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Title: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:01:04
Hey guys, found these at a garage sale for 18 each. Should I get them? Can I get some info on them? They are clicky similar to blue switches, but I can't pull of a key cap and tell which they are.
http://i.imgur.com/cYRCoQJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ver55AT.jpg
Thanks
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:12:49
Your links go to your private google mail attachments.  You should copy them over to an image hosting site like imgur.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: eth0s on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:13:10
Did u give links to your gmail?  Pics would be easier for people who don't use gmail.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:16:34
http://i.imgur.com/cYRCoQJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ver55AT.jpg
Sorry about that.
one says "portable PCIII"
another says "MCL MICRONORTH CO., LTD"
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:22:01
Those photos are tiny. I can't give you advice on whether or not to buy them, but would like to know what legends are on the caps in the first photo lol
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:23:11
Pop a cap on each, if they are alps or cherry, I'd say grab em.

Or press the switches, if they feel good, grab em. If they feel like crap, don't.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:23:36
Korean. I'm not sure how to make them larger unfortunately. I think I'm going to grab the korean one, and I'll report back if I do.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:24:05
Just do it, it's only $40 :D For both that is!
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:27:39
Korean. I'm not sure how to make them larger unfortunately. I think I'm going to grab the korean one, and I'll report back if I do.

I think you just transferred the thumbnails to imgur instead of the actual pics.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:29:13
Korean. I'm not sure how to make them larger unfortunately. I think I'm going to grab the korean one, and I'll report back if I do.

Assuming you're in the us and the caps are dirty as hell, could you buy me one (Korean Hangul) and send me the caps? I can pay you whenever :)

Edit - Never mind. I want to see the legends in a bigger photo first, but I may request for you to back and get me some lol
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:33:59
Korean. I'm not sure how to make them larger unfortunately. I think I'm going to grab the korean one, and I'll report back if I do.

Assuming you're in the us and the caps are dirty as hell, could you buy me one (Korean Hangul) and send me the caps? I can pay you whenever :)

Edit - Never mind. I want to see the legends in a bigger photo first, but I may request for you to back and get me some lol

No no, no hangul for this girl! You has enough already :p
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: SmallFry on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:34:12
I'd buy them both.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: tricheboars on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:37:25
i would have bought them both and never told these keyboard addicts.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:37:44
No no, no hangul for this girl! You has enough already :p

lol my reading comprehension is way off today. I actually thought OP said that there were 18 total keyboards in addition to them being $18 each.

9-bit let me know if you don't want the keycap set with Korean :)

i would have bought them both and never told these keyboard addicts.

lol this, but to be fair they'd get a bunch of switches for FREE :)
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:38:35
I think it's actually japanese. Sprung for that one. I'll post more pics in a bit.
I'm also having a hard time pulling off the caps with a plastic key cap puller. Any advice?
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:39:58
I think it's actually japanese. Sprung for that one. I'll post more pics in a bit.
I'm also having a hard time pulling off the caps with a plastic key cap puller. Any advice?

Do you have a wire puller? If not, I'd try some of the ones you haven't true yet. Maybe they'll be looser.

PS I want them even more if they have hiragana on them lol


Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:41:05
http://imgur.com/urIF48R
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:41:59
They look nice, but ehhhh that's Chinese and I no longer want them lol

I can't wait to see what switches it has. Wait for others to give you suggestions for getting them off imo
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:42:38
Damn, that's too bad. Still no luck pulling them off.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:45:35
http://imgur.com/F4fJfpV

What type of keyswitch is this?
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:46:32
Some kind of Alps switch
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:47:55
There's no label on the backs of either of these?
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:48:22
Is that a good deal for 20 bucks?
Title: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:48:49
I'd buy an alps board with Chinese for $20!
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:49:18
You know I have to make a profit ;)
Title: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:49:22
By the looks of it, cream alps.
Title: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:49:36
$2! :D
Title: Re: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Jocelyn on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:50:04
$2! :D

lol This thread is/was fun :)
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: eth0s on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:50:48
Looks like white ALPS to me.  http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_SKCL/SKCM_Series

Those are some of the worst pics I've ever seen, btw.  First we had no pics, then pics too small, then blurry.  Whatever.  I don't know how we're supposed to help when we can't see.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:51:03
http://imgur.com/G8DfLCI
Lol thanks for the help guys, if only keyboard and macs mixed better T___T
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:54:02
http://imgur.com/G8DfLCI
Lol thanks for the help guys, if only keyboard and macs mixed better T___T
Take a picture of the switch with that kind of quality and it'll be indentifiable.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:56:01
http://imgur.com/G8DfLCI
Lol thanks for the help guys, if only keyboard and macs mixed better T___T
Take a picture of the switch with that kind of quality and it'll be indentifiable.
It's a white alps switch. Do the colors matter?
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: Photekq on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:57:02
http://imgur.com/G8DfLCI
Lol thanks for the help guys, if only keyboard and macs mixed better T___T
Take a picture of the switch with that kind of quality and it'll be indentifiable.
It's a white alps switch. Do the colors matter?
Yes, very much so. Different colours have different feels (linear, tactile, click) as well as different springs resulting in a different actuation force.
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:57:37
http://imgur.com/G8DfLCI
Lol thanks for the help guys, if only keyboard and macs mixed better T___T
Take a picture of the switch with that kind of quality and it'll be indentifiable.
It's a white alps switch. Do the colors matter?
Yes, very much so. Different colours have different feels (linear, tactile, click) as well as different springs resulting in a different actuation force.
I see, didn't know anything about alps until now. I'll do a bit of research, thanks guys <3
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sat, 06 April 2013, 16:06:09
A label without a part number.   :-\

Not that much help, the FCC ID doesn't even come up in a search, only earlier models like  GL233EKB-5161
Title: Re: Help with Keyboard Identification ASAP
Post by: 9-bit on Sat, 06 April 2013, 16:07:40
Hm, anything else I should take a pic of? Thanks anyways.