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Any 60% wired keyboards that DON'T have RGB LEDs?
I recently restored and modded a vintage Mac Color Classic. Its ADB keyboard has a bunch of dead keys, and as it's the membrane version and not the switched version, I need a replacement keyboard. After being underwhelmed by the selection of ADB keyboards on eBay, I found someone making a new USB to ADB adapter and decided I'd really like to get a new compact mechanical keyboard and then swap the old Mac Univers font keycaps onto it. Oddly enough I found an image of pretty much exactly what I am going for-
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OscarCharlieZulu
19
Feb 14, 2022
There is the slightly ugly matias clicky board with Mac layout that has those Alps clone matias switches.
Linkmeup82
9
Feb 12, 2022
I'm not trying to be smart but what does it matter if you just turn off the rgb? Lots of PCB's out there that support it. It doesn't mean you need to turn it on. I have a couple builds I did that have non transparent cases and I just turn it off since you can't really see the rgb anyway. There are a few instances where the hot swap sockets can cause fitment issues with cases designed for non-rgb boards but you can normally read in the description or do a Google search to make sure.
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Viperxvenom
0
Feb 7, 2022
If you want something without RGB, you could go for a RGB keyboard, but turn the lights off
Viperxvenom
0
Feb 9, 2022
ViperxvenomYou could also buy a solid prebuilt keyboard that's modular, like an RK61, and then put some custom keycaps on it that are grey with the Univers font, and get a nice USB C cable
tristinDLC
23
Jan 30, 2022
To answer your original question, yes, there are Alps 60% out there without RGB if that's not your thing.
A couple of problems:
- Alps-compatible boards in general are harder to come by
- When you do find an Alp PCB, more often than not, it'll come with RGB as a lot of people are into it (whether you use it or not, that's up to you).
- Then there are fewer Alps boards without RGB in your standard 60% layout. Most community-built boards these days come with very unique layouts as people are now having fun with them as they usually don't see the love MX PCBs overwhelmingly get.
- For a non-RGB board, you'll have to reach back and look at the Alp64 made years ago by Hasu (a guy out of Tokyo). He was making small batch runs, but he now no longer ships outside of JP as far as I'm aware. He never had a shop and was selling limited runs on certain forums.
wwiggins
11
Jan 30, 2022
Here’s the adapter I’m looking at, which is nice because it simulates the power key on adb keyboards from this era. https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/
wwiggins
11
Jan 30, 2022
Ah, you’re right, I pulled some caps and they’re not usable. I guess the Mac-homage biip keys drop is selling could probably work in a pinch instead. 
A community member
Jan 29, 2022
Oh, I noticed something else - these caps aren't standard-sized for modern boards, so finding one that will take them might be tough. Looks like this has a 1.25u Esc key (usually 1u), a 1.5u left shift (usually 1.25u in ISO), and a 6.5u spacebar (usually 6.25u or 7u).
The whole bottom row may be tricky, with each side having 1.5u, 1.25u, and 1.5u keys. More often you'll see all 1.25u keys along the bottom, or 1.5u, 1u, 1.5u on each side.
I can't tell about the backspace, but it looks like it might be 1.75u instead of the normal 2u.
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