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Offline Luke

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What's that keyboard?
« on: Mon, 17 June 2013, 15:24:52 »
Hi,

As far as I can tell there isn't a thread where people can help each other with identify keyboards they find on eBay or the like.

Well here's something I found the other day that looked interesting and the seller said they would ship it to me but for the life of me I couldn't tell what it was:



Anyone? At first I thought it a G80-3000 but it has a line across the top :confused:
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 08:41:04 »
Definitely not Cherry. Without something more like a brand, part number, fcc id, anything... it's impossible to say what it could be. Could be anything inside there Alps type, some other mechanical kind of switch, rubberdomes... all I can say is it was probably made in later 80's to mid 90's given it's style and no winkeys.
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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 08:42:07 »
IBM prolly?
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Offline Luke

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 08:45:47 »
Quote from: Shadovved on Tue, 18 June 2013, 08:42:07
IBM prolly?

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 18 June 2013, 08:41:04
Definitely not Cherry. Without something more like a brand, part number, fcc id, anything... it's impossible to say what it could be. Could be anything inside there Alps type, some other mechanical kind of switch, rubberdomes... all I can say is it was probably made in later 80's to mid 90's given it's style and no winkeys.

I asked the seller and he said that he couldn't find a make anywhere, all he saw was "SK -710" on the back. Might just spend the £15 out of curiosity :P
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Offline cdemasy

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 10:05:20 »
The only thing that seems to show up when i google it is Silitek sk-710w
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Offline Luke

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 10:34:41 »
Quote from: cdemasy on Tue, 18 June 2013, 10:05:20
The only thing that seems to show up when i google it is Silitek sk-710w

Indeed :) I think it's something similar to this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILITEK-SK-8831B-2R-A-X-FCC-ID-GYU30H-SK8802R-KEYBOARD-Working-/181150260050?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2a2d659b52 which uses some strange MY-switch lookalike :confused:
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Re: What's that keyboard?
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Offline Luke

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 12:17:31 »

Quote from: nubbinator on Tue, 18 June 2013, 10:43:38
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=26773.0

That settles it then :) just a fancy rubber dome, I don't suppose they are cherry compatible?

Thanks everyone :D
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Offline Luke

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 12:19:17 »

Quote from: nubbinator on Tue, 18 June 2013, 10:43:38
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=26773.0

That settles it then :) just a fancy rubber dome, I don't suppose they are cherry compatible?

Thanks everyone :D
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Offline davkol

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 18 June 2013, 23:33:49 »
If it's Silitek, keycaps might be ALPS-compatible, but it's not worth it.
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Offline Luke

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Re: What's that keyboard?
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 19 June 2013, 03:30:54 »
Quote from: davkol on Tue, 18 June 2013, 23:33:49
If it's Silitek, keycaps might be ALPS-compatible, but it's not worth it.

Yep, I haven't currently got any ALPS boards so it definitely isn't worth it :P
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