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Title: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 04 August 2015, 22:44:04

A bit dirty, so who knows what condition the switches are in, but PBT keycaps clean up easily, and that price is hard to beat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201397518528

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 04 August 2015, 22:47:16

For Canadians, there’s also this dirty orange Alps M0115 starting at $10:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161783211849
Supposedly 3 switches don’t work, and the others are probably pretty scratchy, but again not a bad price even for just the keycaps, if someone is in Canada where shipping is cheaper.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: 1391406 on Tue, 04 August 2015, 23:16:32

I have two of these and love them. Great deal if this can be had for the starting price.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: Frigid on Wed, 05 August 2015, 01:20:59

What cable does this board use?

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: chyros on Wed, 05 August 2015, 02:20:46

ADB cable. Will also need a special active converter for a modern computer.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: Touch_It on Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:16:17

I'll be watching this.  Hard to imagine it will stay that low of a price though.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: Frigid on Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:53:29

Can i purchase an aftermarket replacement cable?

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 August 2015, 17:25:36

Quote from: Frigid on Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:53:29

Can i purchase an aftermarket replacement cable?

S-video cable is interchangeable with Apple's ADB, and most are probably higher (audio) quality anyway.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: chyros on Wed, 05 August 2015, 18:16:34

Sometimes you can get lucky on eBay. I got two for £1.20 + £1 shipping the other day. They're not rare, you just need to look for them. You might need a (much more expensive) active adapter though.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: Frigid on Thu, 06 August 2015, 01:15:11

Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 August 2015, 17:25:36

S-video cable is interchangeable with Apple's ADB, and most are probably higher (audio) quality anyway.

To ask a stupid question, why does audio quality matter? I am new to this and i want to make an informed purchase before wasting money.

Title: Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 06 August 2015, 04:27:43

S-Video carries an analog signal at about several MHz frequency, compared to ADB which carries a digital signal at something like a few hundred Hz (not precisely sure, you can go google the specifics if you care).

So S-Video is a more demanding application for a cable, and would in theory require a higher cable quality.

In practice my guess is that the cables are pretty much the same.