Great/Interesting Finds

kakan · 18 Jul 2018, 03:01

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Seltene-alte-Ta ... %7Ciid%3A1

Looks like fujitsu peerless switches and is doesn't seem to have been used.

xxhellfirexx · 18 Jul 2018, 04:31

kakan wrote: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Seltene-alte-Ta ... %7Ciid%3A1

Looks like fujitsu peerless switches and is doesn't seem to have been used.

Those are not peerless switches as the tops of the caps are rounded. They are clicky Fujitsu leaf springs.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Data-General-K ... 2022187236

E TwentyNine · 18 Jul 2018, 14:56

orihalcon wrote: Fully refurbished and converted IBM 3278 Beamspring with odd tripple shot GREEN APL layout:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/253757176042

Doubt it's going to last long given that these keycaps are definitely uncommon. This seller is also known for quality restorations.

Wow. Don't know that I've seen one of those for sale before.

kakan · 18 Jul 2018, 16:18

xxhellfirexx wrote: Those are not peerless switches as the tops of the caps are rounded. They are clicky Fujitsu leaf springs.

Makes it even more promising. Good catch

!

Drclick · 19 Jul 2018, 08:24

NOS FD ALPS Blue
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573267313624

NOS ALPS Yellow with led
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573646614921

All in stock

Drclick · 19 Jul 2018, 08:38

Drclick wrote:
NOS ALPS Yellow with led
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573646614921

All in stock

This seller also have some nos alps white switches. But they are not listed in his shop.

Chyros · 19 Jul 2018, 08:45

Drclick wrote: NOS FD ALPS Blue
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573267313624

Wait, what?

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 08:46

Drclick wrote:
Drclick wrote:
NOS ALPS Yellow with led
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573646614921

All in stock
This seller also have some nos alps white switches. But they are not listed in his shop.

How do you get those? Do you have to go to China and buy it from there, or what?

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 08:47

By the way, more from Taobao:

NOS White Omrons
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=10 ... 0925142738

NOS Amber Omrons
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=10 ... 3572735836

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 08:51

Even more from Taobao: Blue Button Model F for $117.14 (excluding shipping)
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=421 ... t=3#detail

(Please correct me if I'm wrong in this, not very knowledgeable in keyboards that much)

Drclick · 19 Jul 2018, 08:53

mcmaxmcmc wrote:
Drclick wrote:
Drclick wrote:
NOS ALPS Yellow with led
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573646614921

All in stock
This seller also have some nos alps white switches. But they are not listed in his shop.
How do you get those? Do you have to go to China and buy it from there, or what?

I'm in China so....
I will order some and post pics a few days later.

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 08:57

Drclick wrote:
I'm in China so....
I will order some and post pics a few days later.

Buy a ton of those and sell it here with some interest.
Get rich quick xD

Just make sure those are SKCM, not SKBM.

//gainsborough · 19 Jul 2018, 09:03

Chyros wrote:
Drclick wrote: NOS FD ALPS Blue
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=573267313624
Wait, what?

looks like clone switches? They are like...bamboo blue alps or something. Has an "FD" logo on the bottom. You can tell from the switchplate pins that it's simplified.

Drclick · 19 Jul 2018, 09:16

I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.

//gainsborough · 19 Jul 2018, 09:26

Drclick wrote: I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.

I don't even know why there is a blue SKBM switch when white already exists!

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 09:36

//gainsborough wrote:
Drclick wrote: I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.
I don't even know why there is a blue SKBM switch when white already exists!

What even are the differences between the white and the blue? Stiffness?

//gainsborough · 19 Jul 2018, 09:48

mcmaxmcmc wrote:
//gainsborough wrote:
Drclick wrote: I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.
I don't even know why there is a blue SKBM switch when white already exists!
What even are the differences between the white and the blue? Stiffness?

I don't think their stiffness is that different, if at all.

edit to answer your question, though - the main difference between SKCM blue and white are the normal differences between gen. 1 and gen. 2 alps switches. Gen. 1 switches have:

-factory dry lube applied to slider
-long switchplates

whereas gen. 2 switches have

-short switchplates (possibly made of a different plastic)
-altered slider colors (possibly made of "slippery" plastic since dry lube was removed)
-can be bamboo instead of pine (also possibly different plastic used)

Chyros · 19 Jul 2018, 11:59

//gainsborough wrote:
Drclick wrote: I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.
I don't even know why there is a blue SKBM switch when white already exists!

Yes, that was exactly my thought as well. I mean they stopped producing blue SKCM for a long time and then reintroduce them as SKBM blue next to the white ones?!

green-squid · 19 Jul 2018, 12:33

HOLY SHIT

I need this!!!!!!!!

God bless Doctor Click

Chyros · 19 Jul 2018, 12:57

Mind you, they are very probably SKBM, in which case they'll feel quite different from SKCM, I suspect.

mcmaxmcmc · 19 Jul 2018, 13:46

Chyros wrote: Mind you, they are very probably SKBM, in which case they'll feel quite different from SKCM, I suspect.

Now time to deck a Dell Bigfoot with these for a comparison! (Someone else can do this, I'm broke)

Myoth · 19 Jul 2018, 14:35

//gainsborough wrote:
Drclick wrote: I think they are all Alps SKBL/SKBM series, made by Forward Electronics.
I don't even know why there is a blue SKBM switch when white already exists!

there also is SKBM Black, and these are clickies too

Blaise170 · 19 Jul 2018, 16:05

Well I already had a group buy for SKCL Yellow - should I start one for the Forward (FD) Blues?

Chyros · 19 Jul 2018, 16:16

Blaise170 wrote: Well I already had a group buy for SKCL Yellow - should I start one for the Forward (FD) Blues?

Haha I'll probably be up for some xD .

//gainsborough · 19 Jul 2018, 16:52

I have a bad feeling about those simplified blues if they start circulating through the community market. Some people will think they are real blue alps and could get taken advantage of =( Or it could also mean the price of real blue alps plummets because ppl think they are readily available. I'm actually not too fond of either of those situations - especially the latter since it devalues a lot of boards in my collection, hahaha.

edit: We should update this page: wiki/Category:Alps_SKBL/SKBM_series

Blaise170 · 19 Jul 2018, 17:49

To be honest I'm not even sure that these are legitimate - there's the possibility that someone took a bunch of FD housings and made new sliders for them.

andrewjoy · 19 Jul 2018, 18:13

The legs look a little funny , look at the colour and shape difference .

zrrion · 19 Jul 2018, 18:40

Blaise170 wrote: should I start one for the Forward (FD) Blues?

I'd be up for that as well as amber omron.

TheMilkmen · 19 Jul 2018, 19:04

zrrion wrote:
Blaise170 wrote: should I start one for the Forward (FD) Blues?
I'd be up for that as well as amber omron.

I'll agree on that one as well, amber omrons would be interesting to use for a board.

TheInverseKey · 19 Jul 2018, 20:49

Just got these in the mail and they are all cherry black boards with it seems NKRO. Not bad for the price.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Cherry-Tastatur ... 2749.l2649