Editing Alps SKCL Cream

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{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Alps SKCL Cream thumbnail.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Alps Electric]]
| family            = [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]
| 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]]
| introduced        = 
| discontinued      = 
| precedes          = [[Alps SKCL Grey]]
| supersedes        = 
}}

'''Alps SKCL Cream''', or linear '''Cream Alps''', is a linear switch in the "complicated" [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]].

==Description==
As with the other linear switches, Alps SKCL Cream has an LED recess which occupies the position where the tactile or click leaf would otherwise go. Typically this recess is left empty.

Alps SKCL Cream is a fairly uncommon linear Alps switch. They are reported to be slightly heavier than [[Alps SKCL Yellow]], and while they have been used as a space bar switch by Zenith, they were also considered light enough to be used as standard keyboard switches.<ref name="gh-Bondwell" />

The [[Zenith ZKB-2]] used both Alps SKCL Cream (found in a 1989 keyboard) and [[Alps SKCL Grey]] (found in a 1990 keyboard) for the space bar. [[Alps SKCL Green]] variants of the ZKB-2 use SKCL Cream while [[Alps SKCL Yellow]] variants use [[Alps SKCL Grey]].

==Variants==
Known variants include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Switchplate Color !! Switchplate Length !! Alps Logo !! Generation
|-
| Black || Long || No Logo || Pine (with slits)
|-
| Grey || Long || No Logo || Pine (with slits)
|}

'''Early Variant'''

Examples have been found of early SKCL Cream Alps containing differently shaped sliders, top housings and bottom housings compared to typical SKCL Cream Alps. Examples have also been found of early [[Alps SKCL Green]] switches with the same unique features.

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File:2cvyttB.jpeg | Top view of the early SKCL Cream stem.

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==Keyboards==
*Bondwell 8T laptop<ref name="gh-Bondwell" />
*[[Epson Q103A]]
*[[Sharp CE-750KH]]
*Sony KI-105NE<ref name="sony"/>
*Victor VPC II<ref name="Victor"/>

==As Spacebars Only==
*Mitsubishi Multi16
*Sharp PA-1000H
*Some [[Zenith Z-150]]
*Some [[Zenith ZKB-2]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="gh-Bondwell">Geekhack — [http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54255.0 SKCL (complicated linear) with cream colored sliders?] Dated 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2015-07-21.</ref>
<ref name="Victor">Imgur — [https://imgur.com/a/HFGp3zq#LAkPPkd] Posted 2019-05-24.</ref>
<ref name="sony">Deskthority — [https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=5700&start=25170 Great/Interesting Finds] Posted 2021-06-19.</ref>
</references>

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