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Offline ironman31

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« on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:20:36 »
http://www.electronicsurplus.com/Item/5073/ALPS%20-%20KEYBOARDS%20%20for%20HEATH-ZENITH%20%20%20QWERTY%20-%2012KC132A%20%2026S06621/

Not sure if anyone might want this for mods/repairs and such, but it's cheap! And plenty in stock.
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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:34:59 »
I don't know what it is, but those are awesome keycaps.

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:37:12 »
Wha?, 20 for $39.99...
154 in stock.

Interesting, minimum $15 order, and flat $10 shipping for under 10lbs.
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:43:45 »
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I don't know what it is, but those are awesome keycaps.

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If it has ALPS then it might be just interesting for those key caps.

Even if not: if these where located in Europe, I would grab all of them at once!

(20 @ $39.99+shipping!)
« Last Edit: Mon, 10 January 2011, 15:46:10 by 7bit »
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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 16:06:53 »
Sent them a mail asking about shipping weight and such. I'd be interested in a few even if the caps are non-standard.
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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 10 January 2011, 17:26:08 »
The caps look nice, but those flat ribbons scream membrane.
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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 07:02:56 »
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Sent them a mail asking about shipping weight and such. I'd be interested in a few even if the caps are non-standard.


Please tell us if the caps are double shot and if the switches are mechanical of any kind. I would be really interested to get a 20x pack of these!
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Offline kps

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:05:35 »
I've made a minimum order in hope that the keycaps have regular APLS stems. I'll report when I get them.
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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:10:46 »
Well, got some nice pics today.

I was gonna keep this to myself, but then realized I really only wanted a few sets anyways (20 is just ridiculous).

But, before you go crazy, these are not necessarily MX compatible (potentially a bit bigger).
I've ordered 4 myself, and it seems the 20 for 39.99 offer has been taken down (too much interest perhaps?).





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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:14:55 »
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Curses, foiled again.

Definitely not MX-compatible, without surgery, because of the cross-braces.
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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:30:37 »
[SIZE=12]WANT!!!!1!!!1!1!!1!11!!einself!!![/SIZE]
Just sent them a mail. Seems they ship worldwide but they say, they don't accept credit cards ;-(
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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 11:50:13 »
Uh, I just bought some with my credit card...
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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 13:10:22 »
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Uh, I just bought some with my credit card...


Somewhere they say that they take payments from US residents only.

Do you know if these keyboards have mechanical switches?
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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 14:01:54 »
Just got the shipping notice, 4 are scheduled to arrive on Monday.

Package is 9lbs, so it qualifies for the $10 shipping I believe.
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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 11 January 2011, 15:43:58 »
Hmm.. What are the dimensions of the holes in that plate? Unlike the later ALPS, these look like they could be rectangular ..
I scale it in the photos to be 13.4 mm rectangular, but I am hoping that I am wrong and it is actually 14.0 mm ... and I think you know why. :)
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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 24 January 2011, 16:37:34 »
Has anybody in the US who ordered received theirs? Please post!

(and yes, I am interested in buying if you have a spare ...)
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 24 January 2011, 16:40:41 »
I got mine last week Monday :D.
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 25 January 2011, 06:01:21 »
last week friday! (thx haata) :D

Also bought a few teensy's to go with the boards I purchase. The layout is a little different but still very usable.
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Offline ironman31

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« Reply #18 on: Thu, 23 June 2011, 22:33:05 »
Haata, what did you end up using these for? if anything.
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