deskthority

So, for the curious, this site sells parts for the AEK and AEK II.

https://applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/macintosh-to-powerpc/keyboards-mice-joysticks-macintosh/apple-extended-keyboard-keyboard-ii-parts/

I have never ordered from them before. I just found then on a DuckDuckGo search.

But if ...

Daniel Beardsmore wrote: http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -ii-parts/

Check the serial number for the manufacturer identifier.

That's very helpful - now to get sellers to stop lazily adding just one blurry photo of their listing...

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -ii-parts/

Check the serial number for the manufacturer identifier.

... but I can't say for sure without examining the switch in person.

I'm basing my guess on the wiki entry (which says that some were made by SMK with the aforementioned switch) and the following site.

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/all-products-macintosh/apple-keyboard-ii-parts/

Prelim wrote: ↑ look up ↑

Not the extended one, just Apple Keyboard II

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -ii-parts/

... sold me an Alps mount set harvested from an ANSI AppleDesign Keyboard. Digging around, they could well be these guys:
http://i2.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/uploads/m2980-mexico-41.jpg
http://i0.wp.com/www.applerescueofdenver.com/wp-content/uploads/m2980-mexico-keys-nice-2.jpg ...

... post. So there is an AppleDesign keyboard with 1u Alt/Option keys and non-stepped Caps Lock ...

That picture is from Tammy:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/keyboards-mice-joysticks-macintosh/apple-design-keyboard/

The different AppleDesign Keyboard variants:

http://www ...

The Alps dome with slider version:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -usalight/

This is different from the other Alps version that doesn't use sliders.

According to Apple Rescue of Denver, there was indeed an [wiki]Alps dome with slider[/wiki] version:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/keyboards-mice-joysticks-macintosh/apple-design-keyboard-parts-and-key-caps/

Alps definitely did make the switch cinnamonrollz describes.

If I ...

According to Apple Rescue of Denver, there was indeed an [wiki]Alps dome with slider[/wiki] version:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -key-caps/

Alps definitely did make the switch cinnamonrollz describes.

... that Montereys are SMK is closing in on 100% now, with, after all this time, proof that the Apple Keyboard II variant was SMK:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/all-products-macintosh/apple-keyboard-ii-parts/

(Another spring over membrane, there. My OK-100M is in fact progressive ...

... Tammy from Apple Rescue of Denver has done a partial disassembly of both types and confirmed that one of them is indeed SMK:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/products-page/all-products-macintosh/apple-keyboard-ii-parts/

We can now see that it is definitely SMK (SMK branded case and PCB), and ...

OK, NMB actually made at least two versions:

http://www.applerescueofdenver.com/prod ... -key-caps/