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Title: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Matias on Fri, 29 May 2015, 04:24:18

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Multimedia-mechanical-Keyboard-SC-T-Platinum-Sound-MSK-200-Extr-Rare-/141505489835

Odd and ugly beast with built-in speakers AND mechanical switches.  Not sure why exactly I'm posting this...  :-)

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Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Ludovician on Fri, 29 May 2015, 06:00:34

Are those actually Alps switches? Never seen them before.

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 29 May 2015, 08:50:38

Nope, it's not Alps. I forget the switch type, but it's not Alps.

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Snarfangel on Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:19:47

Quote from: Matias on Fri, 29 May 2015, 04:24:18

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Multimedia-mechanical-Keyboard-SC-T-Platinum-Sound-MSK-200-Extr-Rare-/141505489835

Odd and ugly beast with built-in speakers AND mechanical switches.  Not sure why exactly I'm posting this...  :-)

Those speakers look like someone put Kinesis wrist pads on the wrong side. :)
(http://joehassick.com/images/2013/09/keyboard2.jpg)

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Touch_It on Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:21:49

Those look pretty similar to Futaba switches, but the top housing looks different than ones I've seen.  Certainly looks to be mx compatible caps. Wonder how think they are.  I'm assuming thin pad printed ABS, but they look nice.

What I really would like to know though is how banging the sound is from the speakers.

Also Snarfangel you are spot on with that lol.  I can never un-see that now.

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Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:30:08

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Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Touch_It on Fri, 29 May 2015, 10:06:18

Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:30:08

Quote from: Touch_It on Fri, 29 May 2015, 09:21:49

Certainly looks to be mx compatible caps.

Not at all. Opposite of MX, with stem being female as opposed to male.

I wonder if a Topre stem can be fitted in place of those stems. Look to be of similar size. Maybe a 101/103U could be fitting into this somehow?

You are right.  I'm to sleepy to be posting on the forums lol.  I even have a keyboard with the same type of keycap right by me :(.  Thx for the correction.

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: ander on Fri, 29 May 2015, 22:50:06

And it's ISO, of course.

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: jeb on Mon, 01 June 2015, 08:38:07

It's ISO, in a US layout, with German control keys, and extra Cyrillic legends. Perfectly reasonable.

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: Snarfangel on Mon, 01 June 2015, 09:11:55

Quote from: jeb on Mon, 01 June 2015, 08:38:07

It's ISO, in a US layout, with German control keys, and extra Cyrillic legends. Perfectly reasonable.

(https://catmacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/its_beautiful.jpg)

Title: Re: Hideous but interesting bizarro ALPS board with built-in speakers
Post by: datacenter on Fri, 05 June 2015, 10:24:22

Guys, do you have a clue about the switches. I might be able to buy one, but I am unable to find any info :(
To me it looks like rubber dome ... but?