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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Laser- ... 3054386159

Nice 1'st gen ALPS White switches and double shot keycaps. Work with most cheapass PS/2 USB adapters, build qualtity not as good as a Omnikey, but better then later Monterey or Dell AT101 keyboard.

Hi,
Looking for 104 unmodified (no clickmods) Alps Orange switches.
Thanks!

Polecat wrote: ↑

10 May 2019, 16:37

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

10 May 2019, 07:21

NOS white Alps
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123760634848

Are you sure about this having white Alps? This is a very late K104 and three of the four closest in serial number I have listed have blue Monterey (SMK) switches.

I think the latter models are kind of lottery, could be anything.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Vtech- ... 3752719421
Laser III Keyboard
Not new, but also a SMK 2nd generation, but this one with Cherry keycap mount.

It has been at least a couple of years since I found an excellent keyboard for a cheap price in the wild, but today I got an absolutely pristine AEK2 in a salvage shop for $3.99 This one is utterly immaculate and not yellowed at all whatsoever, a later model with dampened whites instead of creams. ...

Great! Planning to replace some Bamboo Alps Black!

Thanks for the suggestion..
I will consider it when I've got some leftover ALPS switches.

Hey, the printer is free to pickup.. if you just had the keyboard you can complete it, sounds nice deal to me..

I suggest you to post this “offer” to some vintage computer forums, and a suggestion is that you may also consider soldering some switches back onto the keyboard to make this a better offer for a keyboard forum. Thank you for your suggestion.. The 'offer' is now a free VideoWriter printer and empty...

I'm almost done with stripping all the Alps Brown switches from a Philips- Magnavox VideoWriter so I'm left with the printer and the empty keyboard


I'm looking for a complete set of Tai Ho black or brown keycaps

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-Model-F- ... 3649645219

Wow, an IBM Model F107

Clean first gen ALPS White board
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Samsun ... 3773032371

I agree with the previous answer but would like to add my .02 €. When ALPS keyboards are intensively used / abused (dirt, dust, cat hair, cookies ... ) the sliders in the switches will wear out. The keys feel scratchy during the key press. You can try to fix it with sanding the bottom edge of the sl...

Hi,
Want to sell the following keyboard, what is a fair asking price...


It's a Qtronix 35 in very good condition.
The copy I got has Aristotle switches,

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

25 Apr 2019, 08:50

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223493290040

VTCL 2269 with SMK 2nd gen Cherry mounts.

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your finding.
I bought it yesterday and just received it. It is in good condition, double shot keycaps. All in all, nice keyboard!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-Vision-Tech-CVT-Avant-Stellar-PS-2-Original-Keyboard-GT6OMNIKEY-/163663676621 Creative Vision Tech CVT Avant Stellar PS/2 Original Keyboard GT6OMNIKEY According to Wikipedia "The Avant Stellar is a mechanical keyboard that was produced by Creative Vision Technologi...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123746264929
Focus 2001 White ALPS.

Try some silica gel - cat litter
https://www.action.com/nl-nl/p/natura-kattenbakkorrels-

Put the stuff in a big plastic box with your keyboard above. Say a little prayer and close the box. Let it stay for a day.

Typewriter/word processor from 1985. Keyboard has nice Alps Brown switches...

Nice copy ... I'm looking for a IBM 5140 keyboard for a while.

average to good condition, about $4 dollars a switch NOS, who knows On Ebay I see a person selling them for $5.. Other option is to harvest them from an IBM Convertible... I guess I couldve made the effort to actually count how many switches are in the magnavox video writer or the IBM 5140 and divi...

How much are Brown Alps going for? I'm specifically looking for brown alps with a dimpled contact leaf and I don't know if that would make a difference. average to good condition, about $4 dollars a switch NOS, who knows On Ebay I see a person selling them for $5.. Other option is to harvest them f...

That, kids, is why good keyboard design does NOT reduce a keyboard's width from 15U to 14.5U by shaving 0.5U from the right side — while 1.5U Backspace keys are bearable and 1.75U "thin ANSI" keys are not bad, the ISO Enter key becomes an "anorexic ISO" key that is inexcusably uncomfortable. https:...

The deep voice should tell us more and enlighten us with keyboard lubing video's
... it's first time I read about lubed bamboo blacks.

You're right, only early Alps were lubed. Alps stopped lubing and used smoother plastic sliders instead with later models.
Have you checked the tactile leaf ?

IMO, it doesn't need lubing. I have lubed the sliders of my Dell AT101 once. It changed the feel and click, but can't say it was a big improvement so I removed the lubing at the end.

Nice post. You should try using two guitar picks to open the housing, it's much easier than toothpicks.

That said, my personal opinion is that very early white SKCM switches are indistinguishable from blues. And that the perception that blues are "better" than whites is based on comparisons with later versions of white SKCM switches, which have a considerably different sound and feel than the early o...

Sorry, I'm a bit late coming in on this. I've been keeping a database of Northgate keyboards (also Focus, Monterey, and a few others) and here's what I have so far on Gen 1/Gold Label Northgates. 26 total on the list at present. 17 of those have blue SKCM switches, 5 have white SKCM, and 4 I don't ...

"Monterey blues" aren't Alps at all, or even Monterey. They are SMK second generation, very solid switches but feel different from Alps. No, it's a Tulip Monterey K101 keyboard with real Alps Blue ... https://deskthority.net/wiki/Monterey_K101 It's just not in the best condition. These are the pric...