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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Ogischer on Thu, 05 May 2016, 04:55:22

Title: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: Ogischer on Thu, 05 May 2016, 04:55:22

I know I've seen them here before... It's from an old fax machine or something

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: xixihaha2008 on Thu, 05 May 2016, 06:11:50

 :eek:amazing.......congrats! :thumb: :thumb:

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: Ogischer on Thu, 05 May 2016, 07:00:09

I'm pretty sure I've seen a custom build keyboard with these. Can't find the thread though...

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 05 May 2016, 07:02:28

Ogischer: did you get one of these?

I have one which I bought from someone on Deskthority, and I know of 2–3 others that have popped up in the forums.

They were from a “one per desk” machine which was both a computer and a phone. Sometimes around here gets called the “Alps phoneboard” or similar.

https://deskthority.net/wiki/ICL_One_Per_Desk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Per_Desk

You can find a few threads about them in a google search (https://google.com/search?q=alps+%28%22one+per+desk%22+OR+phoneboard+OR+computerphone+OR+ICL%29+%28site%3Adeskthority.net+OR+site%3Ageekhack.org%29&oq=alps+%28%22one+per+desk%22+OR+phoneboard+OR+computerphone+OR+ICL%29+%28site%3Adeskthority.net+OR+site%3Ageekhack.org%29).

In particular, see this thread https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/another-mystery-solved-source-of-my-vintage-alps-doubleshot-t1994.html which has a nice picture of a New Zealand Telecom Computerphone:
(http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2010-11-09-computerphone-console.jpg)

In the UK they were rebranded the Merlin Tonto:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/MerlinTonto.jpg)

The keycap colors were the inspiration for the popular “DSA Retro” set of Cherry MX keycaps.

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: CPTBadAss on Thu, 05 May 2016, 07:16:47

Mmmmm. Been seeing a lot of hot Alps caps lately. I really should start trolling eBay again.

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: mrbishop on Thu, 05 May 2016, 07:51:03

ugh ive been searching for alps caps and man those are really pretty. guess i'm off to ebay to troll troll troll my boat gently down the stream.

if i find one..... i'm keeping it for myself... my precious.

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: Ogischer on Thu, 05 May 2016, 08:18:40

Thanks a lot jacobolus!  :thumb:

I got it from the german ebay about a year ago. Only the keyboard without the computerphone. It was described as some unknown keyboard, but I think I already knew it had alps keycaps

Title: Re: need help identifying double shot alps keycaps
Post by: merlin64 on Fri, 06 May 2016, 08:20:53

I could use one of those Merlin tontos