Great/Interesting Finds

Hypersphere · 15 Sep 2014, 00:27

NCR Terminal Board:

: NCR.JPG (99.02 KiB) Viewed 4948 times

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NCR-dat ... 4187011cb0

scottc · 15 Sep 2014, 01:02

That is a very pretty keyboard...

andrewjoy · 15 Sep 2014, 01:49

Hmm where have we seen that layout before

, also why does a keyboard need vent holes ?

I do like it tho, bit strange with the long 1! cap why not move all the numbers left and have a better backspace ?

the grey letters look a bit like round 4 SPH

mr_a500 · 15 Sep 2014, 14:18

Muirium wrote: ↑Indeed it is. $177 for a Stretched Kish. Well, for now. I expect it'll soar a good bit higher than that.

Wow. It went for just over double that: $356.50

I suppose that's still cheap compared to the ridiculous SSK prices. (.. and I don't feel so foolish for paying what I did for my APL 3278)

Muirium · 15 Sep 2014, 14:20

I was going to predict $300. Now I predict $356-357…

Good to see everything Kishy is in demand at the moment. All the more flaunting rights!

andrewjoy wrote: ↑the grey letters look a bit like round 4 SPH

You bet they do. We even have a colourway for that:

Spoiler:

mr_a500 · 15 Sep 2014, 14:32

Muirium wrote: ↑I was going to predict $300. Now I predict $356-357…

I predicted you'd predict that. I'm pretty accurate about predicting predictions. There was a guaranteed 100% chance that I'd be 50% correct of about 25% of your predictions. (...10% of the time)

Halvar · 15 Sep 2014, 14:49

Is there any sort of rational or irrational explanation for why they are so sought after? This is not even in a great condition, so I would expect collectors would not be too keen on it.

Hypersphere · 15 Sep 2014, 14:57

Halvar wrote: ↑Is there any sort of rational or irrational explanation for why they are so sought after? This is not even in a great condition, so I would expect collectors would not be too keen on it.

There is an explanation: It's madness!

I exercised restraint and stopped bidding at around 4 USD.

Saving up for a Type-S HHKB. More madness.

raatmarien · 15 Sep 2014, 17:55

http://link.marktplaats.nl/m846812352
I asked the seller for an picture of the sticker on the back and he sent me this:

Spoiler:

It think it has the same FCC id as type III of the [wiki]Tai-Hao APC semi-mechanical keyboard[/wiki], but it doesn't look like it. Does anybody have any idea what it is?

Muirium · 15 Sep 2014, 18:03

Weird, isn't it? Kind of like an IBM Model M2 in looks, with an open compartment above the number pad.

facetsesame · 16 Sep 2014, 01:11

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400767463117
I love this RGB/CMYK (N?) approach and wonder about trying it as an interest check...

xwhatsit · 16 Sep 2014, 05:57

Hypersphere wrote: ↑NCR Terminal Board:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NCR-dat ... 4187011cb0

That looks uncannily like a beamspring stuffed into a different case. What with the keycaps and the layout. Maybe they just used the same keycap manufacturer as IBM?

I didn't scroll back too far, but I assume this has already been posted: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-327 ... 1240180058 Super nice price

Nuum · 16 Sep 2014, 08:34

facetsesame wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/400767463117
I love this RGB/CMYK (N?) approach and wonder about trying it as an interest check...

Do it, this would be amazing as a GMK set!
Also the keyboard is quite nice, it even has enough mods next to the space bar.

Monster-Toys · 16 Sep 2014, 08:35

xwhatsit wrote: ↑
Hypersphere wrote: ↑NCR Terminal Board:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NCR-dat ... 4187011cb0
That looks uncannily like a beamspring stuffed into a different case. What with the keycaps and the layout. Maybe they just used the same keycap manufacturer as IBM?

Here one can (barely) see a switch:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400767462112?ru ... 26_rdc%3D1
Sadly much too expensive just for the colored caps for me (more than ever with shipping to germany).

xwhatsit · 16 Sep 2014, 09:32

That's not beamspring (at least you can't see the flat keymount protruding from that pic), but is that the same manufacturer? It was as much the layout from that NCR keyboard as anything else that caught my eye... and then the keycaps are so close to a 3727 or 5251 as well. You also have super-typical IBM keys with ERASE EOF, DUP/PA1, FIELD MARK etc.

facetsesame · 16 Sep 2014, 09:42

xwhatsit wrote: ↑
Hypersphere wrote: ↑NCR Terminal Board:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NCR-dat ... 4187011cb0
That looks uncannily like a beamspring stuffed into a different case. What with the keycaps and the layout. Maybe they just used the same keycap manufacturer as IBM?

The Reset and Enter keys look concave rather than convex, which makes me unsure it's the same keyboard tech, though surely if it must interface with IBM (or clone!) equipment. It looks really good, I'd love to have that many status indicators to play with!

Nuum wrote: ↑
facetsesame wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/400767463117
I love this RGB/CMYK (N?) approach and wonder about trying it as an interest check...
Do it, this would be amazing as a GMK set!
Also the keyboard is quite nice, it even has enough mods next to the space bar.

Hmm... I was thinking of Sig Plastic's SA family, but I've seen that GMK can do profile-less tall spherical keys (12mm tall M8 profile). Have these ever been used for a GB?
Or did you just mean as classic Cherry cylindricals?

Nuum · 16 Sep 2014, 09:48

I'd prefer the classsic Cherry Cylindricals but SA would be nice, too!

facetsesame · 16 Sep 2014, 14:26

Nuum wrote: ↑I'd prefer the classsic Cherry Cylindricals but SA would be nice, too!

I'm wondering whether to start planning for this (purely as an interest check!). Are you thinking of the seven/eight keys to add this to any existing layout, or a whole set with the greys too?

Nuum · 16 Sep 2014, 14:39

I'd say just the seven/eight keys would be enough, maybe a second Y for the shift row for Qwertz users and a K cap instead of a N cap for CMY(K) or maybe both K and N.

zingo1963 · 16 Sep 2014, 15:57

I'm new to the forums, found it while researching the following keyboard for sale on ebay:

Epson Q203A

I'm about to offer it for auction, starting at $5 US.
Compared to the one shown in the previous post, mine is a bargain.
This is how I do business - please look at my sales & history if you doubt my sincerity. My ebay username is the same.

Edit: Here is the link to the auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121438307404?ss ... 1555.l2649

I offer this information because I do come across items that may be of interest from time to time, and I
didn't mind joining the forums anyway, as computers are in the family blood

(1 brother c64 coder, 1 brother BBS Sysop back in the day...)

chzel · 16 Sep 2014, 17:11

Those of you down under, check this:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Vintage-Clic ... 4d242e16d1

chzel · 16 Sep 2014, 17:26

zingo1963 wrote: ↑I'm new to the forums, found it while researching the following keyboard for sale on ebay:

Epson Q203A
Spoiler:
I'm about to offer it for auction, starting at $5 US.
Compared to the one shown in the previous post, mine is a bargain.
This is how I do business - please look at my sales & history if you doubt my sincerity. My ebay username is the same.

Edit: Here is the link to the auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121438307404?ss ... 1555.l2649

I offer this information because I do come across items that may be of interest from time to time, and I
didn't mind joining the forums anyway, as computers are in the family blood
(1 brother c64 coder, 1 brother BBS Sysop back in the day...)

Fujitsu Peerless switches, supposedly meh..(no personal experience)
Stored in smoke-filled home?
Surely a typo, no?

seebart · 16 Sep 2014, 18:45

I have seen that Epson Keyboard in another auction. Very nice. I'd love to get one.

Hypersphere · 17 Sep 2014, 21:01

Ortek 84 Alps 250 USD

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ortek-MCK-84-Ke ... 27ec04383d

A bit pricey, but these do not seem to come up very often.

Daniel Beardsmore · 18 Sep 2014, 01:05

Hypersphere wrote: ↑Ortek 84 Alps 250 USD

…

A bit pricey, but these do not seem to come up very often.

A bit pricey for simplified Alps, yes!

Muirium · 18 Sep 2014, 01:42

Indeed. I paid about a tenth of that for my NIB (offbrand) Minitouch with Montereys a few months ago…

http://deskthority.net/other-external-f ... it#p171725

fr1tz · 18 Sep 2014, 07:16

A local recycler is selling this for $30:

According to him, its for use with an Advantest brand logic analyzer, circa '85. Obviously it's not a PC keyboard, but looks interesting nonetheless. Any body venture what kind of switches it might use? I haven't seen it yet, but the seller tells me, 'its very loud'.

Halvar · 18 Sep 2014, 07:49

Olivetti PC:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Olivetti-M24-XP- ... 2518.l4276

What is this? Slider over rubberdome?

002 · 18 Sep 2014, 08:19

Yup http://deskthority.net/wiki/Olivetti_dome_with_slider

Halvar · 18 Sep 2014, 19:15

On Geekhack: stack of IBM 107 key 4704 Model Fs

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=55819.0