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Offline jacobolus

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likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 22:44:04 »
A bit dirty, so who knows what condition the switches are in, but PBT keycaps clean up easily, and that price is hard to beat.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201397518528
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 22:47:16 »
For Canadians, there’s also this dirty orange Alps M0115 starting at $10:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161783211849
Supposedly 3 switches don’t work, and the others are probably pretty scratchy, but again not a bad price even for just the keycaps, if someone is in Canada where shipping is cheaper.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 23:16:32 »
I have two of these and love them. Great deal if this can be had for the starting price.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 01:20:59 »
What cable does this board use?
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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 02:20:46 »
ADB cable. Will also need a special active converter for a modern computer.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:16:17 »
I'll be watching this.  Hard to imagine it will stay that low of a price though.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:53:29 »
Can i purchase an aftermarket replacement cable?
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 17:25:36 »
Quote from: Frigid on Wed, 05 August 2015, 16:53:29
Can i purchase an aftermarket replacement cable?

S-video cable is interchangeable with Apple's ADB, and most are probably higher (audio) quality anyway.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 05 August 2015, 18:16:34 »
Sometimes you can get lucky on eBay. I got two for £1.20 + £1 shipping the other day. They're not rare, you just need to look for them. You might need a (much more expensive) active adapter though.
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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 01:15:11 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 05 August 2015, 17:25:36
S-video cable is interchangeable with Apple's ADB, and most are probably higher (audio) quality anyway.

To ask a stupid question, why does audio quality matter? I am new to this and i want to make an informed purchase before wasting money.
« Last Edit: Thu, 06 August 2015, 01:16:56 by Frigid »
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Offline jacobolus

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Re: likely salmon Alps Apple M0115 for $1 starting bid + cheap shipping
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 06 August 2015, 04:27:43 »
S-Video carries an analog signal at about several MHz frequency, compared to ADB which carries a digital signal at something like a few hundred Hz (not precisely sure, you can go google the specifics if you care).

So S-Video is a more demanding application for a cable, and would in theory require a higher cable quality.

In practice my guess is that the cables are pretty much the same.
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