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Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: chimera15 on Tue, 22 September 2009, 15:26:03
???

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Magitronic-Keyboard-Clicky-Green-A10-Sliders_W0QQitemZ300350049978QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item45ee420eba&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Never seen a green alps like that before.  The seller is saying they're clicky...

Pretty interesting.

On it's Scarey Garcia too, so you know he's not making a mistake or something.

(http://www.scarry-garcia.com/june09/magidk172b.jpg)
Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: chimera15 on Tue, 22 September 2009, 15:41:30
Sorry about the triple post, not sure what happened.  Please leave this one.
Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 22 September 2009, 15:57:58
I thought Green Alps were linear switches?
Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 22 September 2009, 16:05:39
Quote from: ch_123;119896
I thought Green Alps were linear switches?

They could be.  Scarry might be using the word "clicky" loosely to describe mechanical switches.
Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: chimera15 on Tue, 22 September 2009, 16:18:06
Quote from: itlnstln;119901
They could be.  Scarry might be using the word "clicky" loosely to describe mechanical switches.


I think, unless the lighting is really messing with the color that the green in this switch is a much lighter green than the green linear switch.  It's probable that it's a strange fake alps.  I've written to him and asked him to describe the switch in more detail and what type it is exactly.
Title: magtronic with green clicky alps
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 23 September 2009, 03:25:09
Quote from: chimera15;119916
I think, unless the lighting is really messing with the color that the green in this switch is a much lighter green than the green linear switch.  It's probable that it's a strange fake alps.


Not necessarily true. I had a Dell AT101W that had switches that were more of a gray colour than the black I had seen in other AT101/102s. Upon disassembly of the switches, I found that they were completely identical. So I'd say that the above are linear switches, and as itlnstln said, the seller is using 'clicky' as a generic term.