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Offline BiNiaRiS

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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« on: Sat, 19 November 2011, 22:02:15 »
So I got my hands on this old beat up Zenith with yellow ALPS. When I got home and inspected it and referenced the wiki I found that they are yellow complicated ALPS. I was having trouble matching their color, but I realized they are the same ones that my Omnikey uses under the LED/Window keys. But this board has them for every switch. There's an LED present for the Caps Lock/Scroll Lock/Num Lock and the rest of the keys have the hole where the LED is supposed to go.

This link shows that there is a Zenith board that uses Yellow Complicated linears but does anyone know if they are the yellow ones with a place for LEDs?
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=ALPS+switches

Here is the pic from the Wiki:
http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=23355&d=1312564445
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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 21 November 2011, 09:02:15 »
I dont know for sure. My Zenith with complicated greens(linears) have a LED hole for each switch which is nifty in some respects. But nonetheless, if yours is like mine, it will have a hole for the LED in each switch. Almost thought about trying to do a backlit ALPS mod with it just for lulz...ordering SP caps yourself is expensive though...
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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 21 November 2011, 22:10:18 »
Quote from: SmallFry;456686
I dont know for sure. My Zenith with complicated greens(linears) have a LED hole for each switch which is nifty in some respects. But nonetheless, if yours is like mine, it will have a hole for the LED in each switch. Almost thought about trying to do a backlit ALPS mod with it just for lulz...ordering SP caps yourself is expensive though...
Can you order filco Zero keycaps independently?
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Oh right, that would defeat the purpose of backlighting. :(

A backlit ALPS would be pretty sweet. That's a good idea. I'm sure it'll happen sometimes soon, especially given the sudden increase in new designs.
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Offline Oqsy

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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 21 November 2011, 22:23:32 »
I think it would be fun to have them on when actuated, and off otherwise. Visual feedback (peripheral for most of us touch-typists) in a 60s sci-fi kind of way ;)
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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 21 November 2011, 22:50:16 »
Now that would be cool to look at.
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Zenith keyboard with Yellow ALPS...really odd.
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 24 November 2011, 10:26:01 »
You should post pictures of toe Zenith. I'm a big fan of them
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