LCD Portable Computer

[Wodan]

Found this beauty on Ebay Kleinanzeigen a few days ago and couldn't resist.
The keyboard looked mechanical to me from the start and I thought it was Cherry MX but turns out to be white Alps.
Such a shame the keycaps are crap and the J-Ret key has this odd long shape.
The condition is so nice, I'm having a hard time taking it apart

The Alps look genuine and "Pine" to me.

Sold as "LCD-286" Portable Computer

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This must have cost an arm and a leg back then

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Don't think this keyboard has seen much action

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Crap caps but white Alps ! YEY

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[Muirium]

Standard Big Ass Enter of old, unfortunately. That beast was everywhere, especially on Alps and Space Invader boards. Like a rash!

How do the switches feel? Little use is usually good news for Alps.

[Wodan]

How do the switches feel? Little use is usually good news for Alps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHW5RVvg2v4

If it wasn't for that crap enter key, I could have put some nicer caps on them, replaced the sliders with dampened ones (yes that's my thing) and hook it up to a teensy for a nice compact Alps board.

Gotta find out if that thing has diodes ...

Edit: no diodes.

[Findecanor]

It looks a lot like a Dolch - all of it. What does the computer case look from other angles?

[ReleaseCandidate]

It looks a lot like a Dolch - all of it. What does the computer case look from other angles?

http://video.wired.com/watch/retrograde ... -was-light

[Wodan]

http://video.wired.com/watch/retrograde ... -was-light

That's precisely it !

Oh why must the J-Ret be such a turd

[Ascaii]

I have something similar:

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