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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Coumbaya on Wed, 19 June 2013, 15:36:15
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So, I cleaned the caps of my Alps keyboard (which is part of a "portable computer", pics here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33130.msg931027#msg931027)).
And I noticed that the Enter key had Alps stabilizers (well, I guess they're kind of standard on Alps keyboard ?) and the Space key had cherry stabilizers (but is on an Alps switch).
Is that an usual thing ? What could be the point of such mixup ?
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9540/2ikf.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/2ikf.jpg/)
(sorry for the potato pictures, got my previous phone pickpocketed)
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So, I cleaned the caps of my Alps keyboard (which is part of a "portable computer", pics here (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33130.msg931027#msg931027)).
And I noticed that the Enter key had Alps stabilizers (well, I guess they're kind of standard on Alps keyboard ?) and the Space key had cherry stabilizers (but is on an Alps switch).
Is that an usual thing ? What could be the point of such mixup ?
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9540/2ikf.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/2ikf.jpg/)
(sorry for the potato pictures, got my previous phone pickpocketed)
I believe that space bar solution has been proposed for some currently being designed custom alps boards!
I would say they did that for cost and possibly part availability/cost.
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Yep. I have a keyboard where the "big-ass" backwards L-shaped Enter key has Alps stabilisers for the horizontal and Cherry (costar-style) stabilisers for the vertical.
The Alps stabiliser bars need to stretch longer - so maybe the point is that Cherry stabiliser bars use less space...
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Oh, okay then, that make sense. I didn't really think in terms of lengths. Thanks.
Must be a pain in the arse to replace that spacebar tho !