Editing Alps SKCM Salmon

{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Alps SKCM Salmon -- infobox.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Alps Electric]]
| family            = [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]
| product code      = 
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Tactile
| actuation force   = 
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]]
| introduced        = ca. 1988<ref name="MouseFan" />
| discontinued      = ca. 1992
| precedes          = [[Alps SKCM Black]]
| supersedes        = [[Alps SKCM Orange]]
}}

'''Alps SKCM Salmon''', or '''Salmon Alps''' / '''Pink Alps''', is a tactile switch in the [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]. Salmon Alps are thought to be somewhat stiffer than [[Alps SKCM Black|SKCM Black]], while being smoother. It is also reported to be heavier than [[Alps SKCM Orange|SKCM Orange]].

It appears that SKCM Salmon was introduced after SKCM Orange, and it appears that the two were sold as alternative products for several years. SKCM Salmon is also reported to be contemporary with [[Alps SKCM Black | SKCM Black]], which was the only one of these three tactile switches to remain on sale into the mid 90s.<ref name="MouseFan" /> The [[Wang 725-3770]] suggests that they were still made as late as 1992.

The sliders are lubricated in early versions of the switch, and later versions of the switch might not be.

==Variants==
Known variants include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Switchplate Color !! Switchplate Length !! Alps Logo !! Generation
|-
| White || Short || Logo || Pine (with slits)
|}

==Keyboards==

*Some [[Apple Extended Keyboard]] (M0115)
*Some [[Apple Extended Keyboard II]] (M0312/M3501)
*Some [[Apple Standard Keyboard]] (M0116, M0118)
*Some [[Apple Macintosh Portable]] keyboards (M5120)
*Some [[Chicony KB-7001]] (Addison branded)
*Some Datadesk Mac101E (FCC ID: E98-1069, Model #: 1069, Version: 3)<ref name="eBay" />
*Most [[Dell AT101]] series (Not W) (FCC IDs: GYI3PVAT101, GYIAT101-102)
*Some [[Wang 725-3770]]/3771

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="250" heights="187">
File:Wang 724 -- Alps SKCM Salmon switches.jpg | Salmon Alps switches
File:Apple M0116 power button.jpg              | Salmon Alps switch
File:Alps SKCM Salmon switches.jpg             | Salmon Alps switches
File:Apple M0116 switch details.jpg            | Partially disassembled switch
File:Macintoshportable.jpg            | Macintosh Portable Keyboard with the Keys Removed
File:Alps.tw Type BA2 -- Alps salmon.jpg       | Detail
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="MouseFan">MouseFan — [http://mousefan.telcontar.net/alpsk.htm ALPS] Retrieved 2015-07-22.</ref>
<ref name="eBay">eBay — [https://i.imgur.com/iO5nWmV.png] Added 12-24-2021.</ref>

</references>

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