[GB] Tai-Hao White on Black and Vintage Alps

[Muirium]

I have Tai Hao mx set iirc...
How does their cubic profile compares to SP DCS profile? I also prefer the FAME profile - I think the Chinese (who created so many different new profiles for the mx market) can help but the market can be too small to make it profitable

This article I found compares Cubics to Cherry and OEM.

TLDR: OEM profile with Cherry-like sculpting, with larger font on the alphas.

DCS are somewhere between OEM and Cherry profile.

https://www.keychatter.com/2017/06/29/f ... c-profile/

The majority of old non-Apple Alps SKCM keyboards boards used OEM profile.

Hmm…


“Cubic” at back, Cherry in front.

Not doing it for me.

[SK-8K]

Those are the OEM keys, the Cubics are the white ones in the comparison pictures.

[Muirium]

Right you are! I linked the wrong pic. This is the right one:



Pretty similar story in terms of extra height. (Without actually using it to bring some character, like SA.) I’m no fan of OEM profile either, no surprise.

[Menuhin]

Thanks for the links, the profile comparison helps me to see why I was not so excited about my (either in storage or sold) TaoHao sets back in a few years apart from the limited layout support

Now with the extended layout support it can become a compromised option, but after all it is just personal preference

[SK-8K]

OEM is my preference (ordered 2 of the vintage grey set), and they are going on boards that had OEM profile to begin with so I am excited for this buy. Any new products bringing back the Alps platform back from the dead would get my support anyway even if it wasn't my preference.

[Shorle]

International / NorDe (I mostly just care for German though) Alp Keycaps would be pretty lit, I agree.

This Cubic profile doesn't suit me either, the font looks off and I fear the edge is too sharp so I'd get stuck on it while tpying - OG Cherry and DCS have nice radii imho.

[Muirium]

Cherry profile is the dog’s bollocks. (Despite what it sounds, this is in fact a good thing.) DCS not so much, but yes it’s all ultimately down to taste.

[SK-8K]

Any updates on production?

[joebeazelman]

I would love it if Akko made some of their better looking ASA keycaps available for Alps SCKM/SKCLs. Their Chocolate ASA set https://en.akkogear.com/product/chocola ... et-178-key would look smoking on a beige keyboard.

[Hak Foo]

I can agree with that.

I finally went back to Matias switches, and went with the Tai-Hao Cubics not out of a specific preference, but because they're about the best-available for new-stock Alps caps. They look like what you'd get if you asked someone in 1989 to draw what a keyboard would look like in 1994-- same basic cylindrical look, slightly tighter corners everywhere.

It goes with the overall look of my board, but I'd be lying to claim I didn't covet the shiny spherical AFSA caps on the MX-compatible board sitting in my office. I've used a couple of Akko's sets too, and they're excellent choices, although they wear a little fast for something advertised as PBT. OTOH, I do like taller caps.

[doomsday_device]

crosspost here: wont fit either iso dell or iso focus boards, the mount of the enter is in the middle were as dell and focus use a slight shift.