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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Dihedral on Mon, 27 April 2015, 10:51:34

Title: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: Dihedral on Mon, 27 April 2015, 10:51:34

Seems to be an alps board. For general interest, does anyone know what this is? The housings look transparent like matiases but the board appears too old...

Title: Re: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: Photekq on Mon, 27 April 2015, 10:59:43

It's an Apple Extended keyboard

Title: Re: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: Dihedral on Mon, 27 April 2015, 11:01:42

Quote from: Photekq on Mon, 27 April 2015, 10:59:43

It's an Apple Extended keyboard

Ah, I thought I recognised that chunky bezel. What alps switches had translucent housings, or were they clones?

Title: Re: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: Herothereu on Mon, 27 April 2015, 16:33:11

Real Alps.

Title: Re: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 27 April 2015, 17:12:49

Quote from: Photekq on Mon, 27 April 2015, 10:59:43

It's an Apple Extended keyboard

Might be an AEK II but not very likely because of the switches.

Title: Re: Alps board in engineerguy youtube video?
Post by: Yoe on Thu, 30 April 2015, 07:24:04

It's an Apple Extended Keyboard II alright. The switch housings don't look translucent to me. Probably just reflections making them shine. I'd say those are dampened cream or white Alps. Those keyboards also came with Mitsumi Alps clone switches that had white housings, but they didn't look like the ones in in the video.

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard_II (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard_II)