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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ArmonRa on Sat, 12 July 2014, 15:15:39

Title: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: ArmonRa on Sat, 12 July 2014, 15:15:39

(http://i58.tinypic.com/21jodiv.jpg)

(http://i58.tinypic.com/2hnlvyo.jpg)

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: FrostyToast on Sat, 12 July 2014, 15:18:31

From what I can tell, their factories make blurry keyboards.
I've never received a blurry keyboard. This one must be extremely rare and valuable.  :))

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 12 July 2014, 15:37:29

The switches are slider over rubber dome. Some AppleDesign keyboards are built the same way.
The keycaps are compatible with mechanical Alps switches.

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sat, 12 July 2014, 18:00:43

The switch is an Alps dome with slider (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_dome_with_slider) type. There's at least two types, and yours appear to the type used in the AppleDesign Keyboard:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/apple-design-keyboard-made-by-alps-and-others-t7400.html

The Alps-made (as opposed to NMB-made) AppleDesign keyboards were also made in a version without sliders, with different keycaps.

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: ArmonRa on Sun, 13 July 2014, 01:37:44

Thanks all.

Would you consider that keyboard valuable?

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: nubbinator on Sun, 13 July 2014, 01:48:14

Quote from: ArmonRa on Sun, 13 July 2014, 01:37:44

Thanks all.

Would you consider that keyboard valuable?

Nope.

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: Hak Foo on Sun, 13 July 2014, 02:02:58

If it has nice keycaps, someone with an ALPS-based board might buy it to part out.

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: ArmonRa on Sun, 13 July 2014, 03:11:20

Would you consider this keyboard better than modern rubber dome?

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: CaptLock on Sun, 13 July 2014, 10:33:33

potaaaaato

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 13 July 2014, 12:55:15

Don't bother. I suppose that this keyboard is for sale by someone, and that that person has already harvested the keycaps.

Title: Re: what can you tell me about this keyboard?
Post by: paicrai on Sun, 13 July 2014, 16:45:58

Quote from: ArmonRa on Sun, 13 July 2014, 03:11:20

Would you consider this keyboard better than modern rubber dome?

rubberdome is ****, figure it out