Please help me identify this keyboard

[Myk!]

A friend of mine send this photo to me. He is not familiar with a mechanical or buckling spring keyboard. He just saw this on a store few miles away. He forgot to check the back for the brand/model.

Can you identify this keyboard on its appearance?

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[Chyros]

Looks like a Monterey K104 to me. Can come with white Alps, blue Alps or Montereys. All good switches. The latter switch even got its moniker from this board.

[Halvar]

Looks like a Monterey K208

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Monterey_K208

Nothing great.

[Myk!]

Sigh. Its almost 3 years since Im looking for a BS keyboard.

Thanks for the info guys.

[Findecanor]

That is a K208. Alps-compatible keycaps, sliders over rubber dome.

I have a later version that has Windows keys.
The stabilisers are interesting on that one though, because they are like mid-way between Alps stabilisers and Costar stabilisers.

[andrewjoy]

The caps look 1/2 decent if alps compatible , may be worth it for when you find the loverly blue alps board but with the shiny caps .

[terrycherry]

I don't think that keyboard isn't great to type.
I brought this semi-mechanical keyboard(same as this keyboard with "Monterey dome with slider") when I have the mechanical keyboard before.
That "switch" is great to play for the music game, maybe not better than Cherry MX blue. But I play it more than the cherry MX blue on music game.

[XMIT]

Myk!, please put your country of residence in your profile.

[maxrunner]

This keyboard is very identical to one im trying to find that i used to have. That grid thing on right was on the left. Still trying to find it, it might have beem clicky space invaders which i hope ill find out soon.

[terrycherry]

This keyboard is very identical to one im trying to find that i used to have. That grid thing on right was on the left. Still trying to find it, it might have beem clicky space invaders which i hope ill find out soon.

Sorry for this, I did many research about NMB Hi-tek and never seen this layout or this kind of keyboard have the space invaders.
Hope you can break my mine.

[maxrunner]

Is there any way to the track keyboards by these type of characteristics? Grid in this case?

[terrycherry]

Yes.
1. check the back of label which the FCCID was made by NMB, it always work: AQ659ZAT series, AQ659ZMT-101 series, MODEL RT-101+ series, MODEL RT-101+INTEL series, NMB PC122-XT series, RT-8250 series, RT-102 series
2. If no label, check two different color of small circle labels(one is "FUNC TEST 2", another one is "IST "or "FINAL") on back case
3. specific models:
PHILIPS P2812 series, TeleVideo keyboard, TAVA PC keyboard, some of Commodore 84key keyboard, Amiga 500, Commodore Amiga 2000, ADDS 1010, Kroy 190 keyboard, AT&T(for DEC)keyboard, NCR Model 4950 keyboard, Symbolics 365407 keyboard, NCD N-97 keyboard, PN：3515274 keyboard series, etc.

[maxmalkav]

Yes.
1. check the back of label which the FCCID was made by NMB, it always work: AQ659ZAT series, AQ659ZMT-101 series, MODEL RT-101+ series, MODEL RT-101+INTEL series, NMB PC122-XT series, RT-8250 series, RT-102 series
2. If no label, check two different color of small circle labels(one is "FUNC TEST 2", another one is "IST "or "FINAL") on back case
3. specific models:
PHILIPS P2812 series, TeleVideo keyboard, TAVA PC keyboard, some of Commodore 84key keyboard, Amiga 500, Commodore Amiga 2000, ADDS 1010, Kroy 190 keyboard, AT&T(for DEC)keyboard, NCR Model 4950 keyboard, Symbolics 365407 keyboard, NCD N-97 keyboard, PN：3515274 keyboard series, etc.

I don't know if it is something totally coincidental but all my NMB boards (mostly ISO and 122 key ISO) were made in Thailand, I guess most of the NMB production was placed there.