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Ortek Technology, Inc.
Industry Peripherals
Founded 1989
Headquarters New Taipei City, Taiwan
FCC grantee code GM8
Website www.ortek.com


Ortek (presently styled ORtek) is a Taiwanese input device manufacturer with a factory in Xiamen, China.

Ortek a long-standing keyboard manufacturer, notable for their Alps and Alps clone keyboards.

Products[edit | edit source]

Model naming[edit | edit source]

Ortek keyboard model numbers often begin "MCK" or "MKB", and (on the basis that OEMMAX is directly linked with Ortek) "SCK".<ref name="SCK" /> MCK appears to stand for "Multi-Compatible Keyboard", i.e. a keyboard that is XT/AT switchable.<ref name="MCK" /> The "Ortek compact series" uses both MCK and MKB, and this may be significant.

Ortek keyboard model numbers frequently end in "SX" and "FX"; it appears that SX indicates Alps SKCL/SKCM series and later Alps SKBL/SKBM series, while FX corresponds with the use of Alps clone switches. FT is an additional suffix listed on boxes (as a third tick box after SX and FX), but it has yet to be seen indicated on the box.

References[edit | edit source]

<references> <ref name="MCK">geekhack — Birthday present from my dad</ref> <ref name="SCK">geekhack — OEMMAX SCK-101 on a modern PC ?</ref> </references>