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Title: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: jacobolus on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:21:30

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321455571004

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:24:42

Dammit, gone already.  And I think I need one of those for my Kingsaver.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:30:42

I had an offer out on this one so I snagged it. I hope it has good pink or (preferably) orange switches, as I need both switches and caps for my Kingsaver.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:37:30

I found a $25 rubber dome board with Alps compatible caps that looks like it might work, but I've been looking for a Wang.  Sad I missed on, but congrats intelli.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: calavera on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:50:27

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:37:30

I found a $25 rubber dome board with Alps compatible caps that looks like it might work, but I've been looking for a Wang.  Sad I missed on, but congrats intelli.

Brace yourself for wang jokes. j/k :)

Btw, chances are that board will have complicated black alps as well.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:01:37

The Wang in OP or the one I bought?  The keyboard I bought is this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360957892204&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOC:US:1123) and everything I've seen says it's a rubber dome.  I found another interesting Alps style board I may grab just for the alphas.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: ComradeSniper on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:03:04

Awww I just checked eBay for one of these earlier today and I didn't find anything. Nice get.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: calavera on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:12:43

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:01:37

The Wang in OP or the one I bought?  The keyboard I bought is this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360957892204&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOC:US:1123) and everything I've seen says it's a rubber dome.  I found another interesting Alps style board I may grab just for the alphas.

I was talking about the Wang board in OP.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 07 July 2014, 23:13:59

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 21:37:30

I found a $25 rubber dome board with Alps compatible caps that looks like it might work, but I've been looking for a Wang.  Sad I missed on, but congrats intelli.

Thanks -- I hope another one shows up soon for you.

It will be much less of a find if it turns out to have black switches. Yucky.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: jacobolus on Mon, 07 July 2014, 23:27:45

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:01:37

The keyboard I bought is this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360957892204&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOC:US:1123) and everything I've seen says it's a rubber dome.

That looks like pad printed ABS keycaps to me, with a caps lock that won’t fit on your kingsaver?

I wonder if Apple AEK II caps would do the job? There are several of those on auction at any given time.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: Pacifist on Mon, 07 July 2014, 23:27:51

can i have case?

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: intelli78 on Tue, 08 July 2014, 00:16:14

For the cost of shipping, no problem.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 08 July 2014, 00:28:07

Quote from: jacobolus on Mon, 07 July 2014, 23:27:45

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 07 July 2014, 22:01:37

The keyboard I bought is this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360957892204&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOC:US:1123) and everything I've seen says it's a rubber dome.

That looks like pad printed ABS keycaps to me, with a caps lock that won’t fit on your kingsaver?

I wonder if Apple AEK II caps would do the job? There are several of those on auction at any given time.

Funky sideways stems on the AEK II function row.

Title: Re: Wang 724 – Alps dye-sub caps & pink/salmon (or possibly orange) switches
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 08 July 2014, 01:02:29

Oh, I didn’t realize that the Kingsaver (and this Wang) have a rightmost column (backspace, backslash, enter, right shift) that are all .25 units longer than standard. Reminds me of this Magitronic that I sadly didn’t win (did someone here get it?) where all the column on the right is .25 units *shorter* than standard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/360944405689?orig_cvip=true