Editing Alps SKCL Compact

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| image name        = IBM_5140_091.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Alps Electric]]
| family            = 
| product code      = 
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Linear
| actuation force   = 
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]]
| discontinued      = Yes
| supersedes        = 
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'''Alps SKCL Compact''' is a provisional name for a companion switch to the [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]. The part number is not known, nor is whether it was classed as part of the SKCL/SKCM series; by 1994, it was no longer listed in the Alps catalogue.

==Description==
The switch has a reduced front-to-back depth of around two-thirds of that of a full-sized switch, leading to the misnomer of "half-Alps". The switch shell has room only for a standard design [[switchplate]], and the slider is offset to the back of the switch. As result, this is a linear switch only.

The switch is not keycap-compatible with normal Alps switches.<ref name="CSK-1101P"/>

The switch is used in keyboards with reduced-size function keys.

==Keyboards==
*[[Apple Macintosh Portable]] (ISO version) (Note: Enter Key ONLY)<ref name="Macintosh"/>
*[[Costar CSK-1101P]]<ref name="CSK-1101P"/>
*[[IBM PC Convertible]] keyboard (5140)<ref name="IBM-5140" />
*Some [[Magnavox VideoWriter]] keyboards (Made in Japan models)
*[[Sharp MZ-6500]]<ref name="Sharp-MZ-6500" />
*[[Sharp X68000]] <ref name="gh-Sharp-X68000" />
*Xerox JD-2 Docutech 135<ref name="DT-JD-2" />

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Half-Alps Mounting.JPG                                  | Alps SKCM Compact switches
File:Half-Alps v Standard.jpg                                | Comparison with full-size switches
File:IBM JX-JW 6343690 -- Alps CM compact green switches.jpg | [[IBM JX keyboards|IBM JX-JW 6343690]] function key switches
File:Alps CM compact -- rear and side views.jpg              | Rear and side views
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Alps SKFL Compact]] — the keycap-compatible counterpart to [[Alps SKFL]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="IBM-5140">ちゃたりたいね — [http://kbd.rzw.jp/alps/ibm_5140/ IBM 5140 Convertible] Dated 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2015-07-21.</ref>
<ref name="Sharp-MZ-6500">Atelier Silencium — [http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~silencium/keyboard/html/shisaku.html 試作室] Dated 2003-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-21.</ref>
<ref name="gh-Sharp-X68000">Geekhack — [http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29060.0 SHARP X68000 keyboard converter] Dated 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2015-07-21.</ref>
<ref name="CSK-1101P">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/costar-csk-1101p-compact-layout-omron-switches-t5759.html Costar CSK-1101P: Compact Layout, Omron Switches]</ref>
<ref name="DT-JD-2">Deskthority — [http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/xerox-with-tactile-green-alps-t8461.html Xerox with Tactile Green Alps]</ref>
<ref name="Macintosh">Flickr — [https://www.flickr.com/photos/damianward/5839291603 Macintosh Portable Keyboard with Keys Removed]</ref>
</references>

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