IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

[shine]

Is this one interesting?

[Rbd_3178]

Help, seller doesn't have more photos at the moment. He says that it's mechanical and it has wyse logo. Wyse WY85?

[zrrion]

that's wyse for sure don't remember which specific type though. I have a rebranded one and it doesn't work with the wyseverter but that might just be because the PCB is borked or something

[ZeFritz]

No maker or model-number available.

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[Muirium]

DIN plug is generally a good sign. The caps look most spherical, too, which is also good. I like layout: an enhanced XT. Places it again in the early 80s.

[Rhododendron]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

[inozenz]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

100% alps if you ask me or clone

[Rhododendron]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

Came in earlier than expected. Very interesting results: They are alps.tw Type 4 or 5! Feels like shit though, to be honest - not going to use it. Very nice keycaps however, I'll keep those.

[-Space-NATO-]

Anyone got a clue?

[inozenz]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

Came in earlier than expected. Very interesting results: They are alps.tw Type 4 or 5! Feels like shit though, to be honest - not going to use it. Very nice keycaps however, I'll keep those.

Uh sehr interessant, hätte ich nicht gedacht. Für 5 Euro immernoch ein schnapper Gratz!

[Rhododendron]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

Came in earlier than expected. Very interesting results: They are alps.tw Type 4 or 5! Feels like shit though, to be honest - not going to use it. Very nice keycaps however, I'll keep those.

Uh sehr interessant, hätte ich nicht gedacht. Für 5 Euro immernoch ein schnapper Gratz!

Haha ja Immer wieder interessant, sich überraschen zu lassen

[hellothere]

Just bought this one for the fun of it, it cost 10€ and looked pretty interesting.
The model no. is "YKB-201" By Ya Hsin Industrial from Taiwan. Upon googling the FCC-ID the website tells me that it is from '93, I couldn't find any information other than that. Anyone know what it is? Should arrive sometime in February.

Came in earlier than expected. Very interesting results: They are alps.tw Type 4 or 5! Feels like shit though, to be honest - not going to use it. Very nice keycaps however, I'll keep those.

That's a Cherry MX clear clone. It's not an Alps-mount switch.

[Polecat]

That's a Cherry MX clear clone. It's not an Alps-mount switch.

Correct on the MX clone, but alps.tw is a person, not a switch type, and the switches he documented did include some MX clones:

wiki/Taiwan_white_and_black_shaft

[hellothere]

That's a Cherry MX clear clone. It's not an Alps-mount switch.

Correct on the MX clone, but alps.tw is a person, not a switch type, and the switches he documented did include some MX clones:

wiki/Taiwan_white_and_black_shaft

TIL. Thanks!

[pan_tomesz]

Found this on an auction and I don't really know what it is.

[Lalaland124]

Any guesses? Seems kinda cherry-ish to me.

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[zrrion]

numpad caps remind me of this: https://imgur.com/gallery/IMTsl
however, with how far apart the numpad is from the alphas I wouldn't be surprised if it was a different module entirely. if it is a different module then there's really no way of knowing what the alphas have. if the price is reasonable for sure get that but you have to post a thread about it when you have it in hand

[thefarside]

Does anyone know what this is:

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I noticed it in a lot of vintage keyboards on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-4-Old-styl ... 4394258002

It looks like a Focus keyboard based on the layout, function block label and lock light sticker, but I’m not aware of any Focus boards like this.

[Polecat]

Does anyone know what this is:

I noticed it in a lot of vintage keyboards on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-4-Old-styl ... 4394258002

It looks like a Focus keyboard based on the layout, function block label and lock light sticker, but I’m not aware of any Focus boards like this.

viewtopic.php?p=461920#p461920

Some info when it got bumped further down the page. Slider-over-something, based on how terrible mine felt. That's a subjective memory, because I was already spoiled on Alps when I had one of these thirty-some years ago. I wanted it to feel as good as it looked, but no such luck. The LED legends do look Focus-like, and the FK-1001 had a similar LED arrangement, but I was familiar with Focus at the time and I'm pretty sure this wasn't a Focus product.

[thefarside]

Does anyone know what this is:

I noticed it in a lot of vintage keyboards on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-4-Old-styl ... 4394258002

It looks like a Focus keyboard based on the layout, function block label and lock light sticker, but I’m not aware of any Focus boards like this.

viewtopic.php?p=461920#p461920

Some info when it got bumped further down the page. Slider-over-something, based on how terrible mine felt. That's a subjective memory, because I was already spoiled on Alps when I had one of these thirty-some years ago. I wanted it to feel as good as it looked, but no such luck. The LED legends do look Focus-like, and the FK-1001 had a similar LED arrangement, but I was familiar with Focus at the time and I'm pretty sure this wasn't a Focus product.

Thanks I thought that if it was a Focus board and mechanical it would have been known but you never know.

[rpajarola]

Any idea what this is? I get zero hits on Google for DEKU-0224-PHM or DEKU-0224. It came with a VT220 (and the plug is "right"), but I did not try because I don't want to accidentally fry it.

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[snufflecat]

Anyone know what we’re looking at here? Never seen anything like them before.

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[DrunkUkrainian]

Anyone know what we’re looking at here? Never seen anything like them before.
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Man I've seen houses plug into the electric grid with less chumky connectors! Those are gorgeous

[badjona7an]

Can anyone identify the switches?

[jsheradin]

Anyone know what we’re looking at here? Never seen anything like them before.

My bet's on a keypunch machine. The styling looks similar to the Juki stuff but it's pretty hard to find good pics of anything from this era.

[badjona7an]

Anyone know what we’re looking at here? Never seen anything like them before.

My bet's on a keypunch machine. The styling looks similar to the Juki stuff but it's pretty hard to find good pics of anything from this era.

Well, I know the machine it comes from, but wanted to get some info on the switches. They should be made before 1978, East Germany or something perhaps, since other computers made by that company were later using Cherry M9 for instance.

[Polecat]

Can anyone identify the switches?

I can't tell you who made them, but those are magnetic reed switches. The green glass cylinders are the contacts, and there are magnets attached to the sliders which actuate them.

wiki/Keystroke_sensing#Reed

[guidemetothelight]

Does somebody know this board ?
Gerade bei #eBayKleinanzeigen gefunden. Wie findest du das?
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... nt=app_ios

[akkk44]

I wonder what this is ?

[New_User1]

It is selling together with the other keyboard (Chicony). Judging by the 4 leds, it looks similar to the Chicony KB-5191, but the shape is slightly different.

Any thoughts?

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