deskthority

In my quest to find the perfect set of vintage ALPS keycaps for my diy I've ebayed a Canon AP 6300 typewriter (hoping it might have ALPS keycaps). As it turns out, though, it's SMK switches with inverse cross mount. I'm offering one or several out of:

• * a set of nice doubleshot SMK keycaps
  * 6 SMK white switches (with LED)
  * the entire typewriter (collection only)

I didn't pay much for the typewriter myself so I would be happy to give each of these away for either a couple of pounds + shipping or (preferred) some nice vintage ALPS key caps. I'm not even necessarily looking for a full set, so if you have something nice, just PM me and I'll see whether I'm happy with it.
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just to clarify - there are only 6 mechanical switches in this keyboard, all keys without LED sit on rubber domes (blue slider in the picture).

Interesting, what are you looking for?

So, I'm about to build my first keyboard. I'm aiming for something 60%ish + navigation (+ whatever odds and ends I feel like adding). So far I have one set from an Atari 800xl and one from a Tandy 102. Both are really nice but miss a couple of keys (e.g. cursors for the Tandy) to make a complete set that's suitable for my purposes.

Thus - to cut a long story slightly shorter - what I'm looking for are either keys (e.g. a set of cursors + PgUp + PgDwn + etc.) that I could add to my existing sets to make them "complete" (problem here is of course profile and key shape...) or a full set that I could use as is. Some MSXs for example have beautiful more or less complete sets (I'm trying to hunt down a Toshiba HX10, but they tend to go for more money than I am willing to invest).

Hope that makes sense.

Sure that makes sense. Sorry I don't have any of those keysets. I have this slightly incomplete Alps SKCC set that I might sell/trade:

wiki/Tatung_71739

Sorry no, that won't work, I'm looking for standard Alps mount.

(beautiful key caps, though)

mhinsch wrote: Sorry no, that won't work, I'm looking for standard Alps mount.

(beautiful key caps, though)

Right, of course there is no "standard Alps mount". I sure you mean:

wiki/Alps_SKCL/SKCM_series.

Well, standard as in most common (AFAIK), but yes, that's the one I meant.

seebart wrote: Sure that makes sense. Sorry I don't have any of those keysets. I have this slightly incomplete Alps SKCC set that I might sell/trade:

wiki/Tatung_71739

Is that set MX compatible?

ideus wrote:

seebart wrote: Sure that makes sense. Sorry I don't have any of those keysets. I have this slightly incomplete Alps SKCC set that I might sell/trade:

wiki/Tatung_71739

Is that set MX compatible?

http://telcontar.net/KBK/keycapcomp.php

ideus wrote:

seebart wrote: Sure that makes sense. Sorry I don't have any of those keysets. I have this slightly incomplete Alps SKCC set that I might sell/trade:

wiki/Tatung_71739

Is that set MX compatible?

Nope.

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