Very Odd Problem with Alps / Alps Clone Keyboards
Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 03:12
I'm really starting to suspect it's me. Which worries me.
I've had 5 or 6 Alps and Alps clone keyboards and a Matias Ergo Pro over the past few months. All of them, except for an original Apple keyboard with orange Alps and an Apple Extended Keyboard II with cream damped Alps, "ghost" or echo the "S" key, like thissss. Not all the time, but often enough that it's extremely annoying. Generally, replacing the switch fixes it. The Matias is a definite exception, but that could be a quality control issue.
I've used different adapters for 5 Pin Din and PS/2 to USB. My PC also has a PS/2 port, so I've tried to use that directly and/or with a 5 Pin DIN adapter to PS/2.
I don't have this problem with other keyboards, just the Alps and Alps clones and it's just the "S." I haven't checked if it's only lower case or upper case, tho.
Any ideas? I'm thinking about wiring up a Soarer's Converter to go directly from a 5 Pin DIN to USB and see if that makes a difference. I used a "Drakware" converter with the Apple keyboards.
I've had 5 or 6 Alps and Alps clone keyboards and a Matias Ergo Pro over the past few months. All of them, except for an original Apple keyboard with orange Alps and an Apple Extended Keyboard II with cream damped Alps, "ghost" or echo the "S" key, like thissss. Not all the time, but often enough that it's extremely annoying. Generally, replacing the switch fixes it. The Matias is a definite exception, but that could be a quality control issue.
I've used different adapters for 5 Pin Din and PS/2 to USB. My PC also has a PS/2 port, so I've tried to use that directly and/or with a 5 Pin DIN adapter to PS/2.
I don't have this problem with other keyboards, just the Alps and Alps clones and it's just the "S." I haven't checked if it's only lower case or upper case, tho.
Any ideas? I'm thinking about wiring up a Soarer's Converter to go directly from a 5 Pin DIN to USB and see if that makes a difference. I used a "Drakware" converter with the Apple keyboards.