KPT-like switch

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KPT-like switch is a catch-all term for unbranded switches similar to the KPT switch. The TEC switch is branded only on the base (similar to early Alps SKCL/SKCM series switches) meaning that some KPT-like switches may reveal branding should they ever be desoldered and inspected more closely.

As with TEC switches, it remains a mystery whether any of these switches were actually made in the same factory as KPT switches, or whether they are clones of the KPT switch or vice versa.

Variants

alps.tw Type OC3

These switches have the rectangular slider of KPT and TEC switches, but the dual retention clips per side as the KPT Alps-style variant. Other differences:

• The shell is deep golden brown instead of the usual black
• The mould numbering is completely different in format

Very similar switches exist in varieties with a brown shell and pink slider<ref name="HEU-292-1" /> and brown shell with a white slider;<ref name="HEU-292-2" /> in both cases, the mould numbering looks to be the same.

"O" series

The mould numbering has thus far been found to comprise the letter "O", followed by a second letter, and then one or two digits. Typically, these switches have mould numbering in a wide typeface.<ref name="wide-1" /><ref name="wide-2" /> This is not always the case, and a mixture of normal and wide font numbers can be seen on the same keyboard, as found in a Podworld 292. One distinguishing feature is a pair of semicircular cutouts on either side of the slider aperture.

Keyboards

• Singdak KB-5168 (Micronorth OEM) — white slider, no numbering<ref name="KB-5168" />
• Podworld 292 — various

Gallery

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  Unbranded alps.tw Type OC3

References

<references> <ref name="KB-5168">KBtalKing — Google 都找不到的 GL233EKB-5168 (Chinese only) Dated 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2015-07-28.</ref> <ref name="HEU-292-1">Geekhack — New toy arrived today. Posted 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2015-07-28.</ref> <ref name="HEU-292-2">Geekhack — Brown/White KPT switch (Pictures are lost) Posted 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2015-07-28.</ref> <ref name="wide-1">Imgur — Untitled album Dated 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2015-07-28.</ref> <ref name="wide-2">Geekhack — Some oldie but goldies on Ebay Posted 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2015-07-28.</ref> </references>