It's foam and foil... sorry to disappointEricDauphinais wrote: ↑28 Mar 2021, 22:57Ordered one simply because I was too curious, now will need to figure out how to convert it...
IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104
- Main mouse: Something generic.
- Favorite switch: Buckling springs / SMK 2nd Gen
Ah, sorry about that! Though I was bidding partly through curiosity - I hadn't asked him for a switch picture. At least we both get to see now! Typing feel is not as good as Alps, but it's an intriguing board and switch. I'll open it up and see if it matches the internals of 4_404's.
- Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104
- Main mouse: Something generic.
- Favorite switch: Buckling springs / SMK 2nd Gen
Thanks for that - yes that's a perfect switch match except the colour. Are your white ones clicky too? I'll open up the keyboard and see if the internals are the same too.4_404 wrote: ↑29 Mar 2021, 01:28I have a Fullmark board with what looks like a white version of the same switch. I thought I identified the switch, but have subsequently forgotten what it was. My Fullmark board is identical to two other boards I have with ISNJK-168/268 FCC ID (Limtech) (one with SKCM white, one with AO2 clones), apart from the label and PCB - the same as wiki/Brain_KB-9001S, but without the RB88. Note the 368 number on the plate. Sorry for the garbage photos.Spoiler:
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- Location: Brisbane, Australia
Yeah mine are clicky, and pretty decent switches. The click leaf is visible in the opened up switch photo. They were pretty dusty when I got them, but cleaned up very well.
- Go-Kart
- Location: U.K.
- Main keyboard: Focus 2000 Plus *currently*
- Main mouse: MX 518
- Favorite switch: Unkown thus far...
That's pretty good going. I found Type 0A2 switches to be such a hassle to reassemble that I desolder them all and then cleaned them...
- PlacaFromHell
- Location: Argentina
- Main keyboard: IBM 3101
- Main mouse: Optical piece of shit
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
- DT Pro Member: -
What in the world is this thing?


- Thorogrimm
- Location: England, UK
- Main keyboard: Unicomp New Model M
- Main mouse: Roccat Burst Pro
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
What's the ID on it?
- PlacaFromHell
- Location: Argentina
- Main keyboard: IBM 3101
- Main mouse: Optical piece of shit
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
- DT Pro Member: -
I really don't know, is the only picture.
- Thorogrimm
- Location: England, UK
- Main keyboard: Unicomp New Model M
- Main mouse: Roccat Burst Pro
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
After a trawl through the deskthority wiki I've found maybe two contenders for similarities.I really don't know, is the only picture.
Hi-Tek 15039-003

or
Sejin Electron EAT-1010

But neither of those are identical. Maybe someone with photographic memory and a vast library of a brain could indentify this keyboard. Looks generic seeing as there's no badge. And without any FCC ID it's pretty difficult to even tell what switches this thing even has. Where did you get the image?
- PlacaFromHell
- Location: Argentina
- Main keyboard: IBM 3101
- Main mouse: Optical piece of shit
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
- DT Pro Member: -
Thanks for your help, but I can tell right away that this thing isn't made with NMB switches by the keycaps. Maybe it just has some type of Alps clones.Thorogrimm wrote: ↑31 Mar 2021, 15:57After a trawl through the deskthority wiki I've found maybe two contenders for similarities.I really don't know, is the only picture.
Hi-Tek 15039-003
or
Sejin Electron EAT-1010
But neither of those are identical. Maybe someone with photographic memory and a vast library of a brain could indentify this keyboard. Looks generic seeing as there's no badge. And without any FCC ID it's pretty difficult to even tell what switches this thing even has. Where did you get the image?
- PlacaFromHell
- Location: Argentina
- Main keyboard: IBM 3101
- Main mouse: Optical piece of shit
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
- DT Pro Member: -
Leaving aside the first mistery, I have an even bigger one. This thing is driving me ABSOLUTELY MAD, hours of search and still nothing about it:

The LED positioning is the only big clue of what's inside, being Fujitsu, Key Tronic and Microswitch equally possible. I decided to produce this forensic portrait of how I think the entire keyboard looks like:


The LED positioning is the only big clue of what's inside, being Fujitsu, Key Tronic and Microswitch equally possible. I decided to produce this forensic portrait of how I think the entire keyboard looks like:

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- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: das 3 with mx blues
- Favorite switch: brown alps
can anyone ID this board?
3h left in the auction if someone wants to make the sacrifice in the name of science.
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/h290279466
those are alps cut outs for the LED's are they not. it looks somewhat similar to the epson business full keyboard. but definitely not topre underneath there, right? model reads pckb8. or do alps only have centered led cut outs. man i really wanna see what kinda switch it has.
3h left in the auction if someone wants to make the sacrifice in the name of science.
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/h290279466
those are alps cut outs for the LED's are they not. it looks somewhat similar to the epson business full keyboard. but definitely not topre underneath there, right? model reads pckb8. or do alps only have centered led cut outs. man i really wanna see what kinda switch it has.

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- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
It does indeed look a bit like Epson's Topre:
wiki/Epson_Business_Full_Keyboard
Besides the spacebar, the caps scream PBT. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Topre.
wiki/Epson_Business_Full_Keyboard
Besides the spacebar, the caps scream PBT. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Topre.
- Thorogrimm
- Location: England, UK
- Main keyboard: Unicomp New Model M
- Main mouse: Roccat Burst Pro
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
The cap profile does look a lot similarMuirium wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 11:55It does indeed look a bit like Epson's Topre:
wiki/Epson_Business_Full_Keyboard
Besides the spacebar, the caps scream PBT. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Topre.
- derzemel
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
- Main keyboard: FC660C, SSK, TX-1800 Nixie
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCL/SKCM tactile
I also have a strange one to identify, a Philips with, what it seems to be, relegendable keycaps. Sadly I do not have more details:
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- kps
- Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Main keyboard: Kinesis contoured
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade trackball
- DT Pro Member: -
That's an interesting combination of legends. It has some ASCII-bit-paired caps (e.g. ‘;’/‘+’ and ‘:’/‘*’) but also non-ASCII characters (‘¬’) and a Hollerith card combo (10-8-2, which had various interpretations, typically ‘±’ or ‘\’ or ‘⏨’).
Shifted-6 would have been useful information (e.g. ‘&’ or ‘^’ or ‘↑’ or ‘¢’) as well as the other obscured key. And, well, focus.
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- Location: United States
This is something I can actually speak on due to my foray with using sony pve-500's to get OG BKE Domes.Muirium wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 11:55It does indeed look a bit like Epson's Topre:
wiki/Epson_Business_Full_Keyboard
Besides the spacebar, the caps scream PBT. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Topre.
You see these controllers could also come with a type of omron switch. The omron and topre has the same keycaps profile afaict. How did you tell them apart? The omrons have square LED windows in the top left, and the Topre have round ones in the top right
This won't be topre, could be omron though. my guess is fujitsu leaf spring or peerless
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- Location: United States
- derzemel
- Location: Bucharest, Romania
- Main keyboard: FC660C, SSK, TX-1800 Nixie
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos 7000
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCL/SKCM tactile
Thank you for the details! I have asked for better images.kps wrote: ↑11 Apr 2021, 19:57That's an interesting combination of legends. It has some ASCII-bit-paired caps (e.g. ‘;’/‘+’ and ‘:’/‘*’) but also non-ASCII characters (‘¬’) and a Hollerith card combo (10-8-2, which had various interpretations, typically ‘±’ or ‘\’ or ‘⏨’).
Shifted-6 would have been useful information (e.g. ‘&’ or ‘^’ or ‘↑’ or ‘¢’) as well as the other obscured key. And, well, focus.
Thank you for the url.
I also found 2 older topics (first, second) about another Philips with similar switches.
Also this awesome album of images taken by @HaaTa of a Loewe TBT02 keyboard (from a Loewe BTX Decoder DBT 01 - videotext system?) that seems to have the same keycap design and similar switches.