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Title: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: poxeclipse on Mon, 16 September 2013, 08:35:17

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Jameco-Electronics-AT-XT-Switchable-Keyboard-IN-ORIGINAL-BOX-Great-Condition-/151115074698?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232f290c8a
They look blue to me and it is manufactured by Monterey International Corp.

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: terrpn on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:07:32

they look like blue alps *and not (monterey) to me, but would need one of the switch guys to check it and make sure they are not clones

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:25:55

Nice find! Too bad it is pricey.

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: ___q on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:43:01

From the top, it does appear to be a legit blue alps (complicated and clicky).  At least, they look identical to the ones I pulled off of a northgate.  Great switches!

That being said, it does seem overpriced to me.

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: MTManiac on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:44:33

look like blue alps to me also
I like the layout, caps lock is moved out of the ****ing way

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:46:01

If theyre legit, shouldnt they have the Alps logo on them? I know the logo is faint but i didnt see any logo on the switch. It does look like Blue Alps but I wasnt sure

Title: Re: Are these Monterey ?
Post by: ___q on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:48:23

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Mon, 16 September 2013, 09:46:01

If theyre legit, shouldnt they have the Alps logo on them? I know the logo is faint but i didnt see any logo on the switch. It does look like Blue Alps but I wasnt sure

A lot of old alps switches have the alps logo on the bottom of the switch, not the top -- see here: http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:Alps_SKCM_blue_complicated.jpg