Vintage ALPS-mount spherical keyboards?
Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 19:32
Been doing some looking around to see what older keyboards/computers used ALPS-mount spherical caps. From what I can tell in some limited research, most of the ALPS keyboards post-SKCC used cylindrical keycaps. Some SKFL keyboards seem to have used standard ALPS-mount keycaps provided they used the full-size switches as opposed to the SKFL compact switches. The boards I've found that I think used ALPS-mount spherical caps were made in what seems like a transitioning time for keyboard design include the following:
Toshiba HX-10 (1983)
TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
ICL One Per Desk (1984)
I haven't been researching keyboards very long, so I'm curious if there are other keyboards or computers that you are aware of that used standard ALPS-mount spherical caps that it seems like a lot of modern enthusiast keysets are emulating. The One Per Desk certainly seems like the inspiration for the more recent SA Retro set with its dark red and bright green modifiers.
Toshiba HX-10 (1983)
TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
ICL One Per Desk (1984)
I haven't been researching keyboards very long, so I'm curious if there are other keyboards or computers that you are aware of that used standard ALPS-mount spherical caps that it seems like a lot of modern enthusiast keysets are emulating. The One Per Desk certainly seems like the inspiration for the more recent SA Retro set with its dark red and bright green modifiers.