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Unfortunately not, I never got around to doing anything with this original PCB. Probably just a leftover from manufacturing or something. I'm sure a code wizard could figure out something with this, but that person isn't me.

It looks beautiful with those new caps. I just disassembled one of these awhile ago to reuse the switches for another project since I really like them.
Great work on this one

Hello everyone, I've been trying to make a PCB for Futaba MA switches for a while now, but I don't entirely understand the spacing between switches on the plate. Is there any way to measure this accurately? I've seen online that most plates are 19.05mm from center to center, but I want to make sure ...

What kind of switches and keycaps? I'm betting those caps are lovely

Any chance of a sound demo? I bet that case makes it sound great

You obviously mean the donor board.
Perhaps you can obtain that cap (even if with faded print) from Mattr567, otherwise I could send you a 2x2 Tipro relegendable (FIY, 4 stems accommodating a matrix of 4 switches) for shipping costs (from Germany, mind you).


Yes, I meant the donor board. I do ...

Look at that 2x2u enter key! I've been looking for one forever

I can't wait to see more of this. I always love a good restoration project.

I love Futaba MA switches, can we get a sound demo?

My bad then, didn't realize they were so light

I'd recommend the White switches as they'd probably be the most familiar coming from MX blues

I dig that 2u minus key. Very interesting numpad

That most certainly is
I love those legends too, excellent work restoring this

Are the number row keys double shot? A picture would be very appreciated

Just glancing over the photos I didn't even realize the case was cut! Thought you did a case swap or something :p
This looks great though, I've wanted to try some case mods like this at some point.

Laser wrote: 02 Feb 2019, 22:54 They're probably testing the waters. Not too many keyboard making services in Europe (they're using laserboost.com in turn), so I wish them luck

Ah, that makes sense. If that's the case, then I hope they start venturing out into more products.

So what are the benefits of this plate over any other stainless steel plate? The price seems a little lofty for what it is.

Great video as always, Chyros.
I'm sure you get this question a lot, but what microphone do you use?

Sup wrote: 27 Jan 2019, 00:12 Oof i think they would be nice to have if they where the same profile size as the standard alps profile key caps.

I wish. That would've been nice to see. Maybe something like that exists out there

kakan wrote: 26 Jan 2019, 11:57 What a wierd little keycap. I've always liked the more obscure thing.

I definitely like finding more obscure things. That's the main reason I made my channel, to cover things that people may not know about.

I believe those are made by Tai-Hao, They made a lot of Alps stuff back in the day, those gamery keycaps came with keyboards that had APC switches, like you said. And APC are from Tai-Hao I reckon.

Good review, I do like the short but informative format.


Thanks for the feedback. APC switches ...

Like your video and it's nice seeing more obscure Alps key-caps that are available.

Please post more videos showing the Alps World because we all need more of it these days.


Thank you, I'll definitely be exploring more Alps stuff as I acquire it. Some of the Alps keycaps out there are ...

Here's an embed:


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Take the bit of the url after the / and wrap [ youtube ] tags around it.


Oh hey, I remember those caps! They were in the Surprise Box a few years back, I think. Weren't they Tai Hao? I think Beardsmore got them from a contact there. Maybe the ones I'm thinking ...

Hey everyone, picked up these orange rubber keycaps online and thought I'd make a video on them. Thanks for checking it out, if anyone has any comments or suggestions let me know! This is my first sorta "review" so any help is much appreciated.

I got my hopes up when I first found out about Cherry ML. Boy was I disappointed. I'll take just about any dome board over those scratchy abominations.

A keyboard is mechanical when Chyros says so!
Great video, really makes me think about that term in relation to a keyboard.

Here's some more images to round out the details.

abrahamstechnology wrote: I'll take those Jet Axises off your hands, I want to try modding them. They are one of the few MX style switches that have a space for a click leaf.

PM'd.

Man, I need something like this. Can't wait to hear some audio from it

That thing is beautiful! I love old equipment like this.