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Title: Old Acer with ALPS switches on Ebay
Post by: animal on Sat, 03 October 2015, 16:17:12

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACER-PS-2-AT-STYLE-VINTAGE-PC-COMPUTER-KEYBOARD-5-pin-DIN-6311-/251781340122?hash=item3a9f565bda
I used to have a few of those. I really like those boards.

Title: Re: Old Acer with ALPS switches on Ebay
Post by: chyros on Sat, 03 October 2015, 16:22:29

These use Acer switches with an Alps mount, not actually Alps switches. Acer switches are hammers over membrane, NOT electromechanical like Alps switches are. They are one of the strangest switches I've ever tried, I've yet to find anything that feels like them. See my review on this keyboard (albeit a different case design) here:

Title: Re: Old Acer with ALPS switches on Ebay
Post by: CPTBadAss on Sat, 03 October 2015, 17:40:44

Damn that price is high too