Search found 2 matches

Go to advanced search

by Drumkey
21 Sep 2012, 09:49
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Anyone seen this Alps switch in an 80's computer keyboard?
Replies: 11
Views: 3542

Yes I just found out that BBC Micro B type 4 is the same type, but with the newer snap casing which makes it easier to refurbish. Where can I get hold of a handful of these? Ebay seems dry at the moment. Anyone here got a broken Micro to sell or desolder from?


BBC Micro B type 4
keybbcb4.jpg
keybbcb4.jpg (126.91 KiB) Viewed 3497 times
by Drumkey
20 Sep 2012, 22:05
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Anyone seen this Alps switch in an 80's computer keyboard?
Replies: 11
Views: 3542

Anyone seen this Alps switch in an 80's computer keyboard?

image.jpg
image.jpg (119.24 KiB) Viewed 3538 times
It comes from a Roland TR808 drum machine from 1980. Roland used this model in slightly different versions in several other products in the early eighties for numeric keypads e t c. It is quite similar to the Alps used in the Apple IIe keyboard, but with a shorter shaft.

Any ideas?

Go to advanced search