Design68: A 65% replacement keyboard using AppleDesign controllers

[wottle]

Usually LEDs (most, not all) do have a flat notch on them. It should match the notch on the PCB silkscreen

Yeah, the LEDs were installed backwards.

My bad, you are right. It's 2mm spaced



You are welcome !

I've never seen the 341-0875-A. Where did you find it ?

As for the 341-0875-A, I was mistaken. I had taken it the internal board out of an old Apple Keyboard II (M0487) not the AppleDesign.

I've been trying to find more controllers and unfortunately, I only had a single keyboard with 3 screws, made in Mexico, that had the correct 341-0001 controller.

All my other AppleDesign keyboards are the 8 screw kind, Assembled in Thailand. They have an Apple DoDF 122067-002 controller inside.

It seems like the controllers inside the 4 or 8 screw versions of the keyboard won't work, only the 3 screw versions from Mexico or Czech Republic have the appropriate ALPS controller?

There also seems to be an assembled in China version that has 6 screws that I don't see any reports about.

 

[demik]

Yeah, the LEDs were installed backwards.

Nice !

It seems like the controllers inside the 4 or 8 screw versions of the keyboard won't work, only the 3 screw versions from Mexico or Czech Republic have the appropriate ALPS controller?

There also seems to be an assembled in China version that has 6 screws that I don't see any reports about.

Yes, that's what I've found as well (with the community help) 3 screw versions are ALPS ones, 4 or 8 screws are NMB ones

This matches the information on Deskthority here