deskthority

Kensington locks won't discourage a determined thief, if anything it'll make people wonder how much your keyboard is worth and the moment a malicious person has looked up an F122 on ebay, you've put yourself at more risk. Kensington locks are only really useful for opportunist thieves, to stop peopl...

Yeah, bamboo alps are a little stiffer generally than buckling spring. Pine white alps are marginally lighter, there's not much in it though. It was just odd to me. I have used black alps extensively in the past without an issue. The weighting feels quite similar after I dug out my AT101 to compare...

Yeah, bamboo alps are a little stiffer generally than buckling spring. Pine white alps are marginally lighter, there's not much in it though.

Probably alps clones or even SKBM given it's a rebranded later model datacomp DFK191 Were it winkeyless it might have SKCM white.

wiki/Datacomp_DFK191

zzxx53 wrote: ↑

08 Oct 2020, 03:39

F122
2 hours into the bidding and we're already at over $300; wondering how high this one will go.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114451160363?_ ... fresh=true

I really hate that the pictures were taken where they were, surely that stone will scratch it up?

pbt does not doubleshot well, you usually only see pbt doubleshots with shine through lettering.

if you want opaque doubleshots you’ll need abs, or just accept dyesubs.

Dogak wrote: ↑

04 Oct 2020, 07:06

Do you know what this switch is?
How does this feel?

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Dome with slider, there is no switch, just a slider through the plastic plate which will hit a membrane behind.

probably a coincidence, though if the tai haos are a bit taller than the original keycaps then that will make the scratchyness more apparent. Give then a clean, you can take the switch tops off with toothpicks, separate out the parts and brush out the dust from the switch tops, they'll be much impro...

I'd post my old Matias, which last I used it, typed like "ttthhhhiiissssss". But that never came back, it got chucked when every single key had chatter, and the companies response via email was basically "mechanical keyboards aren't for reliability" which I still have in my inbox because of the abs...

Really nice work mate

Good luck with that! they rapidly went out of stock after chryosran22 put out a positive review of a Laser board with them.

This surprises me, mine's perfectly smooth. No idea if it's lubed, but it's in no way scratchy.

Sweet, I wish you could still get them. I have a bag of 100 NOS. They're super smooth, smoother than 1st gen alps, the click is a little more lightweight in sound and tactility though.

They're a really nice switch.

Anj is somewhat shady, but, the bottom line here is read the description.

I got burned by him a while back "pristine switches no cleaning or lubing necessary" == filled with dust, mediocre condition, some wear that no amount of cleaning will fix.

I have one as a loose switch. They're pretty smooth. Not a fan of linear though tbh, only bought them as I was curious if you could swap in alps mount SMK click leaves. I just can't for the life of me open them reliably.

Blue, but, they will be very disappointing, in your shoes I’d swap in some box jades or navies. that’s as close as you’re going to get, but it won’t be much like ambers.

What the hell happened to that thing? Lucky none of those thick "cherry" keycaps are damaged.

Looks like two of those caps are tripleshot, 3 and 5!

I'd love to find a straight UK ISO board with alps doubleshots, but it'll never happen! I've seen a few european layout boards like the Bull AT102, just never qwerty ISO.

That looks like a really good improvement! Carefully running a vacuum over the top of the switches may help a bit for the other side, and using a small paintbrush to just clean up around the switches will make it a lot cleaner looking, then use an airduster once that dirt is loose. An airduster alon...

I'd first just try washing the back of the pcb with isopropyl alcohol, but given the amount of rust on that plate, I'm not sure it'll ever be properly nice without desoldering it, washing the pcb fully, wire brushing the plate down, repainting it then reassembling it.

Alps bucking spring?

I'm curious what kind of stabs it uses, I couldn't tell from other photos of that board.

Cleaning is def the way to go before buying replacement switches. If the board is not terrible, then it'll probably clean up alright. You just can't make a board that feels flat out awful good. Cleaning up light dirt usually has pretty good results.

Got my ARC - Monterey K102 Keyboard today, very nice with white alps. Although it's a little bit hard to press since i'm used to lighter switches i like it , it even has 6key rollover. very nice. i just don't know if the keys are stiff because they are used or if the white alps are really that hard...

Simplified clones are a lot more difficult to take apart and reassemble without damaging them while they're still soldered to the board. alps artisans arn't really a thing. You can get pretty cheap sets of the same profile though, as they're a byproduct of switch harvesting. You could pick up practi...

Noice, I'd love the ISO version some day, I keep an ebay watch on it. The light blue legends on the numpad just look so nice.

DFK192 arrived today, it’s rather exellent! metal mounting plate, n-key rollover with individual switch diodes and the case is really solid. Condition is flawless, borderline NOS other than a scratch on the backspace and some superficial dirt.

Polecat wrote: ↑

26 Jul 2020, 21:23

Nice find! Very clean, and from the mold numbers (5x/6x?) those look like very early white Alps switches, not long after the change from blues.

I'm really curious to 1-2 test them next to my blue and amber boards, if they are to blues as salmons are to oranges I'll be quite happy with the board.

I went for https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Datacomp-DFK192-Alps-SKCM-Pine-White-Doubleshot-keycaps-See-Description/193593532994?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Will probably convert it to USB if I can with a teensy in the case, we'll see. Amazingly this is my first white clicky...

ddrfraser1 wrote: ↑

17 Jul 2020, 17:06

I envisioned this satirical layout only to quickly find out it was not nearly as far fetched as I thought.

Where's the "do" key?

Badly needs one.