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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Bromono on Tue, 16 December 2014, 08:13:16
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Found this keyboard:
http://imgur.com/66i7J4r
$15. Worth picking up?
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From the picture. The box above the keyboard looks like alps keycaps
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I would say it is definitely worth $15.
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Looks a lot like alps keyboards I've seen in the past, though I can't rember exactly what model they were. Even if the switches aren't great, the caps are pretty cool.
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I'm not familiar with this particular case design, but the layout with colored modifier printing screams Silitek to me. It's very likely that the keycaps are Alps-compatible (on Alps switches) and either pad-printed, or doubleshot.
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Meh I'm going to go grab it. Guy only wants $15. If anything I can donate the caps to people with alp boards. Hard to find nice alp keys
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Give it a go. For $15 you can't really go wrong.
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It's more rare than cyrillic Alps keycaps, yes.
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It's like ultra rare. Do it.
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If anything I can donate the caps to people with alp boards
/me sees opportunity to make Omnikey even l33ter
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If anything I can donate the caps to people with alp boards
/me sees opportunity to make Omnikey even l33ter
I concur.
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That's a Tai-Hao keyboard. I think some used Alps switches, but you might get one with Aruz switches, which I think was Tai-Hao's original clone:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Fame_GOG3YLTH-5539
There are suggestions that TH-5539 is the model number.
Edit: here's one with four-tab clones, that interestingly enough seem to have Himake mould numbering, instead of Tai-Hao APC-branded switches:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/14x3ky/need_help_identifying_this_keyboard/
I wonder if that's a suggestion that Himake originated the four-tab clone, not Tai-Hao?
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Bought it. I was right! Alps
http://imgur.com/a/6NdAR
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I don't know what those are. Is there anything written on the switch? It should say "APC", but it appears to say nothing at all. The keyboard is Tai-Hao (under their APC brand) and the switches should be APC, which means that the top-left should be numbered something like "A12" in narrow type:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Tai-Hao_APC_series
However, I can't see any clear numbering from that photo.
It's most certainly not Alps — it's a four-tab clone of some variety.
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Bought it. I was right! Alps
http://imgur.com/a/6NdAR
Nice. Pad printed?
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They look like Tai-Hao standard doubleshots to me. Unlike me, though, he lucked out with a proper 2 u backspace (something I need for my AT102W, along with the correct colour backslash, suitable modifiers (maybe from a broken Focus as those used Tai-Hao doubleshots) and a stepped caps lock with off-centre stem).
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I was asking about the Hebrew sub legend.
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My mind reader broke some years ago, and getting spares for them is really difficult on this planet. Seems you've not succeeded in inventing one here yet.
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Since the thread is about the Hebrew characters, I thought it was implied. I guess I need to stop assuming.
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Tai-Hao definitely do pad printing; I'm not aware that they've ever done dye sublimation, so your guess should be correct. The recent group buys have finally introduced double-shot Windows keys to their repertoire; the Focus FK-2001 had pad-printed Windows and menu keys.
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Out and about right now. I'll take a closer picture of the caps when I get home. Never experienced alps before. It feels like a heavy blue with the actuation point higher in the switch
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Was able to take closer pictures. They appear to be double shot. Also there is no model number on the keyboard. Just seems generic.
http://imgur.com/a/eRJLg
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I actually have the same keyboard (GOG3YLTH-5539), only in Czech layout. Mr. Beardsmore is correct about the switches; they're clicky white APC.
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Was able to take closer pictures. They appear to be double shot. Also there is no model number on the keyboard. Just seems generic.
http://imgur.com/a/eRJLg
The legends are doubleshot, but, again, the sub-legends are probably pad printed. It's doubtful that they did triple shot caps.