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Mackey / Macway / SMK keyboards
Posted by: 6a62 on 2023-04-09 05:51:37 Have a Mackey 'Compact Extended Keyboard' SKB-102MJ on the way from Japan. Can't seem to find all that much info on these keyboards, other than it has Alps black switches and was sold under a bunch of other different brand names ( Macway, Filco etc. ). Seems like they came in a black / powerbook grey color too, so maybe I'll try and pick one of those up too 🙂 Curious to know if the quality is any good (still waiting on mine to arrive). Anyone else had a go with one of these boards?
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-04-09 06:08:27 Nice to see a proper arrow key layout 🙂 I've seen them for sale, but not got one.
Posted by: slomacuser on 2023-04-09 06:09:41 It looks great and if it has alps switches as you said than it should work extremely well. I have this ALPS keyboard, it needed a driver for slider, see link below ALPS keyboard with glider Anybody have drivers for this keyboard? works without but one big key left from spacebar has no function and one click button too.. I have tried with this but does not work https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/alps-glidepoint-drivers-and-control-panel 68kmla.org
Posted by: olePigeon on 2023-04-09 10:43:01 I had a keyboard that looked similar to that one. It had really nice key switches, but the plastic was really thin and the keyboard was very light. Despite its quality switches, the keyboard felt like it had low quality plastics.
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