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Offline itlnstln

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« on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 13:51:07 »
You forgot to spell "Alps" like this: ALPS.  You almost had them all covered.
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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 13:52:36 »
This would be a nice 'board to harvest replacement keys for those of you with black Dell AT-101Ws.
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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 14:08:52 »
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I was even thinking for my white alpS Dell.


Your Dell has white Alps?
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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 14:10:16 »
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Your Dell has white Alps?

I think he meant white as in the case color as opposed to the black version I mentioned earlier.
 
That, and I think he was looking for another spot to insert the word "Alps."
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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 14:13:29 »
So profound is the effect that Geekhack has had on me than when people start talking about colours in relation to keyboards, I immediately assume they are talking about keyswitches...

That, and Ripster said "White Alps Dell" which is rather misleading.
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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 14:25:52 »
wow that thing is ancient but for $40, it seems like it's too much for a replacement
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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 14:47:58 »
I think that's a non-ADB keyboard; the ADB ones have round buttons rather than keys for power, volume and brightness, as I recall. And the power button's green.

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 16:21:57 »
Nice. You've got to admit that the NeXT concept was pretty neat back in the day.
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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 16:34:26 »
if you gut that I'm going to kick you in the nuts 10 times each day for 5 days straight
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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 16:40:55 »
A quick note for those who may be seeking to harvest the keys from this puppy:

There were multiple variants of the NeXT Alps keyboard, and this appears to be the one with the L-shaped enter key and some special characters keys (tilde, pipe, etc.) banished over to the numpad.  (Since they're on a different row, they will likely have a different conformation for their striking angle.)

I believe that makes this the "later" variant.  Another (earlier?) variant has the almost-standard layout, as pictured in the advertisement above.
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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 12 August 2009, 16:43:41 »
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if you gut that I'm going to kick you in the nuts 10 times each day for 5 days straight

Only ten times a day?  Hell, compared to middle school, that's nuthin.
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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 16:13:51 »
o.o what do you intend to do with this anyway...you obviously don't have a NeXT lol
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 16:42:29 »
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o.o what do you intend to do with this anyway...you obviously don't have a NeXT lol

I think he was looking to reuse the keycaps.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #13 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 16:12:01 »
You mean ADB, right? You'll need an Griffin iMate for that.



ADB ^



PS/2  for reference ^
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« Reply #14 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 16:17:19 »
Are you going straight to sandblasting? I bet at low psi it'd remove all that gunk no problem.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 16:37:22 »
I could have sworn that NextCubes used ADB ports... Maybe it was some early/late production model?
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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 17:02:54 »
I've used some worn out Alps boards, and the wearing out always managed to be consistent across the board. It was particularly noticable with an AEK II I found where every key felt like a rubber dome switch despite the fact that it definitely had white Alps.
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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 17:23:47 »
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I've used some worn out Alps boards, and the wearing out always managed to be consistent across the board.

That wouldn't be wear in the classic sense then. Degradation maybe.
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It was particularly noticable with an AEK II I found where every key felt like a rubber dome switch despite the fact that it definitely had white Alps.

Don't these have rubber dampers? That should only affect bottoming out though.
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« Reply #18 on: Sat, 15 August 2009, 17:38:50 »
Maybe so. But it didnt click either... I had a good condition AT102W beside it, and it was definitely louder than the AEKII.
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« Reply #19 on: Sun, 16 August 2009, 11:21:35 »
Apparently you need to buy your own bandwidth, Ripster...
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« Reply #20 on: Sun, 16 August 2009, 18:59:50 »
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Apparently you need to buy your own bandwidth, Ripster...

You son of a *****...
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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 25 August 2009, 23:38:05 »
ripster,

See if you can source this ps2NeXT converter to use your keyboard. I'm so getting one if that works.

http://m0115.web.fc2.com/
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