Editing Alps SKCM White Damped

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{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Alps SKCM White Damped -- top.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Alps Electric]]
| family            = [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]
| product code      = 
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Tactile, damped
| actuation force   = 
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]]
| discontinued      = 
| supersedes        = [[Alps SKCM Cream Damped]]
| precedes          = 
}}

'''Alps SKCM White Damped''' is a [[damping|damped]] tactile switch in the [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]. Externally it is nearly identical to some [[Alps SKCM White]] clicky switches; the slider is [[white]] instead of colourless.

==Description==
SKCM White Damped appears to be the successor to [[Alps SKCM Cream Damped|Cream Damped]], and it appears that it is the version with the slits removed. It appears to use the modified tactile leaf introduced with its predecessor, with the hole removed and small indentations added. The two switches appear to be of the same specifications; this appears to be a cost reduction exercise.

The suggestions are that switch production was in 1995.

==Variants==
Known variants include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Switchplate Color !! Switchplate Length !! Alps Logo !! Generation
|-
| White || Short || Logo || Bamboo (without slits)
|}

==Keyboards==

*Alps LCM30<ref name="LCM30"/>
*Some [[Apple Extended Keyboard II]]
*Some [[SGI Granite]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Alps SKCM White Damped -- top.jpg|Top view; nearly identical to some [[Alps SKCM White]] switches
File:Alps SKCM White Damped -- switchplate.jpg|Short white switchplate
File:Alps SKCM -- damped comparison, 1.jpg|Slider and tactile leaf comparison with salmon and early cream damped (cream damped has also been found with the modified tactile leaf)
File:Alps SKCM -- damped comparison, 2.jpg|Slider and tactile leaf comparison with salmon and early cream damped
File:Alps SKCM -- damped shell comparison.jpg|Shell comparison with salmon and early cream damped; note the newer (bold face) Alps logo and removal of the slits
File:Alps SKCM -- damped leaf comparison, front.jpg|Leaf comparison with early cream damped (left) and white damped (right), front view
File:Alps SKCM -- damped leaf comparison, rear.jpg|Leaf comparison with early cream damped, rear view (leaves depicted upside down)
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="LCM30">YouTube — [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9wXaQeJl58 Alps LCM30 review (Alps SKCM White Damped)] Uploaded 2016-01-16.</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]
[[Category:Keyboard switches with Alps mount]]
[[Category:Metal contact switches]]
[[Category:Tactile switches]]
[[Category:Damped switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]