://www.strong-man.com.tw/)?  Or is that the manufacture of the cheap clone?

Title: Alps availability
Post by: Whiskey in the Jar-o on Sun, 02 December 2007, 05:17:02

Quote from: fkeidjn

If the manufacturer is in Taiwan, then could the company be Strongman (http://www.strong-man.com.tw/)?  Or is that the manufacture of the cheap clone?

Perhaps. I've heard speculation (here I think) that Cherry switches are probably made in Taiwan as well, even though Cherry keyboards themselves are made in Germany or Czech Republic (except for some very cheap membrane boards which are made in China). It seems all roads lead to Taiwan after all.

Title: Alps availability
Post by: xsphat on Sun, 02 December 2007, 05:45:27

I am all for any company that goes by STRONG WANGS ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.. And on the about page it says they make Alps switches, so I think this is the cheap clones they are talking about.

Title: Alps availability
Post by: cfishy on Thu, 08 May 2008, 20:22:07

Yeah, the article really got me nervous and looking at ALPS catalog didn't see anything that looks familiar