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Offline lal

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White XM ALPS style switches in FKBN87Z/EB
« on: Fri, 04 September 2009, 11:57:18 »
I just got the FKBN87Z/EB (shopping experience here) and I can clearly see why these "white XM" switches aren't very liked by some geekhackers.  My English is poor when it comes to eidetic (just looked that word up) descriptions, but they really feel a bit "balky" as someone else described them.  Not as smooth as the complicated Alps I have.  I guess they can only be recommended to quite heavy typists.  I tend to pound on the keys and don't type all day long so I'm okay with them.  I plan to use it for the occasional typing in front of the TV in the living room.

More interestingly the innards of the switches don't look exactly like any of the simplified I-IV ALPS style switches on Sandy's page.  Closest match seems to be simplified-II but that metal lever in the lower part of the white XM does not have these equal width "arms" that form the lever, but instead they get narrower towards the bottom.  Here's some pics:



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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 04 September 2009, 13:45:18 »
That's like a weird hybrid of ALPS and Cherry leaf springs...
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 04 September 2009, 14:53:09 »
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English is poor when it comes to eidetic (just looked that word up) descriptions----------


dude, dont say your english is poor if you then follow that with "eidetic". You just sent all of us scurrying for our dictionaries.  ;)

oh, and i hate the xm's.  xm's should be lined up and shot. They gave the alps family such a bad name. (altho xm boards make great modding boards).
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Offline itlnstln

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White XM ALPS style switches in FKBN87Z/EB
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 04 September 2009, 14:59:30 »
Quote from: wellington1869;114842
You just sent all of us scurrying for our dictionaries. ;)
 

Or right-click -> "Define with Google."
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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 04 September 2009, 15:00:50 »
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dude, dont say your english is poor if you then follow that with "eidetic".

Truth be told, non-native English speakers tend to speak better English (both in grammar and wordpower) than native speakers.
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Offline lal

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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 05 September 2009, 05:29:25 »
To say it in simple words: the white XMs, whatever they be, suck big time.  They're crap.  Be sure to get the new revision of the FKBN87Z/EB with simplified-I ALPS switches, a.k.a. Fukkas!
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Offline urlwolf

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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 05 September 2009, 14:48:56 »
great, just when I ordered one (!).
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