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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nubbinator on Mon, 17 March 2014, 01:38:56
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It looks like it could be Alps to me with the top row being those funky half sized Alps, but I could be wrong. I know a lot of the older Toshiba laptops used Alps (http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/toshiba-t3100-t5200-t4711.html).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Toshiba-T6400dx-200-Vintage-Portable-Computer-w-Extending-Keyboard-PA1601u-635-/141189910559?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item20df93101f
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I’m not sure about that one, but these definitely are Alps SKFL:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151237249187
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111255438265
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261371074516
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161245892999
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201051435126
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370737821335
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181339630267
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151181447094
It looks to me like the one you linked might instead be the type of keyboard that came with the "SL", "XE", etc. Toshiba laptops. The keycaps on those are clearly shorter than the Alps keycaps on the laptops listed above. Here’s just a keyboard of that type, if someone wants to get one for $25 and see what type of keyswitches they are (but don’t blame me if it’s rubber domes or something):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230945302197
Perhaps worth asking the seller of that T6400DX to pull a key.
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It looks to me like the one you linked might instead be the type of keyboard that came with the "SL", "XE", etc. Toshiba laptops. The keycaps on those are clearly shorter than the Alps keycaps on the laptops listed above. Here’s just a keyboard of that type, if someone wants to get one for $25 and see what type of keyswitches they are (but don’t blame me if it’s rubber domes or something):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/230945302197
Perhaps worth asking the seller of that T6400DX to pull a key.
The keycaps on the one in the OP look very different than the ones in your link (when viewed from the side). Those are more rounded and much flatter than the ones in the OP. Look at the esc-row for example in the first photo. Though they are clearly both pad print and look quite the same from the top (see below).
Hmm, on second look all the top down pictures of the keyboard look very similar. But the first imange doesn't look stretched. Perhaps the top-down angle / bad camera combination makes it seem flatter than it is.
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You could well be right. Again, I’d ask the seller to pull a cap.