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Title: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: hysterik on Mon, 09 November 2015, 10:12:14

Hello there keymasters,
I am looking for a specific old keycap that has a rectangular window on the top of the cap.
here's an example:

(http://blog.komar.be/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P1140602.jpg)



Hope to get some professional help to track this for me rare part down,
Btw, I am not looking for the keys with the window on the side, like:

(https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=74163.0;attach=107355;image)





let me know if there's some professional help with this here,
Thanks (::
Erik

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: SamirD on Mon, 09 November 2015, 19:36:46

What was it originally on?  That's definitely a unique cap.

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 09 November 2015, 19:56:24

Are you specifically looking for an Alps keycap?

if not, knowing what the original stem was might help to narrow it down a bit.

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: hysterik on Tue, 10 November 2015, 04:41:42

Thanks for replying guys!

This example comes from this keyboard:
(http://blog.komar.be/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wang-e1358949522847-640x171.jpg)
It's an WANG 724 keyboard, i presume. Here's the link to the blogpost about it http://blog.komar.be/wang-724-teardown/ (http://blog.komar.be/wang-724-teardown/)

This windowed key, with the upper top location of the window has been used in other devices and keyboards too.
Since keycaps are re-manufactured with fancy colors and other features today i thought it could be possible to find it re-produced
or at least find a way or a place to make it.

Thanks for you concerns,
All the best today!
Erik

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: hysterik on Tue, 10 November 2015, 04:53:21

..And here's a front example for it:
[attachimg=1]

I am looking for something like this, as similar as possible, but wich type of pushbutton it is for doesn't matter right now really.




Thanks for you knowledge and help,
Erik

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: SamirD on Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:31:33

This vintage Zenith had caps like that:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ZENITH-DATA-SYSTEMS-KEYBOARD-/262137894606?rmvSB=true&afsrc=1&nma=true&si=qlBbit0OPM2Cxj0NtypCBp3z%252BOs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

You may be able to find a board like this to harvest the caps.

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: Coreda on Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:36:20

I seem to remember these caps. Goodness knows where from, but the cutout is familiar.

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: jonathanyu on Thu, 19 November 2015, 13:15:57

Quote from: Coreda on Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:36:20

I seem to remember these caps. Goodness knows where from, but the cutout is familiar.

Wang 724?

Title: Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
Post by: Coreda on Sat, 21 November 2015, 22:10:33

Quote from: jonathanyu on Thu, 19 November 2015, 13:15:57

Wang 724?

Not sure, just recall seeing that LED cutout shape before. If it was though I wouldn't have been paying any attention to the type of keyboard at the time :))