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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: getf on Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:56:36

Title: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: getf on Tue, 12 May 2015, 19:56:36: hello GH I am a long time lurker here

Wanted to display my Bulgarian Cyrillic Clicker Keyboard with Black ALPS, this is my first keyboard with ALPS.

Interesting note this is not a true mechanical keyboard as there is a membrane that the mechanical spring and slider sit on top of instead of a printed circuit board. Double shot modifiers are a very nice addition to the extremely high quality pad printing on the Cyrillic legends.

(http://i.imgur.com/VfJgRuT.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/26dasxU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ybILp1u.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/y3hEyV3.jpg)

also the Return key has two stabilizer bars and is very difficult to remove and install

Thanks for looking happy clacking
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:04:09: IIRC those are Tai Hao alps clones. Those Clicker boards with cyrillic caps seem to pop up all the time. Nice switch though
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:06:46: What do those switches feel like?
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:13:26: Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:06:46
What do those switches feel like?
Sort of a mid-weight clicky. Somewhat high actuation. The sliders themselves are a solid mm or 2 higher than your average ALPS stem
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: getf on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:20:18: Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:06:46
What do those switches feel like?

They have both a bump and a click feeling on keypress. This is due to a single narrow and single wide copper leaf in the switch housing.

Here is a photo that kind of shows that: (http://deskthority.net/w/images/6/6f/APC_membrane_switch_%28Type_II%29_-_undersides.jpg)

Like hwood34 said they have a medium weight feel as well.

I think its possible to remove one of the leaves in each switch so you can eliminate the click sound.
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 12 May 2015, 20:24:26: Cool! Thanks for sharing :)
Title: Re: Bulgarian Black Alps
Post by: chyros on Wed, 13 May 2015, 02:28:11: Those aren't black Alps for sure, it's a spring-over-membrane system with Alps mount sliders. Look quite comparable to Acer switches.