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Offline KaminKevCrew

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Are these blue alps?!
« on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:43:43 »
Hi there, I was searching around ebay, looking to get my first vintage keyboard, and I was wondering if these were indeed blue alps. (I'm not terribly worried about getting this board, I'm just curious about the switches, since I'm not familiar with ALPS switches at all.)
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:45:00 »
I'm going to say no, but that's only because you gave no indication what "these" are.
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:47:18 »
Quote from: nubbinator on Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:45:00
I'm going to say no, but that's only because you gave no indication what "these" are.

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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:00:57 »
Quote from: nubbinator on Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:45:00
I'm going to say no, but that's only because you gave no indication what "these" are.

Quote from: njbair on Sun, 04 October 2015, 20:47:18
Are you sure you want to see deez?
Hue... Sorry guys, I totally forgot to copy the link... lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RB-2001-Clicky-Keyboard-BLUE-Sliders-XT-AT-5-Pin-RARE-MODEL-/181846396766?hash=item2a56e3cf5e
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:02:47 »
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:03:06 »
Looks like KPT clones, not Blue Alps.
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:07:15 »
I agree with Nubbinator.
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Offline KaminKevCrew

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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:10:08 »
Quote from: nubbinator on Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:03:06
Looks like KPT clones, not Blue Alps.

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Sun, 04 October 2015, 21:07:15
I agree with Nubbinator.
Yeah, I thought the plunger looked a little weird. Again, I'm not familiar with alps, so I thought I would ask.
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 05 October 2015, 08:51:56 »
"KPT switches are Alps mount, but the leg arrangement prevents them from being used in Alps keyboards."

lame!
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 05 October 2015, 09:04:21 »
Quote from: Bucake on Mon, 05 October 2015, 08:51:56
"KPT switches are Alps mount, but the leg arrangement prevents them from being used in Alps keyboards."

lame!

"Alps mount" refers to the key caps.

SMK "Monterey" switches are like that also. Blue Monterey are very nice, has anybody used this type?
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 05 October 2015, 09:14:19 »
I've tried them. They're actually not bad. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41117.0#post_Other
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Re: Are these blue alps?!
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 05 October 2015, 10:13:38 »
Could be KPTs or blue TECs, or maybe even something else. Both KPT and TEC should be written on the top of the shell though.
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