User:Daniel beardsmore

Lists

• To-do list — for me, but free for anyone else to tackle in the meantime (abandoned)
• /Companies — company research status (out of date)
• /Interesting part numbers — parts that may still be out there somewhere and are needed for research and documentation purposes

Acknowledgements

Personal acknowledgements to community members, in approximate chronological order.

Jennifer Elaan

For getting me into this mess in the first place

Geoff Stilwell

Not sure if it was him, but whoever it was who gave me the Tulip AT Compact 2 PC, the one that came with the Tulip ATK 030244 that I dug out during the conversation with Jenni (it had been stood in a corner for years as I didn't realise I could connect it to a modern computer, not even my 486 that I had at the time I got the Tulip)

Edgar Matias

For providing the true identity of Xiang Min — the critical first step in the process of unravelling the Mystery of Alps

ruhtraeel

For success in obtaining the switch manufacturer for AZiO keyboards (Taiwan Tai-Hao), the second step in the Mystery of Alps

Mr Interface

For a complementary switch sample pack

HaaTa

For his keyboard and switch research, and his pointer in the right direction towards unravelling Futaba linear switches

padath

For some free USw LMBW01 switches

Muirium

For some free Cherry M84A-0100 switches

Nuum

Various free switches (Marquardt, Alps and Cherry)

legalize

For finding the SMK J-M 9031 brochure and solving another mystery (the identity of SMK vintage linear switches)

Keyboards

As of September 2017:

Current

In approximate order of acquisition:

Model	Switch	Acquired	Notes
Packard Bell 5149	BTC dome with slider	PC, 1994
Apple Keyboard II	Mitsumi hybrid switch	Macintosh LC or IIvx, ca. 1997
BBC Micro Type 1 × 3	Futaba simplified linear	BBC Micros, ca. 1997
Tulip ATK 030244	Alps SKCM Blue	Tulip 286 PC, ca. 1998
MacAlly MK-105SUKMCG	Domes	September 2000	Motorola StarMax keyboard
Cherry G83-6153LPQGB/02	Domes	PC, 2004
Diatec FKBN105MC/UKB	Cherry MX Blue	The Keyboard Company, January 2010	Primary home keyboard
Diatec FKBN105M/UKB	Cherry MX Brown	The Keyboard Company, February 2010
Matias FK302-UK	Fuhua Alps white, KSB-LE green (linear) with LED	The Keyboard Company, February 2011
Dell AT102W	Alps SKCM Black (bamboo)	Digital Pipeline, August 2011
Acer 6312-TW	Acer (white)	Digital Pipeline, February 2012
NTC KB-6153EN	alps.tw Type OA2	Radio rally
Viglen 6312	Acer (black)	Radio rally
Cherry G80-3000LQCDE-2/01	Cherry MX Clear	PC Planet, August 2012
Dell KB522	Domes	Dell OptiPlex 9010, November 2012
Matias FK302QPC-UK	Matias tactile	The Keyboard Company, March 2013
Cherry G84-4400 (with trackball; NIB)	Cherry ML	Stockwood Park radio rally, May 2013
Unbranded Fujitsu FKB4700-152	Fujitsu Peerless	Stockwood Park radio rally, May 2013
Tulip ATK 03.01.44	Tactile SMK inverse cross mount	Stockwood Park radio rally, May 2013
IBM Model M (1391406, UK ISO, Greenock)	IBM membrane buckling spring	Newbury radio rally, June 2013
Neve Necam 96 audio station keyboard	RAFI RS 74 M	Newbury radio rally, June 2013
NTC KB-6251EA	Alps SKCM White (pine)	Newbury radio rally, June 2013
Datacomp DFK-192	Alps SKCM White (pine)	Ascaii, August 2013
Oriental Tech OK-100M	Oriental Tech linear	Ascaii, August 2013
ETC Power Glide 105	Alps SKCM White (plum), Futaba lock	Ascaii, August 2013	Melted keys and contains more dirt than the Daily Mail
Mitsumi KPQ-E99ZC-12	Mitsumi hybrid switch	Paul Robson
KBC PKX-6100	Cherry MX Red	QWERTim, February 2014	Primary work keyboard
Cherry G84-4135PTMDE/00	Cherry ML	gore, June 2014
Cherry G80-3700HAU	Cherry MX Black	Newbury radio rally, June 2014
KPT KPT-84	Four-tab clone	lowpoly, July 2014
NEC PC-8201A	Alps SKFL, Alps SKFL Lock, unknown	McMichael radio rally, July 2014
Commodore 64 bare keyboard	Linear Mitsumi hybrid switch, Mitsumi weird latching	McMichael radio rally, July 2014
Bespoke or DIY 3×6 keypad	Cherry MX Black (special LED version)	McMichael radio rally, July 2014
Matias FK302PC-UK	Matias click	The Keyboard Company, December 2014

Previous

Not exhaustive!

Model	Switch	Source	Destination	Notes
Dell oval series (unknown model)	Rubber dome	OptiPlex GX270	Lost on customer site	Binding problems; replaced with Trust scissor
Trust Slimline Keyboard KB-1450	Scissor switch	Micro Direct	Rehomed at work
Diatec FKBN105M/UKB	Cherry MX Brown	The Keyboard Company, January 2010	PhAtfiSh	Didn't need two of them!
Diatec FKBN87Z/EB-Y	KSB-C	The Keyboard Company, August 2010	fossala	Too stiff; sold as a donor board for blue Alps CM
Unicomp UB43PHA	IBM membrane buckling spring	Unicomp, March 2010	My father
Apple MB110B/A	Island scissor	Dabs, November 2008	Used by coworker	A bit rubbish
Chicony KB-5182	SMK Alps mount switch	Radio rally	Findecanor	Wish I'd kept it :(
Dell QuietKey (SK-1000REW)	Domes	Came with a PC in mid-2004	To meet its maker
Apple M0116	Salmon Alps CM	geekhack member skryl, December 2012	ne0phyte
Zenith Supersport SX 386 notebook	Alps integrated dome	Newbury radio rally, June 2013	Muirium
Thorpe 105UB	Thorpe switch	The Keyboard Company, August 2011	Leanne Cooper, October 2014
Viglen KU-0325	Rubber dome over membrane	Second-hand NEC PC	Given away with a spare PC, ca. February 2015
Monterey K110	Hua-Jie AK-CN2	webwit, February 2013	chzel, January 2015
Apple M2980	NMB dome with slider	University surplus, ca. 2003	Dustman	Membrane–PCB connection broke during disassembly; not worth fixing
Apple M2980	Alps domes	University surplus, ca. 2003	Dustman	Membrane–PCB connection broke during disassembly; not worth fixing

Coming

Nothing.

Switches

As of September 2017, I have at least 3000 loose switches, comprising over 350 different types.