Alps Appreciation

Redmaus · 24 Feb 2016, 01:11

bocahgundul wrote: how does the green and yellow differs in feel is it like cherry mx black and cherry mx red?

I have 2 SKCL green board which is the zenith and texas instruments coming from taobao
and SGI at 101 for the keycaps!

Could you PM the links for those boards? Also I will know how they differ in feel soon enough from a green alps board and yellow alps zenith I am getting from another member.

bocahgundul · 24 Feb 2016, 02:57

Redmaus wrote:
bocahgundul wrote: how does the green and yellow differs in feel is it like cherry mx black and cherry mx red?

I have 2 SKCL green board which is the zenith and texas instruments coming from taobao
and SGI at 101 for the keycaps!
Could you PM the links for those boards? Also I will know how they differ in feel soon enough from a green alps board and yellow alps zenith I am getting from another member.

I'm sorry bro I hoarde them haha. But if I see one on taobao I will inform you!

Redmaus · 24 Feb 2016, 11:31

bocahgundul wrote: I'm sorry bro I hoarde them haha. But if I see one on taobao I will inform you!

Thanks

Getting all of those soon hopefully anyway. But the TI intrigues me.

mastermachetier · 24 Feb 2016, 17:11

Blaise170 wrote: I may have bought one too many boards from Japan. Prices not including international shipping...

Looks like you picked up alot of good shit really cheap Blaise! I wonder why this stuff is so much cheaper in Japan.

ohaimark · 24 Feb 2016, 17:15

Japan is the homeland of Alps. Makes sense that it would be cheaper there.

XMIT · 24 Feb 2016, 17:19

fohat wrote:
seaworthy wrote: hobby is birding, and this somewhat reflects the kingfisher.
My son worked at a bird show yesterday. The kestrel has that, maybe less the green.

I enjoy birds as well. Some Crested Caracaras paid us a visit this morning. They are a rare sight this far north.

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Makes me think that red, orange, black and white could make for an interesting color scheme for a board.

Hypersphere · 24 Feb 2016, 20:07

@XMIT: From my perspective in Michigan, it sounds strange to refer to Texas as being "this far north", but of course everything is relative! Indeed, with global warming, Michigan is beginning to feel tropical.

seaworthy · 24 Feb 2016, 20:25

Nice @XMIT. In a better world, tying each keyboard colorway to some specific bird plumage would be a requirement—and in that better world, seagulls and pelicans would be extinct. White turns however would be welcome.

Redmaus · 26 Feb 2016, 16:05

seaworthy · 26 Feb 2016, 16:13

The Silverly Kingfisher has a black body with blue and orange highlights as reflected in this AEK I. The case is plastidip matte black and does a nice job of sound containment and makes this keyboard nicknamed after an aircraft carrier, even more solid.

The caps are dyed with Dylon multi-purpose dye in Kingfisher, Elephant Grey, and Tangerine (in a light tone and a darker tone on the Esc, power, and arrows).

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seebart · 26 Feb 2016, 16:15

Thanks, that picture is older we have a header from that too. But look at this strangeness I'm seeing here right now:

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Redmaus · 26 Feb 2016, 16:18

What did I do?

Also, I love that board seaworthy

seebart · 26 Feb 2016, 16:21

Redmaus wrote: What did I do? :shocked:

Also, I love that board seaworthy

I'm getting the same crazy display in Firefox too, but only this thread, only this one post. Never seen anything like it. Anyone else seeing this outside my screenshot? My PC and DSL are fine here. Crazy.

Redmaus · 26 Feb 2016, 16:23

Let's see if deleting everything in that post works.

Khers · 26 Feb 2016, 16:26

It looks normal now. I have seen similar strangeness occur when quotes have been fucked up. Don't know if that was the case now though since I haven't seen the post and grasp about zip of seebart's post

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 14:12

Some more Alps appreciation in form of my Zenith ZKB-2:

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bocahgundul · 28 Feb 2016, 14:56

@seebart damn bro that board looks amazing and is that a really mint condition green alps?

is it true that alps doesn't age like a fine wine?

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 15:07

bocahgundul wrote: @seebart damn bro that board looks amazing and is that a really mint condition green alps?

is it true that alps doesn't age like a fine wine?

Thanks. No not in "mint" condition at all. Yes it is very true that Alps switches do not age well and are very prone to dirt, the major drawback compared to other switches like buckling spring or Cherry MX, these linear ones less so.

Redmaus · 28 Feb 2016, 15:49

@ seebart hnnnng I'll probably be getting one of these soon in alps yellow. Could we get some more pics of this great board?

Blaise170 · 28 Feb 2016, 16:06

I just got another X68000 with Yellow Alps.

Also have this NOS (I think) board coming with Yellow Alps. Hopefully it's worth the price.

Redmaus · 28 Feb 2016, 16:10

Oh cool I had one of those I salvaged for switches. Mine had yellow alps. I think I pointed this out in the great finds thread.

How much did you pay for it?

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 16:52

Redmaus wrote: Could we get some more pics of this great board?

What obviously doesn't come across in any pictures is the build quality of this keyboard, apart from IBM F, NTC KB-6151 this is next to none from my 1980's keyboards. The doubleshots are pretty nice but nothing spectacular.

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Redmaus · 28 Feb 2016, 17:11

Oh man that layout is a somewhat improvement upon regular ANSI. I find it hard to find the "]" key sometimes.

Can't wait for mine

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 17:19

F and J homing bumps. This keyboard has a clicker BTW that can be (de)activated via a key combo that I forgot.

Chyros · 28 Feb 2016, 17:25

alt + esc or alt + ~

.

Really, are there people who use "]"?

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 17:29

Chyros wrote: alt + esc or alt + ~ .

Really, are there people who use "]"?

Ah cool thanks, yeah sure I use "]" all the time.

Redmaus · 28 Feb 2016, 17:33

The only time I use it is in forums where I have to make quotes and stuff.

Chyros · 28 Feb 2016, 17:34

seebart wrote:
Chyros wrote: alt + esc or alt + ~ .

Really, are there people who use "]"?
Ah cool thanks, yeah sure I use "]" all the time.

What for?

Muirium · 28 Feb 2016, 17:38

Code. Markdown in my case, and a spot of manual tagging right here on DT. More people around here will be using it for array indices and such.

Don't be surprised to find that the world isn't at your desk!

seebart · 28 Feb 2016, 17:45

Chyros wrote: What for?

When I'm editing quotes and image placement mostly.