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ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:05:45 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291111664156

Caps look like ALPS to me from the pulled off one.

Still pretty white.

A very yellowed one here for $19.99:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141004532967
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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:12:27 »
black alps

imo dont get them used, they age really badly

I got  my NIB one for $40 shipped on ebay and it wasnt anything hard to find, the listing was up for a while

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:13:27 »
I got one in decent condition for less than $5, it's a nice board but I think $15-20 shipped is ideal, depending on condition.

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:19:04 »
I have never bought from him, but NC Bound sells premium products at premium prices, and his customers are satisfied.
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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:22:01 »
I also recommend trying your local e-cycler or go to university liquidation sales.  Got 2 of these pretty much mint a while ago for $5 each.

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:22:21 »
It's a nice board, but that is a little more then I would spend on one. I got mine at a thrift store for $5 and that included two other old membrane boards.

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:25:59 »
Sounds like five is the magic number.


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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:27:04 »
Other than disliking shiny keycaps and black alps to a certain extent mine is fine. People talk about them getting very scratchy/grainy so I don't think it's actually a bad one. I do think that it will make a good platform for some other kind of switches, however. That's the reason I even still have mine.
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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:56:43 »
I do think that it will make a good platform for some other kind of switches

I have bought nearly a dozen of these in yard sales, salvage, thrift stores, etc, for $2-5

They used to turn up every few months, but I probably haven't seen one in half a year.

Buy an Apple Extended Keyboard and transplant those switches into it for a really nice standard ANSI keyboard.

PS - the Apple key caps are much better, too, but you don't get a real complete set
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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 19:57:49 »
Are there any alps boards without 2kro?

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 20:20:21 »
Are there any alps boards without 2kro?

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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 20:27:56 »
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Re: ALPS (?) Dell AT101W $24.95 BIN
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 22:14:19 »
Are there any alps boards without 2kro?

Other than the dell, which doesn't let you jump backwards diagonally, I haven't had any problems with nearly any key combinations used for gaming on 2KRO. The major exceptions are the M0116, which blocks alot, and my weird emerson which only allows 2 keys to be pressed at once period. Nearly all 2KRO keyboards are better than that.
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