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Offline hysterik

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Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« on: Mon, 09 November 2015, 10:12:14 »
Hello there keymasters,
I am looking for a specific old keycap that has a rectangular window on the top of the cap.
here's an example:





Hope to get some professional help to track this for me rare part down,
Btw, I am not looking for the keys with the window on the side, like:







let me know if there's some professional help with this here,
Thanks (::
Erik
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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 09 November 2015, 19:36:46 »
What was it originally on?  That's definitely a unique cap.
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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 09 November 2015, 19:56:24 »
Are you specifically looking for an Alps keycap?

if not, knowing what the original stem was might help to narrow it down a bit.
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Offline hysterik

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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 10 November 2015, 04:41:42 »
Thanks for replying guys!

This example comes from this keyboard:

It's an WANG 724 keyboard, i presume. Here's the link to the blogpost about it http://blog.komar.be/wang-724-teardown/

This windowed key, with the upper top location of the window has been used in other devices and keyboards too.
Since keycaps are re-manufactured with fancy colors and other features today i thought it could be possible to find it re-produced
or at least find a way or a place to make it.

Thanks for you concerns,
All the best today!
Erik
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Offline hysterik

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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 10 November 2015, 04:53:21 »
..And here's a front example for it:
116830-0

I am looking for something like this, as similar as possible, but wich type of pushbutton it is for doesn't matter right now really.




Thanks for you knowledge and help,
Erik
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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:31:33 »
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Offline Coreda

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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:36:20 »
I seem to remember these caps. Goodness knows where from, but the cutout is familiar.
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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 19 November 2015, 13:15:57 »
Quote from: Coreda on Tue, 17 November 2015, 00:36:20
I seem to remember these caps. Goodness knows where from, but the cutout is familiar.

Wang 724?
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Offline Coreda

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Re: Looking for specific windowed keycaps.
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 21 November 2015, 22:10:33 »
Quote from: jonathanyu on Thu, 19 November 2015, 13:15:57
Wang 724?

Not sure, just recall seeing that LED cutout shape before. If it was though I wouldn't have been paying any attention to the type of keyboard at the time :))
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