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Offline 1391406

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Switch ID, anyone?
« on: Mon, 19 May 2014, 20:19:43 »
What switches does this use?





From this listing.
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Offline suby4me

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Re: Switch ID, anyone?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 19 May 2014, 21:57:46 »
according to the chatter from this site, they are Alps key switches.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/09/usb-next-keyboard/

Not sure how reliable, but seems okay  ;D
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Offline dorkvader

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Re: Switch ID, anyone?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 19 May 2014, 22:32:44 »
yeah, and the doubleshots are really nice.

there have been a ton of these on eBay recently at really high prices, I was considering getting one.
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Offline jacobolus

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Re: Switch ID, anyone?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 20 May 2014, 00:38:26 »
Personally I think the legends were pretty poorly designed. The type sizes, alignment, symbols, etc. could all be much better done. The overall concept is okay I guess; just a poor implementation.

For actually typing on, the layout is pretty uninspiring too. (Points for putting the control key in the right place though, and fully spelling out words.)
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Offline 1391406

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Re: Switch ID, anyone?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 20 May 2014, 01:30:37 »
I don't mind the layout, other than the Control key location would drive me mad(I'd program it to be Caps Lock), and I'd miss the Function keys.
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IBM Model M13 | Apple Extended Keyboard | Apple Extended Keyboard II | MTEK K104 | NTC KB-6251/2 | Realforce 87U | Realforce 104U | Type Heaven
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