Editing Alps SKBL/SKBM series (section)

===Official===
The official list of models is as follows, taken from the Forward Electronics website in 2004 and 2008, with the colours taken from the design drawings:

{| class="wikitable row-headings"
! Model  !! Type    !! Operating force !! Official colour
|-
| SKBLFE || Linear  || 60 gf           || Yellow
|-
| SKBLFF || Linear  || 90 gf           || 
|-
| SKBMFA || Clicky  || 70 gf           || White
|-
| SKBMFB || Tactile || 70 gf           || 
|-
|}

Lifetime is given as 10 million cycles, and bounce time as 5 ms maximum. The switches are rated for DC 12 V 100 mA maximum. Contact resistance is 1 Ω maximum initially, and 5 Ω maximum at end of life.

The schematic for SKBLFE shows no position for an LED, and Forward SKBL Black indeed has no LED slot. However, a small monochrome photograph on the Forward Electronics website in 2004 showed a linear switch with integrated LED. No mention is ever made of this discrepancy, and no LED switch has been sighted; Matias keyboards used [[Xiang Min KSB-N]] switches for the illuminated keys instead.