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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: MahBoi on Wed, 22 October 2014, 22:55:20

Title: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: MahBoi on Wed, 22 October 2014, 22:55:20

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151450258194

It was bought just a short while ago, but does anyone know what kind of switch that is in the fourth picture? The listing just says "clicky", which means **** all on eBay.

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: hwood34 on Wed, 22 October 2014, 23:01:07

Man I should know this. I'm gonna feel like an idiot when someone says it

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: Hak Foo on Wed, 22 October 2014, 23:16:03

ALPS did a lower profile switch which connected to the same style of keycap as their main ones.  You see the same switch on the Tandy 100 and its workalikes.

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: jacobolus on Wed, 22 October 2014, 23:36:59

I was considering buying that one, but I didn’t.

I think some of those keycaps might be tripleshot, though the third color might just be printed in each case. Those Alps-made doubleshots are nice in any event, and that keyboard has some interesting uncommon keycap shapes.

The switches are linear, PCB mount:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_SKFL
and http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_SKFL_Compact

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 23 October 2014, 00:36:47

I think they're printed (not tripleshot) for a variety of reasons but am still hopeful that they are and very interested to see the result.

agreed that those are awesome keycaps. need to get some for infinity.

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: MahBoi on Thu, 23 October 2014, 00:53:10

That's interesting. I didn't know Alps made a low profile switch. And it still gets close to 4 mm of travel! They probably wouldn't fit on another Alps PCB, I'm guessing, due to the legs on the side.

And agreed, I really like the keycaps.

Title: Re: Oval slider Alps mount switch on old laptop
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 23 October 2014, 22:59:08

By the way, if anyone wants there’s another of these on ebay, but for a bit more money:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281235429142