Great/Interesting Finds

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seebart
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03 Jul 2015, 12:02

Oobly wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIB-IBM-Japan ... 0994210683

Japanese board with Linear Green Alps, AFAIK. Lovely keycaps. They have the cruciform stem.
Very nice Oobly, I might get one.

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gogusrl

03 Jul 2015, 12:23


hypkx
Chasing the Dream

03 Jul 2015, 12:26

guk wrote:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/191611952586 not great but slightly interesting :p
I snipped the "keyboard" a pair seconds ago,
It looks if it has some cherry clear mx switches in it (I want to harvest them).
Also on the top of the thing it looks like a cherry g84 ML switch keyboard.

If somebody want the round shaped keycaps for a special projekt (like a keyboard with a trackball in his mid and the keys around the trackball, just my imagination :D ) or the case of the "thing" you can PM me.

When I have the board (I don´t know if the seller ships with DHL, maybe it takes a bit longer) I post some pictures in a other thread, because I have never seen such a board with mx switches in it.

andrewjoy

03 Jul 2015, 12:36

You wont regret it, cherry ML are way better than people say

hypkx
Chasing the Dream

03 Jul 2015, 12:57

I wanted ever try a cherry ML keyboard. There are always people that say a switch is worse, like the cherry MY switch. I owned a typewriter with cherry MY switches (Black and Clear) and it wasn´t like typing on "wet newspaper", I liked it. Also the MY switch have the benefit that no keycap wobble because they have a really large slider.

andrewjoy

03 Jul 2015, 13:26

older MY are way better than modern ones

modern ones are totally different :)

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gogusrl

03 Jul 2015, 15:24

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G80-3190 ... 1945487667?

decided i'm not going to bid on it afterall so if anyone else wants it, go for it. I wanted it for the row 3 |\ key.

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HzFaq

03 Jul 2015, 15:26

The capslock should be centre-stemmed as well IIRC.

jbondeson

03 Jul 2015, 17:51

Here's a Model F AT if someone wants to try and snipe: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171845699186 (shipping kinda sucks at ~$32)

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:05

I got the TI board! Thanks everyone for your help! (If you didn't bid on it, you helped.) :-P

I'm going to see if I can head down there today to pick it up. Otherwise it will need to wait until next week.

I really hope it is Hall Effect - watch it be foam and foil instead. :cry:

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Blaise170
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03 Jul 2015, 19:10

Oobly wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIB-IBM-Japan ... 0994210683

Japanese board with Linear Green Alps, AFAIK. Lovely keycaps. They have the cruciform stem.
Yep they are Green Alps SKCC. I have the Chinese version. Hopefully I can get it working with a rigged up RS232 to USB controller.

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seebart
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03 Jul 2015, 19:13

Blaise170 wrote:
Oobly wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NIB-IBM-Japan ... 0994210683

Japanese board with Linear Green Alps, AFAIK. Lovely keycaps. They have the cruciform stem.
Yep they are Green Alps SKCC. I have the Chinese version. Hopefully I can get it working with a rigged up RS232 to USB controller.
That's a good price too, I'm still thinking about getting one. Alps SKCC are sweet.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:18

Why get one, when you can get two for very slightly more shipping? That's true in the US at least.

Order direct at:
http://meci.com/nib-ibm-japanese-letter ... 12884.html
http://meci.com/nib-ibm-chinese-letteri ... 13442.html

Or just send them an e-mail for a larger order. They've worked with DT folks before. ;-)

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:18

Oh - and thanks to Touch_It for the Tipro board which arrived today! I owe you photos. But there are other errands I need to perform at the moment!

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seebart
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03 Jul 2015, 19:26

thanks for the link XMIT.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:33

You are welcome! :-)

Identifying and going to the source is an important skill in this hobby. :-D

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seebart
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03 Jul 2015, 19:38

Shipping is going to be more than the keyboard for me.

dzhoou

03 Jul 2015, 19:42

Did you grab the texas instruments board XMIT? I cancelled my snipe on it.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:42

Oh sad. :(

Maybe send me a PM and I can send you mine. Same $25 price but maybe my shipping rate is less. Mine is new but out of the box. I do still have the original box.

I've been meaning to order another anyway. I want to get a Chinese and a Japanese together if I place another order.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:43

dzhoou wrote: Did you grab the texas instruments board XMIT? I cancelled my snipe on it.
I did! Thank you :!:

I'll get photos as soon as I get the board. I've already sent mail to Goodwill to give me a quote for $0 shipping and pickup instructions.

dzhoou

03 Jul 2015, 19:50

That's great.

Arrrgh I'm still mad at myself for not grabbing that RAFI at $20 BIN :evil:

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seebart
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03 Jul 2015, 19:51

dzhoou wrote: That's great.

Arrrgh I'm still mad at myself for not grabbing that RAFI at $20 BIN :evil:
Which RAFI?

dzhoou

03 Jul 2015, 19:53

The DIN5 hall effect board mentioned in this thread earlier. XMIT also has it I think.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:54

Do you mean the really junky Hall Effect one from Montana that I picked up a while ago? The same seller also had a blue ovals board. I picked up both at a really absurd offer price and benefitted from combined shipping.

I was looking forward to taking apart that RAFI board as a relatively low risk experimentation board for the wiki and for my own experience. I may be willing to part with it after restoration is complete. It's in kind of rough shape: scratchy switches, some damaged key caps - and does need some love.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 19:55

dzhoou wrote: The DIN5 hall effect board mentioned in this thread earlier. XMIT also has it I think.
D'oh. :cry: Let me know if you're interested in some auction and I won't bid on it. I owe you one at this point.

dzhoou

03 Jul 2015, 19:59

I see. I'm interested in any post restoration updates. Don't be stressed, you owe me nothing and the board is all yours, for now ;)

Didn't you say the switches are smoother than vintage black?

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 20:03

Oh, the switches are about as smooth as anything. You don't press down on anything but a spring. Maybe there is a tiny bit of parasitic drag but not much. It really bugs me that Enter has a super heavy spring - that's something I need to change.

dzhoou: You win a $20 credit in the Keypocalypse store for being awesome. :-D That's most of the way to a Space Invaders board, or all of a newer PS2 M122 with some missing keys. (Before shipping of course.)

dzhoou

03 Jul 2015, 20:11

Thanks a lot, I'm flattered! As I have a shortage of room space due to Model F's, I'll hold on to it till something exotic shows up :)

Were you referring to two different boards, the "junky" and the DIN5? because you said the switches are scratchy first.

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XMIT
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03 Jul 2015, 20:16

Yeah, I have two RAFI Hall effect boards. One is the one I won in the auction for something like $20. The other is the nearly new one that I purchased from webwit for, well, rather more than $20.

hypkx
Chasing the Dream

03 Jul 2015, 20:19

Rafi Keyboard:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/RAFI-Tastatur-8B ... 4aecaf926d

G80-11800 LPADE-0 (mx black):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/181790272610?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

g80 1502LQEDE (̶m̶̶x̶̶ ̶̶c̶̶l̶̶e̶̶a̶̶r̶̶?̶ mx black):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/252013599656?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT
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