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Title: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: orihalcon on Tue, 10 November 2015, 20:28:34: Blue Alps:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171994965970

Yellow or Green Linears (My white label Zenith is yellow):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262137894606

Both look quite used, but there's a good chance that they work well. Can always take apart the switches and clean if needed especially if transplanting into a different board. Caps are kind of cool on the blue alps one, just too bad they are yellowed.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:25:29: Can anyone verify the authenticity of the blue Alps here?
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:29:40: (http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/chYAAOSwwbdWQlwY/s-l1600.jpg)

Looks like SKCM Blue Alps from this picture.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43: Someone bought it. I offered $75 but I guess someone wanted it more.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: itzmeluigi on Tue, 10 November 2015, 22:42:12: Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43
Someone bought it. I offered $75 but I guess someone wanted it more.

That was me, i just had to buy it lol. Going to install the switches into a KBP V80.

Thank you so much OP :D
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 10 November 2015, 22:52:23: I almost pulled the trigger on the blue Alps board, until I realized that I really like the Quiet Clicks in my new KBP V80. They feel a lot like MX clears to me, but maybe smoother. I'll probably be building all my Alps projects with those.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 23:20:14: Quote from: itzmeluigi on Tue, 10 November 2015, 22:42:12
Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43
Someone bought it. I offered $75 but I guess someone wanted it more.

That was me, i just had to buy it lol. Going to install the switches into a KBP V80.

Thank you so much OP :D
Congrats^{I hate you}
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: chyros on Wed, 11 November 2015, 03:17:20: So a 5161 eh? Are you sure you might want to disassemble that? It might have NKRO :p .
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: itzmeluigi on Wed, 11 November 2015, 04:42:46: Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43
Congrats^{I hate you}
Thanks, sorry lol, had to buy it, especially since im going to try and clean those keycaps good and use what will work. Cyrillic keycaps are my absolute favorite.

Quote from: chyros on Wed, 11 November 2015, 03:17:20
So a 5161 eh? Are you sure you might want to disassemble that? It might have NKRO :p .
Will 100% disassemble it and install the switches into a KBP V80 :), the board itself probably needs to be cleaned a lot, and i dont have any adapters to use it. It would also take up a lot of space on my desk.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: engicoder on Wed, 11 November 2015, 12:39:33: Quote from: itzmeluigi on Wed, 11 November 2015, 04:42:46
Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43
Congrats^{I hate you}
Thanks, sorry lol, had to buy it, especially since im going to try and clean those keycaps good and use what will work. Cyrillic keycaps are my absolute favorite.

Quote from: chyros on Wed, 11 November 2015, 03:17:20
So a 5161 eh? Are you sure you might want to disassemble that? It might have NKRO :p .
Will 100% disassemble it and install the switches into a KBP V80 :), the board itself probably needs to be cleaned a lot, and i dont have any adapters to use it. It would also take up a lot of space on my desk.

I will take whats left of the board when you are done. Such a nice board deserves a decent fate. I'll even desolder for you if you like. I have proper desoldering gun.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: Blaise170 on Wed, 11 November 2015, 17:41:38: Quote from: itzmeluigi on Tue, 10 November 2015, 22:42:12
Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 21:56:43
Someone bought it. I offered $75 but I guess someone wanted it more.

That was me, i just had to buy it lol. Going to install the switches into a KBP V80.

Thank you so much OP :D

I'll buy those caps from you if you don't want them.
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: ander on Thu, 12 November 2015, 03:12:05: Quote from: njbair on Tue, 10 November 2015, 23:20:14
Congrats^{I hate you}

LOL... Nice use of the superscript, dude. :?)
Title: Re: Blue Alps and Yellow Alps Boards on eBay BIN $105 Shipped and $70 Shipped
Post by: itzmeluigi on Thu, 12 November 2015, 06:36:36: Quote from: engicoder on Wed, 11 November 2015, 12:39:33
I will take whats left of the board when you are done. Such a nice board deserves a decent fate. I'll even desolder for you if you like. I have proper desoldering gun.
Sure thats fine it will be empty though, ill be removing all the switches and keeping the keycaps. I purchased a desoldering gun two weeks ago, i would never want to desolder a board without it,i appreciate the offer. I have an empty Zenith Z-150 sitting around if your interested in that also.

Quote from: Blaise170 on Wed, 11 November 2015, 17:41:38
I'll buy those caps from you if you don't want them.
Sorry im going to use them on my next board once they get cleaned up.