[WTB - US] Black Dell AT101
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hotchikalimac
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Wooting Lekker Edition
- Main mouse: Razer Naga
- Favorite switch: Lekker Hall Effect
Looking to get into alps boards. If you have one available in okay to mint condition I would love to buy it.
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raoulduke-esq
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Current in the rotation: Silver Badge
- Main mouse: Magic Trackpad 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
One on eBay for $190 shipped but that is absurd.
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Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
One just sold for $78, they come up all the time. Just be patient and wait for the right deal. I paid I think $40 for mine on a best offer listing.
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hotchikalimac
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Wooting Lekker Edition
- Main mouse: Razer Naga
- Favorite switch: Lekker Hall Effect
I attempted to snag that one but was unlucky at it. But it's good to know they do show up periodically. And 190$ is absurd for mech of that type.Polecat wrote: 13 Oct 2021, 07:03One just sold for $78, they come up all the time. Just be patient and wait for the right deal. I paid I think $40 for mine on a best offer listing.
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fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
As for feel, I think that this is about the pinnacle for Alps. I have one that I transplanted blue Alps switches into and dressed up with Dolch-style caps, and that is my go-to Alps keyboard.
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
When you transplanted blues, did you solder them in, or just swap in blue sliders and click leaves into the black housings? I’m thinking of doing some alps-swapping and wondered how effective it is to swap switch contents and save the bother and risk of soldering.
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fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
I soldered in complete switches. There was probably about a decade of difference between the blue and black, and I didn't think that they would be perfectly matched.
My "other" favorite Alps board is a nearly-new Northgate Omnikey 101 into which I top-transplanted nearly-new orange Alps "heads" from an AEK of approximately the same vintage. That is also a very successful project.
My "other" favorite Alps board is a nearly-new Northgate Omnikey 101 into which I top-transplanted nearly-new orange Alps "heads" from an AEK of approximately the same vintage. That is also a very successful project.
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hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
The one problem is that most need a lot of work or have key caps that are so faded they're illegible or just missing key caps entirely. Of course, not a problem for me, as I have parts and I like to repair keyboardsPolecat wrote: 13 Oct 2021, 07:03One just sold for $78, they come up all the time. Just be patient and wait for the right deal. I paid I think $40 for mine on a best offer listing.
.I've got 4 or 5 sitting around, ATM. I just got one in last week where the seller said "in perfect shape" and it actually is. I'll hopefully be posting at least one on ebay in the next week. I am in the US. If you want, hotchikalimac, I'll ping you with the ad when it's up.