Great/Interesting Finds

mr_a500 · 15 Dec 2014, 00:28

matt3o wrote: ↑Please someone gets this before I do!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-4700-Vintag ... SS:IT:3160

Why pay $99 when you can get this for $25?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Japanese-Le ... 0994210683

Also, it's not "clicky" as that seller says. It is indeed green vintage "T" ALPS. (very nice linear switch)

Daniel Beardsmore · 15 Dec 2014, 00:44

So far, we have:

SKCL/SKCM — "regular" Alps
SKFL — corned beef tin Alps
SKE? — semi-integrated dome
SKFR/SKFS — those other ones

Maybe I should offer a prize to the first person who's able to get the series name of the "vintage tee" ones. The series name for SKFL came off a label affixed inside the keyboard itself: "normal" keyboards have part numbers beginning KCL/KCM/KFCL/KFCM, and then Nubbinator found one with a code beginning KFFL: http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/alp ... t7619.html — thence the confirmation that they're SKFL (from a sadly now defunct website, Technology Transplant, that was selling spares of them, who are now uncontactable by anyone).

Integrated dome also appears to be SKE? but we don't even have the third letter yet for a tee mount keyboard:

[wiki]Alps keyboard codes[/wiki]

idollar · 15 Dec 2014, 00:59

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-5150-Keyboar ... 2346176b29

IBM XT $48 BIN

skrsh3r · 15 Dec 2014, 02:25

Someone grab it

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Older-Toshiba-T ... 1c4ade62df

Volks · 15 Dec 2014, 03:18

skrsh3r wrote: ↑Someone grab it http://www.ebay.com/itm/Older-Toshiba-T ... 1c4ade62df

shipping would be very expensive..

pcaro · 15 Dec 2014, 11:19

Good luck with that project I did not dare to confront

idollar wrote: ↑ And I have have to say that I hate this thread. I could not resist to the ANSI conversion of an 122-F... shipping within Spain. Too many toys to play with ...

pcaro · 15 Dec 2014, 11:30

idollar wrote: ↑

Thanks a lot Parak ! I was lucky this time.
The seller told me that it was connected to a terminal in an old office from Telefónica. Closed 25 years ago. Uniforms still hanging in their pegs ... she will send me pictures next time that she gets there.

I wish we will always know how was the previous live of our keyboards ...

I said It was a model F... Item spanish description was clear (and seller confirm me in ebay

)

pcaro · 15 Dec 2014, 11:59

skrsh3r wrote: ↑Someone grab it http://www.ebay.com/itm/Older-Toshiba-T ... 1c4ade62df

You like these? http://www.ebay.es/itm/TOSHIBA-T1000LE- ... 3a9d71a09e

mr_a500 · 15 Dec 2014, 12:58

mr_a500 wrote: ↑
matt3o wrote: ↑Please someone gets this before I do!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-4700-Vintag ... SS:IT:3160
Why pay $99 when you can get this for $25?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Japanese-Le ... 0994210683

Also, it's not "clicky" as that seller says. It is indeed green vintage "T" ALPS. (very nice linear switch)

How odd. I contacted the seller of the $99 one and he insists that it's a "clicky" keyboard and the case is metal. How can that be when the part numbers are identical to the one HaaTa has - which has green T ALPS and a plastic case?

I hate when sellers insist on statements that are obviously false.

7bit · 15 Dec 2014, 13:03

The cases are heavy thick plastic, so maybe he thinks it is metal.

He hits a key and it makes clack-click (the noise of bottoming out and the switch comming up again) => clicky!

mr_a500 · 15 Dec 2014, 13:19

7bit wrote: ↑The cases are heavy thick plastic, so maybe he thinks it is metal.

He hits a key and it makes clack-click (the noise of bottoming out and the switch comming up again) => clicky!

I've got the other Japanese one and there's no way to mistake the plastic for metal.

Mistaking the bottoming out for clicky is certainly common with sellers. With most modern keyboards being silent rubber domes, any noise is usually mistaken as "clicky".

Hypersphere · 15 Dec 2014, 22:13

IBM XT starting bid $9.99:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371215666818?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

IBM XT $65.00 OBO:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-PC- ... 3ceea4b95e

idollar · 16 Dec 2014, 00:48

IBM Displaywriter 199eur BIN
http://www.ebay.es/itm/TECLADO-DE-ORDEN ... 5b01d69fe9

seebart · 16 Dec 2014, 16:26

IBM XT starting at 1 Euro in Germany.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/151516076298?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

chzel · 16 Dec 2014, 16:29

Looking good but 0 feedback scares me a bit..

seebart · 16 Dec 2014, 16:32

chzel wrote: ↑Looking good but 0 feedback scares me a bit..

yes that and look at his nick: ibm-retro (0 )

he´s got one now:

ibm-retro (1 )

guk · 16 Dec 2014, 16:37

Don't know if interesting or not, but caps look like Tipro Mid to me:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/331413645185

No clue whats underneath these caps, but I have some similar looking ones which are alps mount.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/121517962698

Haha, was about to post that XT, too. Thank you @ post review

ramnes · 16 Dec 2014, 16:40

At least it is his own pictures:

https://www.google.fr/search?tbs=sbi:AM ... ar%20image

guk · 18 Dec 2014, 13:57

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Apple-E ... 2518.l4276

Keycaps might be of interest to someone.

seebart · 18 Dec 2014, 14:30

thanks guk,I just bought that AEK2.

Muirium · 18 Dec 2014, 14:56

Just for the caps? I'm slowly putting together the pieces for a TKL hatchet job on one someday. I just don't want to do that to my NIB.

seebart · 18 Dec 2014, 15:20

Muirium wrote: ↑Just for the caps? I'm slowly putting together the pieces for a TKL hatchet job on one someday. I just don't want to do that to my NIB.

No not just for the caps. I sold my other AEK 2 and this one looks much nicer plus those caps a rareish! If it`s a nice as it looks on those pics € 25,00 is ok. AEK 2 is a solid daily driver. Great Keyboard.

Muirium · 18 Dec 2014, 18:16

Yup. €25 isn't bad, especially given the interesting caps. Glad to hear you'll be using it. I too am a fan of damped Alps and Apple's caps and layout. Just not the numpad part…

photekq · 18 Dec 2014, 18:19

Very nice board seebart. I would have bought it if the seller shipped to the UK.

seebart · 18 Dec 2014, 18:51

I used to post tons of links here now I'm the one getting served! [emoji57]

Muirium · 18 Dec 2014, 18:52

That's how it works! This is where we post the good stuff, when we haven't got the money…

gogusrl · 18 Dec 2014, 19:00

NEW NEC APC-H412
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NEC-APC ... SS:US:3160

seebart · 18 Dec 2014, 19:05

I own that KB gogusrl. NEC had their own switch. Quite clicky. I have not used that KB in a while now that I think about it. Nice find! I bought mine here at DT from mintberry I believe.

gogusrl · 18 Dec 2014, 19:10

more
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Focus-3 ... 9021&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chicony ... 9021&rt=nc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chicony ... 9021&rt=nc

skrsh3r · 19 Dec 2014, 07:05

All of them should have linear clears
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Olympia-Schreibm ... 566e1fd961
http://www.ebay.de/itm/AEG-Olympia-Star ... 19f8555ce8
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Elektrische-Schr ... 20f273833a