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I've found that 45g topre are definitely stiffer than MX brown. At least this is the case on my HHKB.
I doubt they mean that 30g is more mushy in terms of bottom out feel, it's probably just less tactile. People deeper in the community tend to love hyper tactile switches for some reason.

Most pages are broken, even when you're logged out. This is likely something that's never going to be fixed under the new ownership...

Weird that everyone else gets a blank page, but I get some 500 error.

Label says Clone Turbo PC. At least they're pretty straight forward with admitting they're a clone! But yes, one of many PC XT clones of the time. Acer has nothing to do with it, just happened to find its way to being paired with this system. As always, if it can come with blue alps, don't be surpri...

AndyJ wrote: ↑

27 Oct 2024, 17:18

The divot over the mystery pad looks like it might have been intended for a trackball, but there aren't any trackball bits in it.

I'm assuming this is for easier swapping of the legend sheet that is meant to go over those buttons

It looks like the top left branding says Incomm™, but I'm not sure. The company was founded in 1992 and I feel like that's a bit too new. But it does match up with the board having a card reader, so.

Where is the card reader located? The top?

Wow Never seen this one! What switches do the overlay buttons use? Rubber domes?

There is no escape...

Still not working

ITW magnetic valve, low profile. Neat switches. Shame it's missing caps (and return springs), though.

I doubt their quality has gone up much either. Glad they finally started offering an SSK though

I doubt it has anything to do with cookies, or at least it's not a problem on the user end. I've tried multiple browsers to no avail.

Old laptops are a gamble unless you SPECIFICALLY know that many examples show to have the switches you're looking for. I've seen some old Zenith laptops come with SKCL Green, then very similar models have Alps Integrated Dome or SKFL.

The keys themselves look like they have small plastic washers on the stems to help seat the dome mat better. Might wanna check those, otherwise I can't really think of anything affecting consistency.

Oh, for sure! The pics you attached very clearly show these are foam and foil. I'm mostly interested in the slider itself being a different shape than any other F&F switch I've seen to date. There were quite a few switches that straight up recycled the Keytronic mount, which I assume these to be tha...

Interesting. Are you sure those are Keytronics? They look similar but the inside well of the slider isn't usually that smooth. They look a bit more like the KT dome with sliders I have.

Last one sounds like tiny little lego bricks moving around I am not a fan. Zenith is by far the best.

One of my friends teaches Japanese, but I'm not very sure he could find much info, he'd probably just be able to translate stuff if anything. Someone should definitely be archiving Sandy's site as well as other crucial info found on here, just in case... I doubt they knew anyone could care this much...

Yup, also been dealing with that as well. It's pretty annoying, but I guess I should be glad this site is even still up..

HTTP 500 also occurs when I submit a post, but if I check the post goes through. Well, at least some of them do.

The transition period was definitely not instant. I'm still not sure how small switchplates even affect smoothness or sound much considering I barely notice a difference between salmon and orange alps other than weighting. As most others here have speculated before, it's probably the click leaf more...

Finally got some 8/10 blue alps recently after years of hunting them down. Barely paid anything for them! :D I can definitely see where the hype comes from. Granted, white alps are still amazing when clean, but there's just something about the blues that draws me back to them. I think a lot of it is...

Strange bug I noticed that I can't access the wiki when logged in my account, it just gives me an HTTP 500 error. Can access it when logged out, however. Guess I'll just hold out on updating pages until this issue gets fixed

I'm interested in skipping the line and paying a little more, how do I do this? EDIT: I ordered a F104 in a M-style case, just to clarify. https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/product/skip-the-line/ You should probably first email Ellipse to ask if a number is available if you’re looking for something s...

I noticed if I reply to more than three posts within the general same timeframe, I get flagged for spam. Any way to get around this other than just posting less? Thanks

Yellows are great. Really I think the whole first gen SKCM/SKCL being better than all the newer stuff is a bit overblown.. Condition matters far more than anything. I'll take a clean white alps board over a dirty blue alps board any day of the week. At least you scratched it under the case! You migh...

Polecat wrote: ↑

11 Oct 2024, 17:57

Looks like they have a "tactile" version also:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 42440.html

That's neat, I don't see tactile clones very frequently. In this case, it'd have to use one of the larger Alps-style tactile leaves, right?

Just a bit curious on the history of these ever since I posted many years ago about a board with SKCM Whites that had dry lubricant and gold springs. Recently, my interest was piqued once again when I rescued an FK-3001 from April-May 1989 that has early SKCM White. Anyone ever find any with tall sw...

amigastar23 wrote: ↑

19 Aug 2024, 00:31

thefarside wrote: ↑

08 May 2024, 14:25

Looks like blue alps! I have the same discoloration in the stems as you do:
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They look rather like Monterey Alps Switches to me.

Monterey switches have a perfectly rectangular stem and it's quite thinner in comparison. Those are SKCM Blue.

Need a spare M0115 case if anyone has parts lying around. I'll also settle for a bad condition one (missing caps, whatever) as long as the case is intact and not all busted up. Thanks!

I have a Unitek K-156 and it also has this issue. I see it sometimes on other boards as well, but it's very strong on the Unitek. It seems to mostly be with PCB mount variants, but that may also just be a frequency thing. Very odd phenomenon, and I'm not much of a chemist to guess what's going on he...

Yeah, that's what threw me off too. Not the first time I've gotten burned. At least I have another box to store a genuinely good keyboard in hehe :D The board I got was totally different from the one in the pic. Different caps altogether (the ones in the pic looked like Alps caps to me, these just s...