AST ALPS keyboard

[crunch]

Does anyone know what kind of ALPS switch this have.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Professional-tactile-keyboard-with-ALPS-style-keyswitch-/271342572348?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_KeyboardsMice&hash=item3f2d47133c

Also is it possible to change the keys from french layout to qwerty.

Thanks.

[Findecanor]

I call bull**** on the description. No way does that keyboard have NKRO.

I think it is likely a rubber dome keyboard. It could have a plastic slider above each rubber dome with Alps-compatible keycaps, though - that is not that uncommon.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

"There is a moulded subframe inside this AST model with rows of switches"

Interesting ... My suspicion is that it's an Acer keyboard — the keycaps look a pretty close match, too.

It's too late in time to be complicated Alps, but it could be simplified Alps with a plastic mounting plate, like StrongMan used to make. Acer is far more likely though.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

@Findecanor: true — depending on how you interpret it, it could be something like an APC Clicker keyboard, which more closely fits the "moulded" aspect of the description, but I don't think they have a sub-frame either ..... though that's also open to misunderstanding in the same way that it doesn't have NKRO.

Pretty sure whatever it is, it's not worth buying, let's put it that way : )

Also is it possible to change the keys from french layout to qwerty.

Only works with keyboards where all the keys are the same profile. Not the case here, so, no.

[terran5992]

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[laffindude]

"The full 4 mm travel keyswitches over a sealed membrane represent the final evolution of this design type which may be expected to last for over 20 million keystrokes and with care up to 50 million."

In the description ;o