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Offline nubbinator

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Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« on: Tue, 24 March 2015, 20:05:57 »
Pictures are crap, but a solid board with White Alps.  If you like fullsize boards, it's a good board to transplant better switches onto.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Focus-Electronic-2001-Mechanical-Wired-Keyboard-5-Pin-DIN-FSQ4VYFK-2001-/371289779736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5672986e18

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Re: Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 March 2015, 22:41:35 »
Don't some of these even have blue alps:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Focus_FK-2001
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Re: Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 March 2015, 22:45:29 »
There might be, but I've never seen one with anything other than White Alps or clones.

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Re: Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 25 March 2015, 03:52:27 »
I’m pretty sure this one is white Alps, but yes, the earliest ones did have blue-slider switches:
http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/focus2001.html#II%20real_alps_blue

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Re: Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 09:06:30 »
Dammit, i've been wanting one of these for a while but my Japanese paypal isn't setup yet....
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Re: Focus FK-2001 $20 + shipping
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 10:29:54 »
Don't some of these even have blue alps:

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Focus_FK-2001

As far as I can tell, to have a chance you need to find one of the early ones with no serial number on the label, like the example on sandy's page


Also notice its made in Taiwan vs China