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Offline kelvinhall05

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My first build - Dell AT101 with white Alps
« on: Sun, 01 December 2019, 07:59:33 »
Hey guys, I recently finished my first build. It's a Dell AT101 with white Alps and keycaps from a Lite-on SK-2002 (with the exception of capslock, enter, right shift, right control, and right alt). It's not converted as my desktop supports PS/2 and the original cable is in such good shape that there's no reason to internally or externally convert it.

I personally love this board. I originally started with a regular AT101, that I then restored and linearized. I then swapped to a terminal Model M which I converted internally to USB, and now I'm with this. Unless I find a really good deal, I don't think I'll switch from this any time soon as I really love the sound and the feel (although I actually like the black Alps and buckling springs as much if not maybe a little bit more, in terms of feel anyway).

Anyway, here's a picture:
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Let me know what you think. Also, as I know some people (myself included) get upset about switch harvesting, the switches didn't come from a good board (lite-on sk-2002 that needed a decent amount of restoration) and I also would've had to buy or build a converter which I wasn't interested in doing.
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Re: My first build - Dell AT101 with white Alps
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:09:47 »
I don't really care switch harvesting unless its from a very good condition super rare OG board i would be a bit upset. But hey everyone can do what ever they want with there own keyboard.
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Re: My first build - Dell AT101 with white Alps
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:38:33 »
Did you solder and completely replace the switches, or do a top mod?
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Offline kelvinhall05

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Re: My first build - Dell AT101 with white Alps
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:52:56 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:38:33
Did you solder and completely replace the switches, or do a top mod?

Desoldered all 204 switches, resoldered the white Alps. Only took about six hours, though it is annoying because the pins are bent down most of the time.
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Re: My first build - Dell AT101 with white Alps
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:54:04 »
Quote from: Sup on Sun, 01 December 2019, 08:09:47
I don't really care switch harvesting unless its from a very good condition super rare OG board i would be a bit upset. But hey everyone can do what ever they want with there own keyboard.

Agreed, but it was a fairly dirty, fairly boring, and fairly common board.
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