IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread
- //gainsborough
- ALPSの日常
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: some kind of alps keyboard
- Favorite switch: clk: SKCM blue, lin: SKCL cream, tac: SKCM cream
- DT Pro Member: 0188
Lekrafter wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 18:01Did you really get it, cause I've got it in my hands right now??kelvinhall05 wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 02:42Any ideas? Bought in on impulse, worried it is f&f, already opened refund even though it was only $15 (albeit with $30 shipping and $10 import).
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He said he opened a refund, haha. BTW I believe that's an SMK board with MX mounts, yeah?
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- Location: Ukraine
- Main keyboard: Topre Realforce 87UB 55g uniform
- DT Pro Member: -
- shine
- Location: EU - Spain
- Main keyboard: F122
- Main mouse: Deathadder Elite
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
- Contact:
You are right!! Thanks!!!//gainsborough wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 18:08It is not an alps board, based on lock light shape and position
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F
- Main mouse: Glorioous Model O
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
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- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: Focus FK-9000, heavily modded
- Main mouse: MX Master 3
What makes you say that? Certainly doesn't look like a Focus to me...keycaps are different, font is different, layout is different, case design is different, etc etc
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F
- Main mouse: Glorioous Model O
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
I've been seeing some Focus boards recently with a similar pattern around the arrow keys and the design isn't too terribly different from some of their boards, however, now that you mention it, the lock lights are a bit off and the layout of the board is unorthodox for Focus. The board actually shares quite a few features with the LIGWL-101, however, it clearly isn't that board, nor is it made by the same company.kelvinhall05 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2020, 00:03What makes you say that? Certainly doesn't look like a Focus to me...keycaps are different, font is different, layout is different, case design is different, etc etc
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- Location: Brisbane, Australia
wiki/Chicony_KB-5191. Also, this board is from Page 1 of the thread, and was identified in 2015.
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F
- Main mouse: Glorioous Model O
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring
Hush, I realized a few minutes after the response that there were hundreds of pages and that I was slow4_404 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2020, 04:29
wiki/Chicony_KB-5191. Also, this board is from Page 1 of the thread, and was identified in 2015.
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- Location: Czech Republic
- Main keyboard: BTC 5169
- Main mouse: CZC GM600
- Contact:
Looks like a fold out kb for a "portable" computer.
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- Location: Russia
Found that it was rackmounted keyboard 70%. Interested in model.
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- Location: Chile
- Main keyboard: Compaq MX-11800
- Main mouse: Logitech G305
- Favorite switch: Alps Black
Dome with... Lever thingy?
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: MX1800 L3
- DT Pro Member: 0251
Zenith ZBK-3?
Considering the lack of any available information, I'm assuming it's just the rubberdome sequel to the ZKB-2?
Considering the lack of any available information, I'm assuming it's just the rubberdome sequel to the ZKB-2?
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- Location: Czech Republic
- Main keyboard: BTC 5169
- Main mouse: CZC GM600
- Contact:
can't be sure, I think I recently looked this one up and yeah, it was most likely RD. Also looking at the way the back side looks, that hollow back is usually a RD thing, right?hwood34 wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 22:32Zenith ZBK-3?
Considering the lack of any available information, I'm assuming it's just the rubberdome sequel to the ZKB-2?
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- Location: Chile
- Main keyboard: Compaq MX-11800
- Main mouse: Logitech G305
- Favorite switch: Alps Black
Well, it's this, the mechanism got me intrigued
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: MX1800 L3
- DT Pro Member: 0251
gotta beJan Pospisil wrote: ↑02 Nov 2020, 00:14can't be sure, I think I recently looked this one up and yeah, it was most likely RD. Also looking at the way the back side looks, that hollow back is usually a RD thing, right?hwood34 wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 22:32Zenith ZBK-3?
Considering the lack of any available information, I'm assuming it's just the rubberdome sequel to the ZKB-2?
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- Location: Sundsvall, Sweden
- Main keyboard: SUH 105DA W39-463
- Main mouse: AeroCool Templarius Gladiator
- Favorite switch: Dont know (yet)
- DT Pro Member: -
Here is a weird one. It's an AT-style board that once belonged to a Bondwell Pro 28 with what i think is an Estonian layout (or some weird hybrid one, can't think of any other language that uses å, ä, ö, and ü but no other umlauts). Label on the back says nothing beyond it being made in 1987.
seller claims it's Swedish, but then why the hell is there ü and é keys?
(edit, realized that Estonian doesn't use å. So now i have no idea what layout it's using)
seller claims it's Swedish, but then why the hell is there ü and é keys?
(edit, realized that Estonian doesn't use å. So now i have no idea what layout it's using)
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Neat. What's the brand?
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Could be nice for keycap harvesting, especially if it is Alps mount.
I also think that it's probably a rubber dome, but that looks like a DIN-5 cable. Windows keys plus big ol' DIN might be interesting.
I also think that it's probably a rubber dome, but that looks like a DIN-5 cable. Windows keys plus big ol' DIN might be interesting.
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- Location: Chile
- Main keyboard: Compaq MX-11800
- Main mouse: Logitech G305
- Favorite switch: Alps Black
It's a Zenith
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- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
This one came up before:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10405&p=462705#p462705
Definitely for a luggable PC. Windows keys means it's from 1995 or later. Some of these keyboards had Alps or clones, others had MX blues or blacks. I can't tell which from the caps, but perhaps someone here can?
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Definitely for a luggable PC. Windows keys means it's from 1995 or later. Some of these keyboards had Alps or clones, others had MX blues or blacks. I can't tell which from the caps, but perhaps someone here can?
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Chicony KB-5170. Blue Alps in the video.Polecat wrote: ↑12 Apr 2020, 23:38Definitely for a portable/luggable. Windows keys date it to 1995 or later, so probably not complicated Alps. Some versions of those luggable keyboards had Cherry MX blues or blacks.Zbrojovka wrote: ↑12 Apr 2020, 23:30Yeah. And description to my keyboard says its clicky. And that strange cable gutter meaning that it could be meant to be portable. It probably has complicated Alps in it.chip chop wrote: ↑11 Apr 2020, 01:03It looks pretty close to this one.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndCXP0ZkOQ
Edit: here's an earlier version with a different layout and MX blues:
viewtopic.php?f=62&t=16741&p=374589&hil ... en#p374589
I have one just like this in black with Dolch caps, also with MX blues. And a white Alps keyboard in the exact same colors and layout. They made these luggables for many years, and there were a lot of variations. Most were poorly made, so not many have survived.
Hey, if it's really $15, I'd take the chance.
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- Location: London
- Main keyboard: Wy-60
- Favorite switch: Vint Black baby FIGHT ME!
Fujitsu leaf spring linear for the top two.
Fujitsu something dome with slider i cant remember but not that popular, for the middle one
No idea for the last one, cherry My maybe, i am thinking of a cherry keyboard
Fujitsu something dome with slider i cant remember but not that popular, for the middle one
No idea for the last one, cherry My maybe, i am thinking of a cherry keyboard
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- Location: Canada
- Main keyboard: Focus FK-9000, heavily modded
- Main mouse: MX Master 3
I have one of the top ones in a different layout. I made a thread that has some info on it but I recommend you just map the matrix.
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- Location: France
- Main keyboard: F122
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Ergo
- Favorite switch: IBM Beamsprings
Could you please share the link of the thread ? Thanks!kelvinhall05 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2020, 17:16I have one of the top ones in a different layout. I made a thread that has some info on it but I recommend you just map the matrix.