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Decided on a mounting point for the Teensy and wired up the lights.
It's going half under the trackpad, plenty of space to lie down.

Those two lamps are very cool, they really give it a certain something.

Figuring out where the Teensy and LEDs will go with the Mainboard and switches removed, the whole thing has to go I think to make room for full travel switches and nicer caps.

In the 80's and early 90's, it was all about COMDEX.

A massive yearly trade-show where people came from all over the world to showcase hardware, software and everything computers. Careers were made and broken on the show-floor, and handshake deals worth billions were struck over shrimp ...

Wow those are handsome.

Mattr567 wrote: Better red than dead

Those colours are badass and the Shift arrow is from the future.
I like it.

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Anyone know what switches this comes with? I think I remember someone saying it had alps switches but I can't find wheere I saw that ...

This one is in Australia.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-AMS ... rk:58:pf:0

What is the deal with this thing?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-Visio ... :rk:7:pf:0

And why does it have a lock light in the up key?

It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas

In this case, more like Applesauce.

There was also a Macway keyboard with transparent caps:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macway-Datacomp-Clear-Skeleton-ADB-Keyboard-for-Apple-Macintosh-ALPS-Switches-/323325392121?hash=item4b47b1f4f9%3Ag%3AeJIAAOSw4gxbOE5d&nma=true&si=kW7ZulVUQZtglu6EoaNgsQQJWA0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc ...

Thanks for the reply! Wouldn't be that interested in tearing down one of those old iMac themed boards just for caps though.

I would. It makes me happy.

A while back, someone posted a custom SGI AT101 with transparent Alps mount keycaps with Mac OS legends.

That would be me!
I've done a lot of research into this so hold onto your hat.

The set I am using comes from the Sanwa SKB-M109UH. I'm not sure if it was released anywhere other than Japan ...

Just nabbed this for cheap.

A Satoshi Kon number of shades.

Those chocolate Alps caps are absolutely gorgeous. I wish I could afford them. Interested in a trade?

I bought this keyboard module for the keycaps, but it has a Tron-esque grid pattern going on in the traces.
I thought it would make some cool wall art, so I put together a frame out of spare wood,
and side lit it with LEDS. I think it looks quite spiffy.

Daytime:

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Nightime ...

At least there are often doubleshot keycaps, though.

Hence my purchase. It's garbage to type on.

Flat, no feedback, limpy/membrane or what?

Please be MORE specific here.

It types exactly as it's built, a limp membrane with a click leaf shoved on the side.
I'm going to harvest the caps and ...

I learned to type on a keyboard at home, before they ever tried to teach us typing at school.
Therefore I am faster with my style than with theirs.
I do like to use touch typing websites though.
It's a fun game when you're bored to see how well you can do without looking.

I would be interested in the switches but I am in Australia.

1. Alps might be big, but IBM was bigger, if they demanded a board with no Alps markings, they could get it.
2. Big Blue with Alps Blues is awesome.
3. If cloning an IBM product makes it "Fake" or "Not Real" then no one in existence today owns a real computer or keyboard.

davkol wrote: At least there are often doubleshot keycaps, though.

Hence my purchase. It's garbage to type on.

One of those stupid "Clicky" rubber dome boards which I got for it's Alps doubleshots new in box...


Say WHAT..... :shock: :? :shock: ?

Rubber Dome keyboard using Alps key-caps.....have I missed something here......

It's one of these. Just rebranded as "Gear".

https://deskthority.net/wiki/Tai ...

An IBM Model F 5291 Terminal Board...
One of those stupid "Clicky" rubber dome boards which I got for it's Alps doubleshots new in box...
And a Silicon Graphics Dial Box which I have been after forever.
Got exceedingly good deals on each.

Wow, this is cool. I want it.

Make it Alps. Make it REAL.

digital_matthew wrote: Not cheap, but totally rad:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-TeraDrive ... :rk:7:pf:0

$1,000 is a valid price for shipping if you factor in that you get to avoid Rouse Hill.

UV cured printers that build upwards from a liquid bed can have pretty much any texture you like these days.

The brutal reality. Because that's what postal services are. Peoples, whats you hates.

It's not quite hate because our near useless Dollar really is rapidly approaching the Zimbabwean dollar value :( .

Suspect it's the Morons in Canberra determining the value by sinking it down deliberately, so ...

I know when people mention 3d printing, the first thing that comes to mind is shitty extruded layers and lack of small detail, but 3d Printing has come a long way, and is still improving. Mass producing small detailed pieces of plastic is not outside the realm of possibility for the layperson ...