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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: Defect on Fri, 03 October 2014, 09:14:57

Title: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used), SKCM Blue ALPS
Post by: Defect on Fri, 03 October 2014, 09:14:57
Need a TKL ALPS board.  That crappy ducky will do.  Also interested in fancier options.

Or if you have ALPS Ergodox keycaps...I'll take that too.


Also looking for SKCM Blue ALPS (complicated clicky blue ALPS)
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: terrpn on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:04:40
somebody had a duck alps fs here a while back.............was in the classifieds

here is my ducky green alps............not a king saver, but no where near the investment either

bunny might know of somebody or have one?
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: CPTBadAss on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:08:23
Quote from: terrpn on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:04:40
somebody had a duck alps fs

Duck Alps isn't TKL. That's a 60% keyboard. The only TKL Alps boards that are out there are the Ducky 1087XM that the OP mentioned, Filco Zero, and the Kingsaver. Pretty sure that's a complete list. Matias' boards are a 60% ish layout and the older boards like the AT101W are full size. The Siig Minitouch is a 75% layout though. And the Duck boards are all 60% (Viper, Mini V1, V2)
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: saturnotaku on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:22:25
The Matias mini layout resembles the Leopold FC660 but with discreet function keys. That's probably as close as you're going to get to an ALPS TKL in terms of production boards.
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: Defect on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:24:20
I have a duck mini v2, so not looking for 60%.

Really want TKL so I can use for excel.  Want to get my hands on a DuckyXM, but I heard they suck so I don't wanna drop TOO much on one.
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: pasph on Fri, 03 October 2014, 16:53:17
There's (was) also the Leopold Lite
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: intelli78 on Fri, 03 October 2014, 16:59:52
Quote from: pasph on Fri, 03 October 2014, 16:53:17
There's (was) also the Leopold Lite

Wwwhat? Never heard of this...
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: pasph on Fri, 03 October 2014, 17:06:12
It was a FC200R for Alps, i have one of those
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 03 October 2014, 17:41:58
Quote from: Defect on Fri, 03 October 2014, 11:24:20

but I heard they suck


They are just about like any other modern plastic TKL keyboard.

What sucks are the green XM switches and flimsy keycaps. If you are planning to use it as a chassis for transplanting switches that you really like, and upgrading the keycaps to something solid, it is perfectly acceptable.
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: dante on Sat, 04 October 2014, 10:19:21
Quote from: intelli78 on Fri, 03 October 2014, 16:59:52
Quote from: pasph on Fri, 03 October 2014, 16:53:17
There's (was) also the Leopold Lite

Wwwhat? Never heard of this...

At one time I asked Brian at EK if he could import some FC200R Lites to sell - but he didn't want to touch them due to quality concerns.

Still, it would make for a conversation piece in someones collection.
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: Defect on Mon, 06 October 2014, 07:58:23
Bring it to me.
Title: Re: [WTB] TKL ALPS Board (New or Used)
Post by: ComradeSniper on Mon, 06 October 2014, 08:10:29
Quote from: pasph on Fri, 03 October 2014, 17:06:12
It was a FC200R for Alps, i have one of those

I had no idea that those existed. Cool!