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NEC Branded Alps SKFL?
Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 13:48
by Jimi14
Was browsing ebay today and stumbled upon this keyboard with some strange looking switches.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NEC-Key ... 4881906671
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They look like Alps SKFL but the lack of those two bars and NEC branding made me unsure.
Anyone who seen these things before?
Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 13:56
by seebart
yes those are NEC ovals. They are known:
http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/nec ... ?hilit=nec
That's not an Alps switch. We still need to add those to our wiki. Like so many things.
Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 15:20
by Jimi14
Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 17:04
by Chyros
They have a very good reputation, the few people that have tried them say they're really good.
Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 17:43
by Muirium
And everyone knows that if there's one thing we can all agree on: it's switches!
Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 02:35
by Norman_
I'm sure ripster would be willing to help with that...
Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 03:38
by jacobolus
Chyros wrote: ↑They have a very good reputation, the few people that have tried them say they're really good.
They’re fun, but I don’t like them as much as Alps switches.
They were much cheaper for NEC to use though, because they made them at their own factory in Thailand instead of buying Alps switches made in Japan.
Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 08:02
by seebart
Norman_ wrote: ↑I'm sure ripster would be willing to help with that...
I'm glad if he would...
jacobolus wrote: ↑Chyros wrote: ↑They were much cheaper for NEC to use though, because they made them at their own factory in Thailand instead of buying Alps switches made in Japan.
Interesting, I did not know that. Makes sense.