Great/Interesting Finds

scottc · 11 Oct 2015, 21:52

That Ortek! The seller even gives DT a shout-out:

that ebay guy wrote: Here we go, time to let go of an old friend. This Ortek battleship has done me proud over the years but since I replaced the left chevron ALPS key (with a big thanks to someone on Deskthority for supplying it) I've just not used it and I can't spare the time to get it silky smooth again. I have owned this from new and was my daily driver for what must be 15 years. This was one of the batch that Scan computers (scan.co.uk) used to use on the front desk - I managed to persuade them to part with a brand new one and I never looked back, it has been such a great board.

Chyros · 12 Oct 2015, 01:12

scottc wrote: ↑That Ortek! The seller even gives DT a shout-out:

that ebay guy wrote: Here we go, time to let go of an old friend. This Ortek battleship has done me proud over the years but since I replaced the left chevron ALPS key (with a big thanks to someone on Deskthority for supplying it) I've just not used it and I can't spare the time to get it silky smooth again. I have owned this from new and was my daily driver for what must be 15 years. This was one of the batch that Scan computers (scan.co.uk) used to use on the front desk - I managed to persuade them to part with a brand new one and I never looked back, it has been such a great board.

The rest of the description does sound like the Alps switches are quite buggered though, and he mentions the space bar is warped and doesn't work properly :/ .

Muirium · 12 Oct 2015, 03:45

All the better reason to avoid selling it to us lot, who know better, and head for the wild west of eBay!

andrewjoy · 12 Oct 2015, 12:11

I think thats my cap, i could be wrong but i remember giving someone a <, from my alps junk pile. Laser printed ABS off a At101

HzFaq · 12 Oct 2015, 12:15

Seems like it was.

kbdfr · 12 Oct 2015, 12:40

Someone got a nice set of Cherry MX compatible spherical doubleshot numpad caps for cheap:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/201444257523
One of us?

kbdfr · 12 Oct 2015, 12:54

NCR branded Cherry keyboard:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161846506224
Most probably a G83 with a case completely different from G80 or G81,
but perhaps someone feels like asking

photekq · 12 Oct 2015, 13:33

G83.. Check those F/J keys

lolpes · 12 Oct 2015, 14:06

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-Tastatur- ... 280095e976

Maybe it has been posted before, but i think the price was higher, now it almost seems reasonable

seebart · 12 Oct 2015, 16:45

Siemens

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... 3-225-1898

kbdfr · 12 Oct 2015, 17:15

A G80-3000 HAD in there (I asked):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/401007743566

OleVoip · 12 Oct 2015, 20:45

seebart wrote: ↑http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... 3-225-1898

Great find - it's a Sinix keyboard from the years 1982-86. I've sent the seller a message.

Halvar · 12 Oct 2015, 23:14

seebart wrote: ↑Chicony

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... -225-19057

That's a rubberduck board of course.

HzFaq · 13 Oct 2015, 11:06

G81-1800HBU-02 for super cheap

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G81-1800 ... 1901118163?

edit - and a reasonable AEKII, this is the 2nd one the seller has put up so there may be more...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Extended-K ... 1291779387

derzemel · 13 Oct 2015, 11:09

HzFaq wrote: ↑G81-1800HBU-02 for super cheap

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G81-1800 ... 1901118163?

OMG!!!!!!.... I NEEEEEEEDD / WANT those keycaps... but 38$ + 46(shipping) is a bit steep

quochung1989 · 13 Oct 2015, 11:37

Thanks HzFaq. I bought one.

derzemel · 13 Oct 2015, 14:24

quochung1989 wrote: ↑Thanks HzFaq. I bought one.

Damn... You snaged it before I could find someone to proxy

Enjoy it!

Muirium · 13 Oct 2015, 15:23

I don't post great finds very often. So listen up!

How do you fancy some NeXT keyboards? Here's a bunch, in America. I just bought 6. Well, 1 for me and the others for a little group buy. The seller actually has ANSI, Spanish and German (and I think maybe French) boards available. I got in touch with him and had them merged into a single sale so I could bundle my shipping.

Here you go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NeXT-Non-ADB-Ke ... 2013376624

Warning: the Non-ADB boards are the good ones with Alps. The seller also has the later model, but they aren't mechs:

Fortunately, Hasu has non-ADB NeXT keyboard support built into TMK, so they are convertible quite easily! The caps are quite nice thick doubleshots. Here's our good old pal Ripster on the subject:

http://imgur.com/a/RvxtF

Hasu also makes some rather nice converters for these himself:

DanielT wrote:NeXT-USB

Just plug it in and that's it. Comes with the matching socket for Non-ADB connector and TMK firmware, which is a beauty.

I had limited space so I organised a little GB with a few of my fellow regulars. But we're all sorted now, so it's open season on these boards if you fancy.

The seller actually has a mountain of NeXT stuff:

I bought out the inventory of Bell Atlantic long ago , they were NeXT's repair service so I have stacks and stacks wrapped up in newspaper in boxes stored in my dry storage area... I actually have around 1000 NeXT computers here kind of fun.

My thanks to HzFaq for pointing me this guy's way. Hopefully he's good at wrapping! I'll nag my brother for some pics of our boards once they arrive.

t8c · 13 Oct 2015, 15:39

Muirium wrote: ↑I don't post great finds very often. So listen up!

How do you fancy some NeXT keyboards? Here's a bunch, in America. I just bought 6. Well, 1 for me and the others for a little group buy. The seller actually has ANSI, Spanish and German (and I think maybe French) boards available. I got in touch with him and had them merged into a single sale so I could bundle my shipping.

Here you go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NeXT-Non-ADB-Ke ... 2013376624

Warning: the Non-ADB boards are the good ones with Alps. The seller also has the later model, but they aren't mechs:

Wow I love those volume keys. The legend is even cooler than the granite dsa volume keys!

HzFaq · 13 Oct 2015, 15:41

Related to Mu's post; mini 5 pin DIN sockets, surprisingly difficult to find...

gogusrl · 13 Oct 2015, 16:15

not sure about the going price of a Dolch Pac but this seems cheaper than usual.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dolch-PAC-64-Mo ... 1966501854?

DanielT · 13 Oct 2015, 16:37

gogusrl wrote: ↑not sure about the going price of a Dolch Pac but this seems cheaper than usual.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dolch-PAC-64-Mo ... 1966501854?

It's a good price

DanielT · 13 Oct 2015, 16:42

HzFaq wrote: ↑Related to Mu's post; mini 5 pin DIN sockets, surprisingly difficult to find...

Not that hard good old Aliexpress My guess this is the source also for Hasu's adapters
This one is nice for building an adapter, and it's dirt cheap.

Muirium · 13 Oct 2015, 21:54

Good links. Exactly the kind of fiddly buggers I hate looking for! That last one is indeed cheap, but it looks a bit awkward:

Too big to put in a little converter box. Too small to cram a Teensy inside and turn into the box!

pcaro · 13 Oct 2015, 22:22

My first alps at home. An AEK for 21€.

Thanks HzFaq for the ebay link and specially to sth for not outbiding me.

HzFaq · 13 Oct 2015, 22:36

Image isn't working

. Glad you're happy though dude.

Blaise170 · 13 Oct 2015, 22:37

I bought one of those NeXT boards a few weeks ago. It looks awesome. I need to get it converted though.

Muirium · 13 Oct 2015, 22:49

Seems to be a simple enough task. Hasu sells ready made converters if you don't want to get out a soldering iron and go Teensy.

@Pcaro: Ooh, an actual AEK I. What switches has it got? The monochromania has even cost the old Apple logo its six stripes!

pcaro · 13 Oct 2015, 22:57

Muirium wrote:
@Pcaro: Ooh, an actual AEK I. What switches has it got? The monochromania has even cost the old Apple logo its six stripes!

Orange switches. One key and switch missing.

HzFaq · 14 Oct 2015, 11:11

Another AEKII, this one has some pretty sexy secondary legends though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Extende ... 1292893939