I found this decent little unlabeled keyboard with really nice tactile alps switched in it. The layout is nice and it has a built in track pad. the back plate is steel so there is no twisting in the board. Keycaps are ok (about as thin as modern Cherries), some are double shot and some have a clear window for lights below.
I was hoping to see some hints of its origin when I opened it up but unfortunately there are no logos or serial numbers inside that I spotted. If you know anything about its history/ usage/ origin please feel free to share.
I have more keyboards than I know what to do with so Im considering desoldering all the switched and trashing the rest of the keyboard. I could use the alps switches for parts. If anyone wants to save it from ruin please DM me with an offer.
More pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/OOzRoDh
Unknown Alps Switches Keyboard w/ built in Track Pad.
- lumpybutt33
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring or any tactile
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- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Planck
- Main mouse: Cyborg Rat 7
- Favorite switch: Alps skcm white
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Unusual to find US ISO caps so i am sure there would be someone out there that wants them so i would save the caps. It looks like it was designed to go in a server rack hence the compact layout and trackpad. I would say the switches are probably simplified whites going by the fact it has windows keys so was probably made 95 or 96. Interesting to note the lock indicators are still using white sliders. Quite an unusual board the keycap set alone would be good for a 95% layout should anyone want to build an alps custom bigger then a 60%
- lumpybutt33
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring or any tactile
- DT Pro Member: -
Found some really great info on this thread:
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- Blaise170
- ALPS キーボード
- Location: Boston, MA
- Main keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Stealth
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0129
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These are somewhat common. It's probably an Acme K8, though this one looks ever so slightly different than the usual one. There is an incomplete entry on the wiki for it.
wiki/Acme_KB-108
wiki/Acme_KB-108
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- Location: CZ
- Main keyboard: Kinesis Advantage2, JIS ThinkPad,…
- Main mouse: I like (some) trackballs, e.g., L-Trac
- Favorite switch: #vintage ghost Cherry MX Black (+ thick POM caps)
- DT Pro Member: -
I found a somewhat similar (but dark, with black Alps and extra sleep/power keys) model on Reddit:
- flowerlandfilms
- Location: Australia
- Main keyboard: Silicon Graphics Mechanical
- Main mouse: Razer KOTOR
- Favorite switch: the on/off switch
- DT Pro Member: -
I would like the trackpad mechanism, if no one else wants it.
- abrahamstechnology
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Laser with SMK Cherry mount
- Main mouse: Mitsumi ECM-S3902
- Favorite switch: Alps and Alps clones
- DT Pro Member: 0212
Alps SKBM White, and please don't throw the board away yet!