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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: wendell on Wed, 31 July 2013, 13:27:33
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A long-time user of a Magitronic FK-2000Plus would like to replace it with a Windows/USB keyboard that feels exactly the same. The FK-2000Plus has Alps white clicky switches that I measured to have an average activation force of 57g.
I tried a keyboard with Cherry Blues, but they were too light and had a much less pronounced click. These Alps whites seem to be somewhere between the Blues and IBM buckling-springs in terms of the click.
I thought the Matias keyboards might be a good match, since the switches are supposed to be clones of the Alps, but I read that the weight feels much less than the intended 60g.
Any suggestions?
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Get a Focus FK-2001?
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Get a Focus FK-2001?
Uh, yeah. The FK-2000Plus is just a branded FK-2001 essentially.
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Repeat: A USB keyboard with Windows keys
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Buy a Matias board and a FK-2001, swap the clicky white switches into the Matias. Or if you can get your hands on a Filco Zero do that but those are super rare.
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Or get a PS/2 to USB adapter.
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Buy a Matias board and a FK-2001, swap the clicky white switches into the Matias. Or if you can get your hands on a Filco Zero do that but those are super rare.
I know its preference, but I dont think matias tactile switches are too far off white alps, so the swap might not even be necesary.
I say: buy the matias first, then a donor kb second if it's not close enough.