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Toshiba T3200 Keyboard

Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 17:42
by sixty
Many thanks to 7bit for making the eBay link to this public! The keyboard uses the old type low profile (but full travel!) ALPS switches. Linear and smooth as butter. These actually feel entirely identical to Cherry MX red switches. The keycaps are wonderful too. Just the spacebar squeaks quite a bit. I will need to apply grease to that later.

2 Detail shots and a size comparision :D

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PS: I love the old ALPS logo!

Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 18:10
by Ascaii
very, very nice!
You planning to mod it to PC use?

Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 19:04
by webwit
Those old Alps look great.

Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 19:54
by ripster
Old logo beats new logo.

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Posted: 28 Apr 2011, 22:23
by Findecanor
Interesting. I have heard that another Toshiba laptop used clicky ALPS..

Posted: 29 Apr 2011, 21:03
by Pylon
Hmm, didn't those laptops have a ton of bounce issues?

Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 07:56
by Ascaii
any chance youll do something like this mod:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:4488

Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 16:28
by daedalus
Some old IBM Japan keyboards used these - older versions of the Multistation and PC-JX mainly.

Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 17:34
by Peter
ripster wrote:Old logo beats new logo.

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True, but Beam-spring beats Buckling-spring :
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