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Title: NOT ALPS - in error
Post by: mana on Mon, 10 April 2017, 07:02:28

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-AP-350-Electric-Typewriter-Turns-On-mid-Century-Office-/222467777251

I'm in the wrong country for this - but all the keycaps on this typewriter are Alps keycaps and spherical... and there will be alps switches under each key (including some green SKCL alps on the flat topped keys on the left and right of the main keyboard, and cream SKCM alps on the main board).


edit: as I have been notified the caps lock window is not centred - therefore it's not an ALPS board.

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: chyros on Mon, 10 April 2017, 12:09:52

Feck, $150! I'd love that thing though xD .

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: Spaceman1200 on Mon, 10 April 2017, 12:22:07

It's even 90 for shipping inside the USA, god that thing must weight a ton

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: chyros on Mon, 10 April 2017, 12:32:58

Quote from: Spaceman1200 on Mon, 10 April 2017, 12:22:07

It's even 90 for shipping inside the USA, god that thing must weight a ton

I'm not surprised, I've held electronic typewriters before. Some I've seen weighed more even than my mechanical Remington typewriter!

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: mana on Tue, 11 April 2017, 06:42:55

Yeah, these are pretty damn heavy (I would probably try and contact the seller to arrange pickup or something).

I took apart one of these which was non-functional and salvaged all the alps switches from it as well as those sweet keycaps.

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: Mattr567 on Fri, 21 April 2017, 22:00:41

That isnt Alps, the LED window isn't square.

Good thing no one bought it!

Title: Re: Alps spherical keycaps from a Canon Typewriter (plus SKCM cream + SKCL green)
Post by: mana on Fri, 21 April 2017, 23:45:40

Oh so you're right! Yeah... good thing no one bought it!

Title: Re: NOT ALPS - in error
Post by: ander on Wed, 26 April 2017, 20:52:00

Still, this shows you that keys don't have to be ALPS to be cool... They could be anything.