[WTB] Alps Tactile Green

[zefyr]

Hello

I am looking for Alps tactile green switches (in any form, just switches is OK)

[Venatorious]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-6085-WORKSTATION-NEW-KEYBOARD-54D-WITH-DETACHABLE-CABLE-ASSEMBLY-NO-BOX-/301876261067?hash=item46493a30cb:g:SoMAAOSwzgRWxqnM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-6085-WORKSTATION-KEYBOARD-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-AND-WORKING-ORDER-/291686717974?hash=item43e9e21a16:g:WJoAAOSwB4NWw6vu

Enjoy paying 2.50 per switch 

[E3E]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-6085-WORKSTATION-NEW-KEYBOARD-54D-WITH-DETACHABLE-CABLE-ASSEMBLY-NO-BOX-/301876261067?hash=item46493a30cb:g:SoMAAOSwzgRWxqnM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-6085-WORKSTATION-KEYBOARD-IN-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-AND-WORKING-ORDER-/291686717974?hash=item43e9e21a16:g:WJoAAOSwB4NWw6vu

Enjoy paying 2.50 per switch 

No, no. Don't buy these, these are almost certainly Alps SKCM Brown, not SKCM Green! D:

[Venatorious]

Oh really?  I thought this was the right one.

Or is it only the docutech variants?

[E3E]

Oh really?  I thought this was the right one.

Or is it only the docutech variants?

Yep, there's evidence showing that the 6085 boards use tactile brown. There might be a chance that they used greens, but I don't think this is the case. It's almost certainly only on the Docutech boards.

When I first saw the 6085s, I thought they were the same as the Docutechs, but then I noticed the different product code as well as the lack of a overlay sticker on the top bezel. I thought this was optional, but no, every Docutech has decals over the top function row.

Then I remembered that MAR87 found a Xerox board he said he salvaged SKCM Browns from and I talked to him about it and it did happen to be a Xerox 6085 keyboard.

The eBay seller told me that the latest date on the boards he has is from 1988, so I think it seems pretty unlikely that any of his have greens. Maybe the very very very latest from 1989 have them, but I still find this dubious.

[eohmiller]

I think /u/itzmeluigi was selling some on Reddit recently.

[E3E]

I think /u/itzmeluigi was selling some on Reddit recently.

Ahh no, I'm pretty sure those were SKCL Greens.

[Venatorious]

E3E is the only dude with tactile greens, and it will stay that way when you look at how rare these things are.

[nubbinator]

E3E is the only dude with tactile greens, and it will stay that way when you look at how rare these things are.

Not true.  I discovered them and I still have my board with them.

[Venatorious]

Oh yeah right you and E3E but you guys are the only reported cases other than the stuff found in the DKsaver

[E3E]

I wouldn't say Nubbs really discovered them, he was just the first to explicitly document them and bring awareness to them, which is still significant.

The Dokiu Saver was discussed quite a bit before Nubbinator documented the tactile greens. Of course no one remarked on them being different because I think many assumed they were just linear green.

EDIT: Oh, no... I think more so because most people are experts on MX and didn't realize the significance then. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50467.msg1101319#msg1101319

eBay listing for DKsaver from 2013.

As far as the cases I've seen for people who have them:

Nubbinator has a bamboo board, Jacobolous has a bamboo board and a damaged pine board. The Dokiu Saver on eBay had pine Alps, and I have two examples of bamboo and two examples of pine. One of mine is from just a month after Docutech launched in 1990.

[chyros]

Heheheheh, some would consider $2.50 per switch a good price ) .

[zefyr]

Heheheheh, some would consider $2.50 per switch a good price ) .

Yes, ME.