12 ALPS "CLICKY" KEY SWITCHES: SAMPLER ASSORTMENT SIX STEM-COLORS

"CLICKINESS SAMPLER" TWELVE ALPS KEYSWITCHES WITH SIX STEM-COLORS MECHANICAL ALPS KEYSWITCHES FOR APPLE IIGS / IIC / IIC PLUS OR VINTAGE MAC OR PC LOT-OF-TWELVE FOR $11.80 PLUS SHIPPING THESE STEM COLORS: / CANADA-BLUE / / CREAM / WHITE  / BLACK / ORANGE / / CANADA-RED / "CANADA-BLUE" offers strong-clicky, strong-tactile, while "CANADA-RED-LINEAR" offers no-clicky, no- tactile, but with strong quiet smoothness. CANADA- BLUE is a clone of Blue Alps, and CANADA-RED is a clone of Green Alps. Its a "Whitman Sampler," of keyswitches rather than chocolates. $11.80 FOR TWELVE RESPONSE DIMENSIONS ON WHICH KEYSWITCHES ARE RATED: CLICKINESS: the audible sound of the keypress. "Clicky" is the downward sound, and "clacky" is the rebound upward sound. TACTILITY:  the "touch" feelings in the fingers during the keypress response. LINEARITY:  the smoothness/steadiness of the entire keystroke response. KEYSTROKE PRESSURE:  For an average keyswitch, this would be about 70 grams; switches are rated as "heavy" or "light" if their required pressures are above or below this average. DAMPING:   Switches are rated as "damped" if the stem-slider has rubber cushions attached to the sides of the movable stem-slider, to quiet the sound and feel of the slider when it strikes the bottom of the internal case. Typists have strong preferences for either undamped vs. damped. Welcome to the arcane world of ALPS clicky keyswitches! www.deskthority.net Look at this website: There are 5600 topics, with 89,000 messages posted! ALPS is the premier brand of mechanical keyboard keyswitches. ALPS keyswitches were popular with Apple II, Macintosh, and many brands of PC keyboards from 1980 to 1995. In later years, keyboard manufacturers switched over to less expensive "membrane-dome" keyswitch technologies. There are several big advantages for ALPS keyswitches: First, as mechanical independent switches, bad switches can be de-soldered from the keyboard circuit board and replaced with good switches. Second, their tactile "clickiness" varies across switch types and is correlated with the color of the plastic slider-stem that connects the switch body to the keycap. Third, ALPS switches are standardized in physical size, so they can be interchanged across keyboard brands; or varied even within the same keyboard to create unique tactile arrangements. Fourth, articles on the website mention that ALPS keyswitches can be disassembled so that internal parts such as small springs can be exchanged among keyswitches. MY STEM-COLOR ASSORTMENT: TWO KEYSWITCHES FOR EACH OF SIX STEM-COLORS Each slider-stem color has a unique level of response, different from other ALPS colors. Read the website, and learn topics such as forward-clicky, rebound-clicky, fading clicky, clicky-repeat, etc.  There are articles about creating custom ALPS  keyboards, such that only key functions that are actually used, are included. My twelve keyswitch mix will enable you to experience directly these variations in keyswitch response so that a custom keyboard can be created to match your own tactile preferences. The rarest keyswitch slider-stem colors are BLUE, GREEN, and YELLOW ; these rare switches will be offered in other variety combos . "COMPLICATED" vs "SIMPLIFIED" ALPS KEYSWITCHES This dimension is based on the number of internal small parts that are used in the keyswitch mechanism. "Complicated" is more common in the vintage ALPS switches; "Simplified" is more common in the newer designs, and in the ALPS clones made by other companies. Sold in multiples of twelve keyswitches in a lot. $11.80 per lot, plus shipping. KEYCAPS are available for various Apple or Mac keyboards in separate Ebay ads: Apple IIe    Apple IIc Apple IIc-Plus Apple IIgs     Apple MO116 Apple Extended Keyboard I & II DISCOUNTED SHIPPING is available for combined shipments.  If you paid more than the actual postage, then the overpayment will be refunded after the packet has been mailed. One shipping charge will cover all switches even when several "lots- of-twelve" were ordered together because the keyswitches of any colors are very lightweight. ALL KEYSWITCHES ARE TESTED WITH OHMMETER AND ARE VERIFIED WORKING; KEYSWITCHES HAVE BEEN CLEANED/LUBRICATED WITH MAX-PRO, AN ELECTRONICS LUBRICANT Max-Pro, made in USA and available on Ebay , is an amazing lubricant product. Max-Pro will restore life to keyswitches that are apparently dysfunctional. KEYSWITCH REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A TWO-PAGE ILLUSTRATED SET OF INSTRUCTIONS This sheet will guide you through the steps needed to remove faulty keyswitches, and to install their replacements. These procedures are so easy, even a cave man could do it! The instruction sheet is shown at the end of the photo series, above. SHIPPING COST: ONLY THE ACTUAL POSTAGE! Some Ebay sellers conceal the actual postage cost; I have the software print the postage cost at the top of the shipping label.  If the actual postage cost is $0.20 or more below what you paid, I will fully refund the amount overpaid to your PayPal account, as soon as the package is mailed. ATTENTION OVERSEAS BUYERS: I participate in EBay's"Global Shipping Program," whereby I ship to EBay's transshipping address at Erlanger KY, then Ebay transports the package to the foreign country to be delivered to the buyer. But for small lightweight shipments such as keyswitches or keycaps, I ship via first class international airmail. Buyers have told me that their GSP shipping costs are very expensive for small lightweight items such as keyboard parts. International postage cost for a ten-lot of keycaps or keyswitches is approximately $17.00 dollars, with additional combined lots of ten adding $2.00 dollars for each lot. Any overpayment above actual postage cost, will be refunded after the shipping packet has been mailed. I SHIP COMBINED IN FLAT-RATE PRIORITY MAIL BOXES! Look at my other ads!  If you buy any larger items that ship in a medium or large priority mail box, then it is likely that smaller items  can fit into the box also, enabling a refund on the smaller items' shipping cost.  To save money on shipping, "Ship items combined with others." 60-Day Return if Dissatisfied If returned for refund, buyer pays shipping in both directions. Items returned for refund must be in their original condition, without modifications. =============================== Stephen Buggie, psychology professor,  UNM-Gallup

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