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Hi Deskthoritans, I have decided to sell this Alps SKCM Blue keyboard. I have bought it from tentator in a somehow questionable state, but it still works with my Soarer's converter and all keys register. I have performed a deep clean, which means in particular that I have cleaned the case thoroughly...

update - board now comes with all its original caps

^^ one more price drop

^^ price drop

update from Monday, 10/28 2019: This board now comes with its original caps! Hi folks, I want to sell this beautiful keyboard with SMK 2nd generation clicky ALPS mount switches. One could say that these need to be the famous Monterey switches, but the colour of the slider is instead "beige" or "ivor...

I proudly present you my first blue ALPS keyboard, a Datacomp DFK 102. My wife made a really cool Alps logo sticker for me, in order to cover this ugly Titan logo. I have swapped some keycaps from a Chicony KB-6251, which are somehow yellowed but are at least double shot. The switches have been in a...

Three Acer KB-102AS are up on German eBay, at least one with photo-confirmed blue ALPS. Pretty well yellowed, though... I have bought one of these and wondered about the differences of the labels on the back. On all three labels the model no. "KB-102AS" can be seen, but their serial numbers are sig...

^^ wow, thanks mate! I definitely appreciate your effort. I will do this "Gewerbeanmeldung". But in first instance I will try to reach out to these people working there.

1. Don't write them emails, go there and visit them. Explain to them what your intentions are and proof to them you're serious about it. I have sent them an e-mail since I live in the middle of nowhere (Greifswald, Baltic Sea) and from time to time I visit Dortmund. So I assume that I will not find...

I want to do it like Chyrosran and Wodan do it but somehow fail. I have written an e-mail to a big recycling company here in Germany and kindly asked if they would let me in and let me search on my own for garbage keyboards. The reaction was not so kindly and they told me that according to German la...

no longer in need for replacement switches

Thanks noobmaen

The seller has already replied and said he made mistake in the description. He has offered me a return.

I am still in need for replacement switches for my Leading edge

I need at least 3 replacement switches. If you have more that would be even better

I have bought on ebay 6 loose ALPS switches from a seller named "keyswitch". The description said "ALPS SKCM white". But what I got are simplified white ALPS switches, at least to my knowledge. Please confirm according to the following picture: 20190724_223840.jpg I have already asked him to send me...

Sold!

I want to sell a Datacomp DFK 192 with pine ALPS SKCM white switches. I have lost interest in restoring this board. I already have another Datacomp DFK 192 with SMK 2nd gen. clicky switches with ALPS mount. For the condition of the board I refer to the pictures. I have also made a picture of the ins...

Is it also possible to use this plastic end of the faulty cable for the new one?

If no one has a spare cable I will try to build a new one. Many thanks for your help Rauha

I need a replacement cable of XT/AT-male type and a connection to the pcb, shown in the following picture. I am not quite sure how common this type of connection to the pcb is, maybe I have to solder something. It is a cable from a Datacomp DFK 192 keyboard.
Please help me out!

Hi there,

I am in need for replacement pine ALPS SKCM white (clicky, not damped) switches.

I live in Germany. Please make me some offers.

Thank you very much in advance.

^^ Many thanks for your answers. I have also found this thread quite helpful:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17566

I have played the ALPS lottery and found two boards, one with ALPS SKCM white and with ALPS SKCM orange switches. Now I want to clean them. I have got several questions concerning cleaning and lubing, but I do not have a ultrasonic cleaner. i.) I have watched chyrosran's cleaning video. He just ment...

PM sent!

I watched this really funny movie "Coming to America" starring Eddie Murphy yesterday evening and I had to pause it to make some pictures for you. Maybe you know more what keyboard it could be.

You won't believe it or not, but this thing is working again. My wife convinced me to boot windows on her laptop, since I have Ubuntu running. Just yesterday evening I have tried to get it back to life under ubuntu and nothing happened. Today under windows the same procedure, after connecting the ke...

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. Thank you for your advice. I have filled it up with rice instead, wrapped it up with so...

That is what I can see:
I should look for corrosion or some "rusty" spots, right? But I doubt that there exist any, but I do not have any knowledge.

I have cleaned my Datacomp DFK 192 on Wednesday and let everything dry over night. I have put everything together yesterday and plugged my keyboard into the computer. Everything went fine and I could use the keyboard the whole day. Today I have worked for 2 hours and then suddenly it stopped working...

Hi there,

I would like to buy a full set of doubleshot or dye sublimated keycaps with ALPS mount. I live in Germany and I would prefer shipping within Europe so that shipping costs should not become too high.

I appreciate any sort of offer! Thank you very much in advance.

Today I have received a Datacomp DFK 192 from a fellow deskthority member. I am a little bit uncertain about the switches. I assume they are SMK 2nd generation with ALPS mount. But are they tactile white or yellowed clicky blues? They are really loud for a tactile switch, so what is this thing??? 20...

update: Keyboard has been sold! I want to sell this board, preferably within EU countries to avoid any trouble with customs and high shipping costs. I have no clue how much this might be worth. Please make me some reasonable price suggestions. I have cleaned the case and key caps. Case is little bit...