Great/Interesting Finds

Stabilized · 24 Feb 2015, 00:21

Yeah I would still be interested, and probably still for two

andrewjoy · 24 Feb 2015, 00:32

i will sort it out tomorrow new thread

seebart · 24 Feb 2015, 08:54

plasticchair wrote: ↑No keyboard money left this month but they look funky as hell!

http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... ref=search
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 4-225-2055

that second one looks similair to my Micro Switch Hall Effect. Too bad it´s SOLD!

Nuum · 24 Feb 2015, 09:37

Sold to me!

kbdfr · 24 Feb 2015, 09:52

Cherry keyboard with extra cyrillic characters:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/171693842037

seebart · 24 Feb 2015, 10:07

Nuum wrote: ↑Sold to me!

Congrats on that nice Micro Switch KB! I hope to see some pictures.

kbdfr wrote: ↑Cherry keyboard with extra cyrillic characters:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/171693842037

what a piece of junk!

More like cyrillic filth!

7bit · 24 Feb 2015, 10:12

Nuum wrote: ↑Sold to me!

Both?

seebart · 24 Feb 2015, 10:14

no the other one is still for sale, I asked the seller if there are any markings on it.

andrewjoy · 24 Feb 2015, 10:53

Group buy for balls is up

http://deskthority.net/group-buys-f50/1 ... ml#p211867

(trackballs that is

)

Nuum · 24 Feb 2015, 13:02

I will definitely post pictures once I get the Micro Switch keyboard. For that price I had to buy it, it looks to be in quite good condition. The staggering is a bit weird, though. On the other hand it has more than enough keys on the bottom row, which is rare for older keyboards, and the keycaps look awesome.
I guess it will be the oldest keyboard I own, maybe beaten by the Cherry B 65 keypad from around 1982.

seebart · 24 Feb 2015, 15:11

Nuum wrote: ↑I will definitely post pictures once I get the Micro Switch keyboard. For that price I had to buy it, it looks to be in quite good condition. The staggering is a bit weird, though. On the other hand it has more than enough keys on the bottom row, which is rare for older keyboards, and the keycaps look awesome.
I guess it will be the oldest keyboard I own, maybe beaten by the Cherry B 65 keypad from around 1982.

I will be interested to see if it has the same switches as mine! dorkvader owns a similair one:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/1977- ... t5395.html

yes that price is really ok. I paid 100 for mine, but I got a case too!

XMIT · 24 Feb 2015, 16:23

30g Topre keyboard with spherical keycaps in JIS layout:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Topre-mechanica ... 1853565018

Muirium · 24 Feb 2015, 16:24

[wiki]JIS[/wiki]. ISO is closer to ANSI than it is to JIS.

30g uniform, eh?

Prelim · 24 Feb 2015, 17:57

JISusss, so many keys :p

vsev · 24 Feb 2015, 19:39

Seems amazing layout this very one !

Stabilized · 24 Feb 2015, 21:05

Looks fantastic that board, if someone on here gets it please do a review and typing video!

ramnes · 24 Feb 2015, 21:10

Muirium wrote: ↑30g uniform, eh?

Really?

Muirium · 24 Feb 2015, 21:15

Supposedly! It would feel so light with tall switches like that. SA caps are much the same and they make everything feel lighter too.

That's a nice one all right. As 002 spotted recently: some guy is selling a good number of Nissho boards like that on Yahoo Auctions Japan:

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... w117345255

If you click on the user's other auctions you'll see (besides for some Japanese porn DVDs the last I looked!) several of these grand old Topre OEMed spherical boards. 9800 yen each = $82. They're JIS of course but not quite the same layout on the bottom row:

vs.

Strange those "spacebars" (are they both or is one backspace or something nifty?) are yellowed. They're ABS. But usually JIS boards are PBT all the way down.

orihalcon · 24 Feb 2015, 22:06

Hall Effect boards definitely look cool, but is there actually a working controller for these yet? There wasn't last I checked.

seebart · 26 Feb 2015, 10:49

orihalcon wrote: ↑Hall Effect boards definitely look cool, but is there actually a working controller for these yet? There wasn't last I checked.

unfortunately not, we do have fellow enthusiasts working on it:

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/hal ... t9970.html

Stabilized · 26 Feb 2015, 10:56

Only 2 hours 45 mins on this, but potentially a cheap (25 pound shipping though) UK (?) ISO Topre Realforce 104UB with variable weighting:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261784350107? ... EBIDX%3AIT

seebart · 26 Feb 2015, 11:14

good find Stabilized! Too bad it´s variable weight.

Muirium · 26 Feb 2015, 11:23

Au contrairian! The variable weight is the good part, the numpad is the problem.

Amusing to see even a Realforce winds up in an amateurish auction from time to time. Someone rescue it!

ramnes · 26 Feb 2015, 12:35

Muirium wrote: ↑Au contrairian!

Did you mean "au contraire"?

Halvar · 26 Feb 2015, 12:55

Stabilized wrote: ↑Only 2 hours 45 mins on this, but potentially a cheap (25 pound shipping though) UK (?) ISO Topre Realforce 104UB with variable weighting:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261784350107? ... EBIDX%3AIT

The seller in in Denmark, but will only ship to UK?

Fishy!

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Stabilized · 26 Feb 2015, 12:59

Hmmm, also no feedback as a seller.
Well, it is eBay so getting your money back should be pretty easy. Still, bit of a weird listing!

shreebles · 26 Feb 2015, 13:11

Stabilized wrote: ↑Hmmm, also no feedback as a seller.
Well, it is eBay so getting your money back should be pretty easy. Still, bit of a weird listing!

Perhaps he thought that his only way to sell it would be to an englishman, as it's a UK layout?

seebart · 26 Feb 2015, 13:28

10 minutes and no bids on that RF, let´s see what happens. I believe that there is no specific Denmark Ebay, still does not explain why he/she is selling in the UK.

I asked the seller about shipping costs to Germany, no reply.

Offtopic: I just saw you "new" signature/ rank for the first time now shreebles.

It´s even better than mine!

well someone got it for £77.06[ 2 bids ]!

shreebles · 26 Feb 2015, 13:43

seebart wrote: ↑Offtopic: I just saw you "new" signature/ rank for the first time now shreebles. It´s even better than mine!

No need for serious ranks when we can just have fun with it

seebart wrote: ↑ well someone got it for £77.06[ 2 bids ]!

Last minute snipers! I tell ya. Congrats to him/her...

ramnes · 27 Feb 2015, 00:50

Model F
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-XT-metal- ... 1c4e7753e0

Acorn branded model Ms?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-A5000-k ... 1c4e76bf72
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-A5000-K ... 1c4e76bb2f

4x vintage blacks keyboard including one that looks like dye-subs + random other ones
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Keyboard-JOB- ... 19fc2b40e9

(if someone buy that one, I might be interested in trading those dye-subs, if they really are)