Toshiba T3200 Keyboard

[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.

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PS: I love the old ALPS logo!

[Ascaii]

very, very nice!
You planning to mod it to PC use?

[webwit]

Those old Alps look great.

[ripster]

Old logo beats new logo.

Blue Velvet Volume Control

[Findecanor]

Interesting. I have heard that another Toshiba laptop used clicky ALPS..

[Pylon]

Hmm, didn't those laptops have a ton of bounce issues?

[Ascaii]

any chance youll do something like this mod:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:4488

[daedalus]

Some old IBM Japan keyboards used these - older versions of the Multistation and PC-JX mainly.

[Peter]

Old logo beats new logo.

Blue Velvet Volume Control

True, but Beam-spring beats Buckling-spring :

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