IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

[Findecanor]

They are DCS keycaps, from Signature Profile, so they're not Cherry profile.

I'm not convinced that those would be Signature Plastics DCS or even earlier Comptec. The keys on the bottom row don't seem to have as much of a sharp angle as DCS, especially not the Space Bar.
I have seen other vintage keycaps with similar height as DCS and Cherry, with rounded edges but without DCS's sharp angle at the ZXCV row, but I have no idea about who made them.

[Polecat]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-101- ... Swtz5dG64m

What's this? It looks like a Focus keyboard but obviously isn't because of the backspace. Never seen anything like this before.

Very strange indeed. The general case profile, folding legs, front feet, labels for Ctrl-Caps Lock and XT/AT, printing on the LED overlay, inspection number label, and keycaps all look to be early Focus. Probably early white Alps as a guess. So who's gonna buy it to find out?

[zrrion]

That is a weird board. Almost everything about it screams Focus but the case looks a lot like a wyse board?

[Polecat]

That is a weird board. Almost everything about it screams Focus but the case looks a lot like a wyse board?

Four LEDs suggests Acer to me, but the stripe across the top reminds me of Liteon/Silitek. Still more Focus than anything else. Compare the bottom views:

[Wazrach]

Hmm.

[Wazrach]

What is this? Is this an Alps keyboard? The legends look pretty nice and bold.

Edit: just noticed the Model F AT in that box behind it.

[cli]

What is this? Is this an Alps keyboard? The legends look pretty nice and bold.

Edit: just noticed the Model F AT in that box behind it.

ALPS SMK Monterey switches with Cherry keycap mount.
wiki/SMK_Cherry_MX_mount

[Keybug]

Hey fellas,

Does anyone recognize the sublegends on this Cherry board? (Or maybe they were added manually?) I'm guessing PBT dyesub caps as there's no yellowing. Sorry about the tiny pic!

[photekq]

Looks like a G83 to me. B-profile bottom row, no scoops, I think I see a bar on F.

[Keybug]

You da man! Thanks.

[Rezene]

Someone on facebook marketplace is selling this lot of keyboards and I was wondering what packard bell keyboard is to the right of the omnikey and the yellowed one and the one to the right of that one. He did not give any other information.

[Dingster]

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

[Myoth]

Hey fellas,

Does anyone recognize the sublegends on this Cherry board? (Or maybe they were added manually?) I'm guessing PBT dyesub caps as there's no yellowing. Sorry about the tiny pic!

I've seen it already, the legends are amazing, but I'm pretty sure I can spot a bar on the F, which means G83

[Rezene]

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

can you remove badges from omnikeys? Thats what I thought aswell but I don't see any badges and they are pretty distinct

[Dingster]

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

can you remove badges from omnikeys? Thats what I thought aswell but I don't see any badges and they are pretty distinct

You can sorta see the outline where the badge used to be

[Rezene]

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

can you remove badges from omnikeys? Thats what I thought aswell but I don't see any badges and they are pretty distinct

You can sorta see the outline where the badge used to be

hes offering 250 for all of that, but its 3 and a half hours away really tempting

[Dingster]

Thats a really good deal tbh. Go for it if you can.

[Rezene]

wiki/NEC_APC-H412 Middle top, top right looks like a yellowed omnikey. Dont know what the wrapped AT board is though.

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however. I didn't see any other at Packard bell boards on images with that bank of lock lights. https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a brown alps board

[//gainsborough]

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however.

The case is a different shape, so I don't think it's that board you are mentioning.

https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a brown alps board

That was a great board.

[Rezene]

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however.

The case is a different shape, so I don't think it's that board you are mentioning.

https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a brown alps board

That was a great board.

I honestly have no idea what it could be the seller isn't responding and its been quite a while so I'm thinking it already sold but i'm sure its probably got something good. The side bezel looks almost like a triangle with ears like a model f any one know what this could be re-branded?

[Rezene]

The packard bell kinda looks like Packard Bell KFCLEA916A with skcl browns except the lock light bank is different so I doubt it. I don't know anything else that it could be however.

The case is a different shape, so I don't think it's that board you are mentioning.

https://imgur.com/a/S2d5OkQ is a brown alps board

That was a great board.

I honestly have no idea what it could be the seller isn't responding and its been quite a while so I'm thinking it already sold but i'm sure its probably got something good. The side bezel looks almost like a triangle with ears like a model f any one know what this could be re-branded?

[//gainsborough]

I've seen boards like that come with blue alps - but it honestly could be anything. hard to see cap profile at that angle.

[Rezene]

I've seen boards like that come with blue alps - but it honestly could be anything. hard to see cap profile at that angle.

The seller responded and said that it was a uncommon clone board and it feels cheap but clicky, whatever that means. He won't remove a keycap

edit: he came through it was futaba ma clicky inverse mount

[ScottPaladin]

Who wants to go through LGR's latest video frame by frame?

[Findecanor]

Holy crap, that is a lot. I spotted scores of of IBMs (at least one PC Jr keyboard in every room), Apples, Dells AT101s, DEC, Wyse PCE, HP terminal keyboards, but a lot that I don't recognise but which look interesting and some that I have a vague recollection of but can't quite place.
19:42 Addison Reveal ergonomic keyboard. Alps.

[ppCircle]

Olivetti S20 notebook, somebody know what switches can it have?

[HC514]

The keycaps are definitely Cherry. Judging by the shape of them (they look low and flat profile), I would be expecting Cherry ML... but the wiki claims that wasn't introduced until a few years after this machine?

[Keybug]

This looks somewhat complicated inside. It's from a DEC Letterwriter 100 currently on eBay UK. A known switch?

[Findecanor]

Looks like Hi-Tek High Profile.
That keyboard on eBay looks like a DEC VT-100 keyboard with extra keys, and the VT-100 is in the Wiki with that type of switch, although it has not been confirmed that that exact variation was made by Hi-Tek. There are clones of it.

[cml]