Great/Interesting Finds

XMIT · 29 Jun 2015, 22:22

I sold both of my Blue Alps boards and wish I had not. If someone has one they want to sell shoot me a PM.

Blaise170 · 30 Jun 2015, 00:12

After I harvest the switches and replace it with Matias switches you can have it.

scottc · 30 Jun 2015, 00:20

I'll take some blue Alps for my Hasu 60% please...

kbdfr · 30 Jun 2015, 07:49

Slom wrote: ↑[…] kbdfr, sorry for implying that you could want to "censor" this topic when in fact your posts said exactly the opposite

My excuses are:
[…]
(2) As a non native speaker I rarely can use such cool words like "grumpy", so I had to take this chance
[…]

No need for excuse #1 and #3 then

kbdfr · 30 Jun 2015, 07:55

XMIT wrote: ↑Well, maybe this will make kbdfr happy: I (hopefully) have a Tipro board headed my way soon.

Now I know why you have been selling off all that IBM junk lately

kbdfr · 30 Jun 2015, 08:01

guk wrote: ↑
Slom wrote: ↑
kbdfr wrote: ↑ On the one hand keyboards listed in eBay's "Keyboards" category with "Cherry" in the title find their way here,
on the other hand obscure jewels which else nearly nobody would have found (like the one photekq will now not get).
Did he even know about it without this thread?
Thanks for being the first one to ask that question. Funny how others will jump to conclusions when nothing indicates that photekq knew about it before. […]

@guk, I have to apologize for having just assumed the board went lost to photekq because you posted it.
The more so because "just assuming" is something I have criticized in the past.

seebart · 30 Jun 2015, 08:17

Ohh jeez, are we still whining about that mopar unit Minnesota?

Slom · 30 Jun 2015, 08:26

not sure about this keyboard ... what switches does it have?
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 8-228-1494

seebart · 30 Jun 2015, 08:41

Slom wrote: ↑not sure about this keyboard ... what switches does it have?
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 8-228-1494

That's a Commodore PC-XX. The one I own uses Mitsumi switches. Not the most popular in the world.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/com ... =commodore

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/cherr ... t8736.html

derzemel · 30 Jun 2015, 08:44

Slom wrote: ↑not sure about this keyboard ... what switches does it have?
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 8-228-1494

@Slom, I think this is the same model (Commodore PC with Mitsumi switches):
Link removed, Halvar called dibs
edit: Wrong, the one I linked above is the Cherry or the Space Invader model.
Thank you Photekq and Seebart for correcting me. THIS IS VERY EDUCATIONAL!!!

Japan made with Fujitsu Clicky switches (he took off the switch cover too, with the keycap). Xmit had some if these in his Elecplus haul:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281736041016?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Enigma Research Model 9000 (expensive?):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271596699235?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Instrumentation Laboratories (Foam over Foil switces?)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201373441758?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

and now in Germany:

good looking German AEK2:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Extended-K ... 2c9d19fe16

German Apple Ergonomic with keypad:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-ergonomisc ... 1a0203bc63

photekq · 30 Jun 2015, 08:46

derzemel wrote: ↑@Slom, I think this is the same model (Commodore PC with Mitsumi switches):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171834894736?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

That's a Cherry one! Check the font & windowed keys

seebart · 30 Jun 2015, 08:47

derzemel wrote: ↑
Slom wrote: ↑not sure about this keyboard ... what switches does it have?
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 8-228-1494
@Slom, I think this is the same model (Commodore PC with Mitsumi switches):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171834894736?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

No that's a later model with either Space Invaders or MX Blacks. Different keyboard. Much nicer too!

derzemel · 30 Jun 2015, 08:58

Highscreen branded Cherry G81-3081LBD at 5 Euro (I think it is a good price, if someone wants a good looking case and caps):

http://www.ebay.de/itm/231579234879?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

photekq · 30 Jun 2015, 09:00

And the cable too! The caps are lasered but they're nice, thick & PBT.

gogusrl · 30 Jun 2015, 09:04

Anyone tried to dye some of these thick lasered pbt ? I got a set in ISO DE that I'm thinking of dyeing black.

seebart · 30 Jun 2015, 09:06

For 5 Euros that's a good deal. Nice find derzemel!

derzemel · 30 Jun 2015, 09:08

Just came across this thing on a local Romanian classifieds site:

http://olx.ro/oferta/tastatura-de-colec ... e0ab8a0d49

Transtec branded Cherry. Don't know if it's a G80 or something else but the seller asks for 50Eur for it.

@Photekq: I think it has those bottom row keycaps you were searching?

gogusrl · 30 Jun 2015, 09:08

I've talked with the guy. it's a lasered g81 so thin pbt with offcenter bottom row.

photekq · 30 Jun 2015, 09:10

Yeah, those ones are thin lasered PBT unfortunately

I'm looking for doubleshot (pad printed win/menu keys) ABS. Thanks though!

hypkx · 30 Jun 2015, 09:42

not an beloved vintage Keyboard, but maybe interesting.
A Bluetooth mechanicel Keyboard with cherry mx Blue for 100€.
When I had some more money I would buy it for the Bluetooth. (sry for the mobil link, but ebaykleinanzeigen sucks on winphone)
http://m.kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/s-anzeig ... 9-225-3490

shreebles · 30 Jun 2015, 11:29

hypkx wrote: ↑not an beloved vintage Keyboard, but maybe interesting.
A Bluetooth mechanicel Keyboard with cherry mx Blue for 100€.
When I had some more money I would buy it for the Bluetooth. (sry for the mobil link, but ebaykleinanzeigen sucks on winphone)
http://m.kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/s-anzeig ... 9-225-3490

Buyer beware. He's selling the same thing with the same pictures in different Cities (Leipzig and Berlin).
The text seems machine-translated.

http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... d=18800947

PS: He says he prefers his majestouch. If he prefers his full-size, why does he have three Minilas?

Halvar · 30 Jun 2015, 11:38

Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.

kbdfr · 30 Jun 2015, 11:47

Halvar wrote: ↑Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.

Good luck!

derzemel · 30 Jun 2015, 11:48

Halvar wrote: ↑Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.

It seems you have dibs on it

P.S.: Removed the link

photekq · 30 Jun 2015, 11:55

Halvar wrote: ↑Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.

I was going to bid, but I'll leave it to you

Hopefully you can get a nice deal. Let me know if you decide you're not a huge fan of those old vintage blacks and you'd like to swap them out

hypkx · 30 Jun 2015, 12:05

shreebles wrote: ↑
Buyer beware. He's selling the same thing with the same pictures in different Cities (Leipzig and Berlin). ?

sorry that I posted it, I hadn't looked in his profile, after a second look youre right.

Halvar · 30 Jun 2015, 12:30

That's nice, thanks everyone!

kbdfr · 30 Jun 2015, 12:35

hypkx wrote: ↑
shreebles wrote: ↑
Buyer beware. He's selling the same thing with the same pictures in different Cities (Leipzig and Berlin).
The text seems machine-?
sorry that I posted it, I hadn't looked in his profile, after a second look youre right.

I think the seller is legit.

If you take an exact look, you see that he posted the Filco Minila on three different occasions:
- 25.05.2015 in Leipzig,
- 04.06.2015 in Berlin,
- 27.06.2015 in Berlin again, this time together with two other items (DAS keyboard + a scanner).
So I would suppose he was first in Leipzig and after it didn't sell there, he just reposted it without caring to delete the first ad. Same two weeks later, with added stuff.
Plus there is a phone number (admittedly mobile phone) and the street (in Berlin, but not quite my neighbourhood) is indicated, suggesting pick-up is expected.

By the way, there are quite a lot of people in Berlin who don't speak German.

I could call him, but I wouldn't want to take the risk of proxying something I have absolutely no clue about.

Ray · 30 Jun 2015, 14:10

Halvar wrote: ↑Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.

did you get it?

derzemel · 30 Jun 2015, 14:13

Ray wrote: ↑
Halvar wrote: ↑Is somebody here already bidding on the Commodore that ends in 2.5 hours? Because otherwise I'm planning to.
did you get it?

I am also curios if Halvar got it... it went for 51.50 EUR