Help me identify this keyboard/switchtype

ondast

06 Jul 2012, 21:17

I found this old forgotten keyboard hidden deep within my garage and took a look under the hood to see if i could find out what type of switches it had. The keyboard is branded with a government brand (covered by the pink panther) and is probably from the late 1980s.

The keys have a non-clicky, linear feel to them and i couldnt immediatly recognize the type of switch, even though the keyboard is branded with alps electric ireland.

Anyone know more about it and can tell me what type of switch it is?
Keyboard
Keyboard
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Switch and keycap
Switch and keycap
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Opened up the keyboard to find this..
Opened up the keyboard to find this..
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IvanIvanovich

06 Jul 2012, 21:18

Alps made domes board.

ondast

07 Jul 2012, 00:40

Thanks!

Do the round alps domes have a name?

ripster

07 Jul 2012, 01:35

God I hope not. ALPS is confusing enough as it is.

IvanIvanovich

07 Jul 2012, 01:57

LOL, it's probably known as ALPS Type MCMXLV complicated rubber dome mechanism revision 3...

rodtang

07 Jul 2012, 02:30

lysol wrote:LOL, it's probably known as ALPS Type MCMXLV complicated rubber dome mechanism revision 3...
It is now at least.

ondast

07 Jul 2012, 11:02

Haha ok:p

ripster

07 Jul 2012, 15:17

You ASTed!

Hah, I met those guys, the A, the S, and the T.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AST_Research

They all had ferraris or something..Then KABOOM!

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