Hi all,
Recently got this nice AT Keyboard, gave it a quick test and seems to be working fine, but I'm having a hard time identifying it.
Here are some photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
Does anyone recognize it or what switches it uses? Thanks in advance
Help me identify this Keyboard
- doomsday_device
- Location: Germany
- Favorite switch: alps
wiki/Datacomp_DFK191
high chance of white alps, but can also be smk or futaba ma.
edit: didnt clicked the link, looks like alps dws
high chance of white alps, but can also be smk or futaba ma.
edit: didnt clicked the link, looks like alps dws
Last edited by doomsday_device on 06 Oct 2022, 11:45, edited 1 time in total.
- 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: µ
Link doesn't work for me. (Seems to be for collaborating, not just viewing the files. In any case, they won't just load so I can look at them.) Got switch pics?
- aaronkatrini
- Location: Italy
- 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: µ
Well, that ain't no Alps beyond the mount.
My connection's being throttled while I upload a bunch of work, so the DT wiki's barely loading for me. But this is the place to start.
My connection's being throttled while I upload a bunch of work, so the DT wiki's barely loading for me. But this is the place to start.
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Datacomp DFK-171. Slider-over-something, not discrete switches. This shared the case styling with the DFK-121 (Futaba) and DFK-191 (Alps/clone).
edit: actually DFK-172 since it's the ISO version.
edit: actually DFK-172 since it's the ISO version.
- aaronkatrini
- Location: Italy
Thanks all for the suggestions
@Muirium, I tried the link but couldn't find an exact match.
@Polecat, your suggestion seems to be correct. I'm not familiar with Futaba switches, but I don't think it feels quite an Alps. I no longer have an Alps kb, but from memory it feels different.
@Muirium, I tried the link but couldn't find an exact match.
@Polecat, your suggestion seems to be correct. I'm not familiar with Futaba switches, but I don't think it feels quite an Alps. I no longer have an Alps kb, but from memory it feels different.
- 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: µ
It’s non-mechanical, like Polecat says. Not surprising it’s also not in the wiki. Someone would have to care enough to take up its cause.
- zrrion
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: F122
- Main mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse
- Favorite switch: ALPS SKCC Cream
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
on the other hand, documenting it on the wiki or somewhere else easily searchable means that other folks can steer clear of it easier
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Here's the black version on ebay:aaronkatrini wrote: ↑06 Oct 2022, 19:05Thanks all for the suggestions
@Polecat, your suggestion seems to be correct. I'm not familiar with Futaba switches, but I don't think it feels quite an Alps. I no longer have an Alps kb, but from memory it feels different.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/254786446460
Definitely not Alps or Futaba. The DFK-171/172 was the cheaper version with sliders and a one piece plastic plate, and probably a membrane underneath. The 1u caps should be Alps-compatible, but I'm not sure about the stabilized ones.