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Offline legodt

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I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 00:51:22 »
What are NMB sliders like compared to other switches? Are they worth using or are they just junky rubberdomes with a sleek package? Is it worth cleaning this keyboard for daily use over my cherry brown board? How the heck would I convert this weird deprecated apple connector to USB?


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Offline terran5992

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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 02:42:43 »
Id say its better than a rubber dome.

Perhaps you could get an adapter ?
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 08:42:56 »
The ADB cable requires a converter like the Griffin iMate.

My experience is that Design keyboards with detached cables have nice Alps-compatible keys, and the ones with attached cables do not.

If they do, keep the caps and throw the board away.
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 09:47:33 »
http://deskthority.net/wiki/AppleDesign_Keyboard — detailed shots of both the Alps and NMB versions.

Both of mine (one Alps, one NMB) have attached cables with a routing channel that I only just spotted. The switches suck, and the keycaps are of no use for anything.

I don't know of one with a separate cable — got a reference for that?
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 10:55:31 »
Quote from: Daniel Beardsmore on Sat, 14 September 2013, 09:47:33
I don't know of one with a separate cable — got a reference for that?

No, I just know that I bought a couple like that at junk stores, kept the caps, and tossed the boards.

I had bought at least one of the good ones before I bought one with attached cable - I did not bother pulling a cap until I got home. Since then, I have examined several and only found one more detachable cable/Alps-compatible.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 12:39:31 »
These ones with the detachable cable, were dome switches with Alps mount sliders?
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 15:48:51 »
I believe so. It has been a while.
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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
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Re: I just found an AppleDesign Keyboard with NMB sliders
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 16:15:37 »
Thank you all for the info. Back into storage with this one!
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