deskthority

Hi there

this is my first post here

I'm looking to get a new old stock alps keyboard and stumbled upon one that is available, its a focus 2001 and I was sent the picture below.
Not an expert on these switches myself (this would be my first alps keyboard) so I'm kinda lost.

Can anyone with some degree of certainty say if these are the real ones or clones?
Thanks.

If it's from this seller then I can tell you that they are clones. I picked one up myself and imo it's a good deal, but temper your expectations. While they are clones, they're pretty nice, but they're also not NOS pine white alps which are nicer. The keycaps are thin lasered ABS and don't fit the switches all that well. The board itself is typical fk-2001 build quality, so okay, but not great. It comes with the dust cover and all the other stuff you would expect from a NOS board.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203554508327?h ... SwQLtgnCXW

oh wow yeah thats the one.
thanks for saving my money i will wait for something else...

Higher chance of getting Alps on one without windows keys.

wiki/Focus_FK-2001

I've actually held on to a couple of my non-NOS Focus 2000 Plus keyboards with white Alps because I've been seeing too many of them on ebay sell in the sub-$100 US level. Keep an eye out and you'll probably see another.

I think that 2001 you've got pictured has wiki/Alps.tw_Type_T1. (OA2 clones are more brilliantly white.) I've not tried T1s. OA2 are pretty decent.