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Offline fohat.digs

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Alps Number Pad connector type
« on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 15:48:15 »
I got this nice little number pad with white Alps switches, but it has an odd connector.

Instead of USB, it looks like a stereo headphone jack, but is just a bit smaller.

What is this connector, and can I make it work with USB?

I can use a soldering iron but am mostly ignorant about circuitry. Step-by-step suggestions/instructions are very helpful.

It was made in Taiwan, but there is no brand and the serial number is blank.

Thanks!

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Alps Number Pad connector type
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 16:01:51 »
I dont think those are true ALPS. Do they bear the ALPS logo?
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Alps Number Pad connector type
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 16:25:25 »
Yes, they are branded Alps.

I used to have a couple of Northgate Omnikeys, as well as an Apple Extended Keyboard, and these switches are different.

The "ALPS" embossed marks are smaller than I remember, and the clips that hold the switch body are different on each side. I remember on the others that it was possible to put them in either way, I don't think you could do that here.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Alps Number Pad connector type
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 20:06:47 »
Ah, ok... Well I don't know of the number pad specifically but an AIKON would be easy to drop in once I finish it, plus you could make it a macro pad instead of a number pad
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