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Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 00:28
by mr_a500
Why pay $99 when you can get this for $25?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Japanese-Le ... 0994210683
Also, it's not "clicky" as that seller says. It is indeed green vintage "T" ALPS. (very nice linear switch)
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 00:44
by Daniel Beardsmore
So far, we have:
SKCL/SKCM — "regular" Alps
SKFL — corned beef tin Alps
SKE? — semi-integrated dome
SKFR/SKFS — those other ones
Maybe I should offer a prize to the first person who's able to get the series name of the "vintage tee" ones. The series name for SKFL came off a label affixed inside the keyboard itself: "normal" keyboards have part numbers beginning KCL/KCM/KFCL/KFCM, and then Nubbinator found one with a code beginning KFFL:
http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/alp ... t7619.html — thence the confirmation that they're SKFL (from a sadly now defunct website, Technology Transplant, that was selling spares of them, who are now uncontactable by anyone).
Integrated dome also appears to be SKE? but we don't even have the third letter yet for a tee mount keyboard:
[wiki]Alps keyboard codes[/wiki]
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 00:59
by idollar
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 02:25
by skrsh3r
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 03:18
by Volks
shipping would be very expensive..
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 11:19
by pcaro
Good luck with that project I did not dare to confront
idollar wrote:
And I have have to say that I hate this thread. I could not resist to the
ANSI conversion of an 122-F... shipping within Spain. Too many toys to play with ...
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 11:30
by pcaro
I said It was a model F... Item spanish description was clear (and seller confirm me in ebay
)
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 11:59
by pcaro
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 12:58
by mr_a500
How odd. I contacted the seller of the $99 one and he insists that it's a "clicky" keyboard and the case is metal. How can that be when the part numbers are
identical to the one HaaTa has - which has green T ALPS and a plastic case?
I hate when sellers insist on statements that are obviously false.
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 13:03
by 7bit
The cases are heavy thick plastic, so maybe he thinks it is metal.
He hits a key and it makes clack-click (the noise of bottoming out and the switch comming up again) => clicky!
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 13:19
by mr_a500
7bit wrote: The cases are heavy thick plastic, so maybe he thinks it is metal.
He hits a key and it makes clack-click (the noise of bottoming out and the switch comming up again) => clicky!
I've got the other Japanese one and there's no way to mistake the plastic for metal.
Mistaking the bottoming out for clicky is certainly common with sellers. With most modern keyboards being silent rubber domes,
any noise is usually mistaken as "clicky".
Posted: 15 Dec 2014, 22:13
by Hypersphere
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 00:48
by idollar
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 16:26
by seebart
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 16:29
by chzel
Looking good but 0 feedback scares me a bit..
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 16:32
by seebart
chzel wrote: Looking good but 0 feedback scares me a bit..
yes that and look at his nick: ibm-retro (0 )
he´s got one now:
ibm-retro (1 )
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 16:37
by guk
Don't know if interesting or not, but caps look like Tipro Mid to me:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331413645185
No clue whats underneath these caps, but I have some similar looking ones which are alps mount.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/121517962698
Haha, was about to post that XT, too. Thank you @ post review
Posted: 16 Dec 2014, 16:40
by ramnes
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 13:57
by guk
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 14:30
by seebart
thanks guk,I just bought that AEK2.
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 14:56
by Muirium
Just for the caps? I'm slowly putting together the pieces for a TKL hatchet job on one someday. I just don't want to do that to my NIB.
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 15:20
by seebart
Muirium wrote: Just for the caps? I'm slowly putting together the pieces for a TKL hatchet job on one someday. I just don't want to do that to my NIB.
No not just for the caps. I sold my other AEK 2 and this one looks much nicer plus those caps a rareish! If it`s a nice as it looks on those pics € 25,00 is ok. AEK 2 is a solid daily driver. Great Keyboard.
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 18:16
by Muirium
Yup. €25 isn't bad, especially given the interesting caps. Glad to hear you'll be using it. I too am a fan of damped Alps and Apple's caps and layout. Just not the numpad part…
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 18:19
by photekq
Very nice board seebart. I would have bought it if the seller shipped to the UK.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 18:51
by seebart
I used to post tons of links here now I'm the one getting served! [emoji57]
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 18:52
by Muirium
That's how it works! This is where we post the good stuff, when we haven't got the money…
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 19:00
by gogusrl
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 19:05
by seebart
I own that KB gogusrl. NEC had their own switch. Quite clicky. I have not used that KB in a while now that I think about it. Nice find! I bought mine here at DT from mintberry I believe.
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 19:10
by gogusrl
Posted: 19 Dec 2014, 07:05
by skrsh3r
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Older-Toshiba-T ... 1c4ade62df
