Seems to be gone, I just asked the seller.mike52787 wrote: ↑if one of you german dudes would proxy this for me, I would love you forever. Nevermind... I realized this was not the one I wanted.
fohat wrote: ↑There are ways to nearly functionally re-create "faux-blue" Alps to achieve the best attributes of each component.
Truly "new" blue Alps in conventional configurations are probably so rare as to truly qualify as near "unobtainium" ....
What makes them special? If you can get clean fresh switch bodies and transplant the appropriate moving components into them, you could probably re-create "Franken-blues" that give you what you want at (somewhat) less cost in time and money than chasing the originals in their original state. Some components (plastic) wear out, but others (metal) do not (assuming that they are protected from rusting).
Chassis? Forget it and buy a Northgate Omnikey 101. Springs? Orange Alps are similar to blue. Sliders? mostly the same.
Or, to paraphrase Graham Chapman in "The Life of Brian": "You've got to work it out for yourself."
What a coincidence! I did exactly this yesterday and I came to the same conclusion: these sound and feel almost exactly like blue alps! I hybridized some switches in a NIB OmniKey 102XMIT wrote: ↑An Omnikey 101 (great case and NKRO), and Orange switches (correct spring weight and switch plate) with pine white click leaves, will get you a really nice board that is mostly indistinguishable from Alps Blues if it is clean. You could combine an AEK I and an Omnikey to get this.
UGH, if it weren't missing the F22 I'd be all over itohaimark wrote: ↑An exceptionally rare AT&T buckling spring 122 key.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-Keyboard-V ... 2641523908
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This is essentially what I did back in November of last year.//gainsborough wrote: ↑fohat wrote: ↑There are ways to nearly functionally re-create "faux-blue" Alps to achieve the best attributes of each component.
Truly "new" blue Alps in conventional configurations are probably so rare as to truly qualify as near "unobtainium" ....
What makes them special? If you can get clean fresh switch bodies and transplant the appropriate moving components into them, you could probably re-create "Franken-blues" that give you what you want at (somewhat) less cost in time and money than chasing the originals in their original state. Some components (plastic) wear out, but others (metal) do not (assuming that they are protected from rusting).
Chassis? Forget it and buy a Northgate Omnikey 101. Springs? Orange Alps are similar to blue. Sliders? mostly the same.
Or, to paraphrase Graham Chapman in "The Life of Brian": "You've got to work it out for yourself."What a coincidence! I did exactly this yesterday and I came to the same conclusion: these sound and feel almost exactly like blue alps! I hybridized some switches in a NIB OmniKey 102XMIT wrote: ↑An Omnikey 101 (great case and NKRO), and Orange switches (correct spring weight and switch plate) with pine white click leaves, will get you a really nice board that is mostly indistinguishable from Alps Blues if it is clean. You could combine an AEK I and an Omnikey to get this.
My combination for the switches are:
Bottom housing: bamboo white alps
Switchplate: short white (really wish they were tall, but I didn't want to desolder)
click leaf: white alps click-leaf
slider: orange alps slider
spring: orange alps spring
top housing: Pine housing from the orange alps
The only way I could think to improve it would be if it had tall switchplates - but it is still amazing. The original switches in the omnikey 102 were bamboo whites (the model number 2052469), which is why I decided to modify it in the first place - had the switches been pine I probably would have left them alone.
Yeah I remember that! Definitely some inception level stuff happened. I wasn't able to do my whole board, unfortunately - as I didn't have enough orange alps from the m0116. Yours looks absolutely stunning painted black like that.Hypersphere wrote: ↑
This is essentially what I did back in November of last year.
workshop-f7/northgate-omnikey-101-with- ... 15187.html
Question: Were SKCM white Alps switches ever produced with tall switchplates?Spoiler:
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A bit unfortunate that they are g81's, but the caps alone will definitely be worth it for some!ohaimark wrote: ↑That is damn awesome. The boxes are stunning!
I'm net going to buy one, as they're G81s, but I'm sure some people will be all over that.
Is $88 a good price for new Cherry OG keycaps? I don't really know the going rate but I assumed it would be a bit lower considering the less standard 1800 layout.gnmar2723 wrote: ↑ A bit unfortunate that they are g81's, but the caps alone will definitely be worth it for some!
G81-1800 is easy to find, but not always NIB, I've sold them new without boxes for more...so yes this is a good price, especially if you're after a box for your 1800
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