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Title: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Philister on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:19:09
Couldn't find anything searching this forum. Maybe I'm daft.

Well, here it is- would be nice if anyone could shed some light (moslty on what switches it might sport):

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http://www.ebay.de/itm/Windows-PC-Portable-PC-III-/112326920049?hash=item1a2734c771:g:hLEAAOSw~AVYqCv6 (http://www.ebay.de/itm/Windows-PC-Portable-PC-III-/112326920049?hash=item1a2734c771:g:hLEAAOSw~AVYqCv6)

Thanks!
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:19:48
if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Philister on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:21:55
Found it myself on "that other site" - not worth the asking price for white alps in my reckoning...

https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html (https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html)
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:23:05
Found it myself on "that other site" - not worth the asking price for white alps in my reckoning...

https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html (https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/portable-pciii-keyboard-t6190.html)

might be worth buying to see if the PC has anything cool on it
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:35:54
if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS

Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 07 March 2017, 15:45:17
if it's not a membrane it's probably ALPS

Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.

i've learned to assume rubberdome until proven otherwise with old boards
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: merlin64 on Tue, 07 March 2017, 17:13:28
White Alps, but I think the main draw for that keyboard is that it's got a little receptacle to hide the cable in.

To me, that makes it an excellent spot to hide a teensy.
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Tue, 07 March 2017, 18:48:06
Caps look wrong for Alps.  Be willing to bet on some form of disappointment and sorrow, but I've been known to be wrong.

Look at the size of "+" and "*" on the numeric keypad — those huge symbols are characteristic of Tai-Hao's doubleshots (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Tai-Hao_standard_double-shot_series), and those are only known in Alps and Cherry MX mounts, as that's all they're observed to have supported. Other characteristics include the shape of "%" and the lack of a through-stroke in "$" and the size and shape of the shift key arrow.

Tai-Hao doubleshots made today use the same typeface as they used decades ago. Their pad-printed keycaps however tend to have normal-size number pad symbol legends.
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 07 March 2017, 19:01:54
The caps themselves look too squared off and unlike Alps and MX I've seen.
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: EnthusiastDude on Thu, 06 February 2020, 05:23:07
Did you eventually find out which switches this keyboard has?
Title: Re: "Windows PC Portable PC III" - any info on its keyboard?
Post by: Seirin-Blu on Mon, 13 May 2024, 00:24:11
Did you eventually find out which switches this keyboard has?

Necro-ing a thread, but I have two of these keyboards and one of the PCs now. Both keyboards use SKCM White Alps