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Title: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fluxrez on Sat, 10 June 2017, 12:36:45
Not sure what to do with it... But I love the key caps.
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Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: ygor on Sat, 10 June 2017, 12:39:01
Dope af, big ups to Roger Wilco.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: OneNightFriend on Sat, 10 June 2017, 12:39:20
Not sure what to do with it... But I love the key caps.
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Awesome find! Maybe desolder the switches?
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: chyros on Sat, 10 June 2017, 13:02:59
Not sure what to do with it... But I love the key caps.
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Awesome find! Maybe desolder the switches?
Why on Earth would you do that?! Oo
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 10 June 2017, 13:04:19
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Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: OneNightFriend on Sat, 10 June 2017, 13:04:48
Not sure what to do with it... But I love the key caps.
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Awesome find! Maybe desolder the switches?
Why on Earth would you do that?! Oo
The caps are cool, but the board itself? OP asked for an opinion on what to do. Why not get you some switches.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 10 June 2017, 14:44:15
Unusual Alps caps are very hard to find. Too bad that there is not a set there, but there is a lot to work with if you wanted to experiment.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fluxrez on Sat, 10 June 2017, 14:48:16
I also have 5 year old girls, so I might just keep it as is.  Just needs an adapter from the giant old style keyboard plug.

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Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fluxrez on Sat, 10 June 2017, 16:09:56
Unusual Alps caps are very hard to find. Too bad that there is not a set there, but there is a lot to work with if you wanted to experiment.

What do you mean by "there isnt a full set"?   I think it has everything.  I just took those too off to show its mechanical.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Fullcream on Sat, 10 June 2017, 16:14:02
I have this exact board and also got it at a thrift store. I used the alphas on other boards every now and then.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Bucake on Sat, 10 June 2017, 16:37:21
Not sure what to do with it...

? ??
what're you on about! that's a Main Keyboard right there
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 10 June 2017, 16:53:21

What do you mean by "there isnt a full set"? 


I was referring to the board going into the garbage and using the keys somewhere else.  I doubt that there is a proper complete fit anywhere.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Moistgun on Sat, 10 June 2017, 18:06:29
Not sure what to do with it... But I love the key caps.
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Awesome find! Maybe desolder the switches?
Why on Earth would you do that?! Oo

So he has somewhere to solder in his neon greens
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 10 June 2017, 18:32:53
Now this fluxrez guy's gonna get all the females..
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sat, 10 June 2017, 18:58:57
I also have 5 year old girls, so I might just keep it as is.

They deserve so much better than that disaster …
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: JP on Sat, 10 June 2017, 20:21:30
A neat little keyboard. I seen one on eBay for $20 just the other day.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: SBJ on Sun, 11 June 2017, 02:02:01
I also have 5 year old girls, so I might just keep it as is.

They deserve so much better than that disaster …
I'd have to agree.  :))
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 11 June 2017, 17:24:33
Having just watched the Dark Crystal, I now know what JP's avatar is.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Bucake on Sun, 11 June 2017, 17:51:33
Dark Crystal

amazing.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Tue, 13 June 2017, 02:58:29
Amazing? Imaginative and technically impressive, but also pointless. It's like the Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within" dragged out and confounded. So much more could have been made of their creative and technical skills.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: JP on Tue, 13 June 2017, 12:22:46
Having just watched the Dark Crystal, I now know what JP's avatar is.

Yep! One of my favorites.

For those who are not familiar with my avatar here are a couple funny clips:


Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: pixelheresy on Wed, 14 June 2017, 08:13:46
So what are the caps *like*?

ABS and pad-printed, probably, but curious. Personally, I think if you got it for basically nothing (which is what I bet a keyboard that looks like that at a thrift store) you have some cool caps you probably *can* use, depending on the style. I am not sure I'd make one with the full set, but depending on what they were paired with, yellow modifiers and the blue BAE would look pretty sweet.

Basically, I'd ditch the alphas and numbers (including the numpad numbers), and the escape and spacebar. Fill that in with a crisp white keyset, especially one with blue legends (and maybe an idiosyncratic escape), you'd wind up with a pretty sweet set of caps on whatever board.

Hell, if they are pad-printed, you can probably find a mild solvent to take off the legends from the particularly ugly. And in any regard, you ALPS switches for parts.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: fluxrez on Wed, 14 June 2017, 23:24:42
So what are the caps *like*?

ABS and pad-printed, probably, but curious. Personally, I think if you got it for basically nothing (which is what I bet a keyboard that looks like that at a thrift store) you have some cool caps you probably *can* use, depending on the style. I am not sure I'd make one with the full set, but depending on what they were paired with, yellow modifiers and the blue BAE would look pretty sweet.

Basically, I'd ditch the alphas and numbers (including the numpad numbers), and the escape and spacebar. Fill that in with a crisp white keyset, especially one with blue legends (and maybe an idiosyncratic escape), you'd wind up with a pretty sweet set of caps on whatever board.

Hell, if they are pad-printed, you can probably find a mild solvent to take off the legends from the particularly ugly. And in any regard, you ALPS switches for parts.
Dude the alphas were the reason I grabbed this.... THE C IS A CAT. 


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Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: 4sStylZ on Thu, 15 June 2017, 03:33:29
I love the keyscaps.
Alps caps are a standard ?

I wonder if you can provide me some keyboard reference because I dream about another keyboard with theses keycaps…
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: pixelheresy on Thu, 15 June 2017, 04:10:11
Dude the alphas were the reason I grabbed this.... THE C IS A CAT. 
:)) Yes, yes it is...

Pad or dye? Also, are they blue or purple. They look purple on Ebay listings.

The absolute madness is kind of taking hold. Kind of want them and want to put them on an AT101 or something.
Title: Re: Found something interesting at a thrift store
Post by: RELLIK on Thu, 15 June 2017, 07:37:09
If Spongebob and Hey Arnold had a lovechild keeBB >_>