[CLOSED - DUD LEAD] Beamsprings!
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Ellipse
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Brand New Model F F77 Keyboard
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Interested!
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squishygnomes
- Location: Sydney, Australia
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If by some miracle there are enough I'm interested.
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seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
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What's the situation on this photekq? Talked to that company again?
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daedalus
- Buckler Of Springs
- Location: Ireland
- Main keyboard: Model M SSK (home) HHKB Pro 2 (work)
- Main mouse: CST Lasertrack, Logitech MX Master
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring, Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0087
It's actually a 3277 keyboard. The mini 5251 looks something like:Muirium wrote: ↑Did it? A fantastic wee thing in any case. Webwit described it as a "5251 66-key variant" back on Xwhatsit's controller thread, which is where I first saw it:photekq wrote: ↑ I thought that ended up being some other switch..
http://deskthority.net/post118074.html#p118074
And only ever came in data entry layout.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
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Thanks for the clarification. I am hopelessly dyslexic when it comes to numbers, so I only ever quote other people on all this IBMese.
In any case, they're both tasty. And I have zero hopes to pull them out of a haul with just a handful of beamsprings. Too rare. They need a lot of searching. More so than common or garden 3278s.
In any case, they're both tasty. And I have zero hopes to pull them out of a haul with just a handful of beamsprings. Too rare. They need a lot of searching. More so than common or garden 3278s.
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photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
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Ugh, nothing yet... It's a one response per day kind of thing.seebart wrote: ↑What's the situation on this photekq? Talked to that company again?
Talked to one person who told me they had those 3, and possibly more. Responded with a long list of part numbers. Then got a response from a different person asking "Did you get assistance from us? What other ongoing IT or computer hardware needs might you have?"..
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seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
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Hmm well thanks photekq. Those people are in a different "zone".
I wanted a set of the back and grey caps 
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Evilcamels
- Location: Washington, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F XT
- Main mouse: Zowie EC1 eVo
- Favorite switch: Space Invaders
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interested like everyone else!
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XMIT
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- Location: Austin, TX area
- Main keyboard: XMIT Hall Effect
- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
- Favorite switch: XMIT 60g Tactile Hall Effect
- DT Pro Member: 0093
I registered interest over on the GH version of this thread. I want one too. Everyone does.
My advice with items like beam spring keyboards is bring them in first, and then only advertise sales when you are ready to ship them. Otherwise it just turns into yet another "let's get everyone's hopes up over nothing" thread.
I have two Displaywriter keyboards in the house and will post when I'm ready to sell them. Maybe once the xwhatsit boards are in I'll sell one.
My advice with items like beam spring keyboards is bring them in first, and then only advertise sales when you are ready to ship them. Otherwise it just turns into yet another "let's get everyone's hopes up over nothing" thread.
I have two Displaywriter keyboards in the house and will post when I'm ready to sell them. Maybe once the xwhatsit boards are in I'll sell one.
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orihalcon
- Location: Des Moines / Cedar Falls, IA, USA
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F107
- DT Pro Member: 0190
Would be interested in at least one of each layout that I do not already have.
If you need the funds and a proxy to do a group buy if they are located in the USA, I might be able to do the actual purchasing and then redistribute, though international shipping is going to be a lot on these since they weigh between 10-16lbs I believe.
The one you have pictured in the original post is from a 3101 is it not? Is the guy you are talking to named "Rich?" I contacted a "Rich" at one point and wasn't able to get very far on getting any info other than that he had some 3101's. Think he wanted $300 for them.
He also spoke of a large inventory that was only searchable by part number, but wasn't actually able to look at the available boards for me if any others were the same vintage or style which was kind of frustrating. You'd think if you had a giant warehouse of keyboards and someone was willing to pay several hundreds of dollars each, that you'd go take a look and see how many you actually have of that variety.
Only reason I can really see for wanting a part number is if the boards aren't in-hand and he then contacts his past suppliers with that list hoping to get some hits.
If you need the funds and a proxy to do a group buy if they are located in the USA, I might be able to do the actual purchasing and then redistribute, though international shipping is going to be a lot on these since they weigh between 10-16lbs I believe.
The one you have pictured in the original post is from a 3101 is it not? Is the guy you are talking to named "Rich?" I contacted a "Rich" at one point and wasn't able to get very far on getting any info other than that he had some 3101's. Think he wanted $300 for them.
He also spoke of a large inventory that was only searchable by part number, but wasn't actually able to look at the available boards for me if any others were the same vintage or style which was kind of frustrating. You'd think if you had a giant warehouse of keyboards and someone was willing to pay several hundreds of dollars each, that you'd go take a look and see how many you actually have of that variety.
Only reason I can really see for wanting a part number is if the boards aren't in-hand and he then contacts his past suppliers with that list hoping to get some hits.
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Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
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Interested but I know I am too late.
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seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
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don't get your hopes up too high idollar...
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photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
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Not the same person or priceorihalcon wrote: ↑The one you have pictured in the original post is from a 3101 is it not? Is the guy you are talking to named "Rich?" I contacted a "Rich" at one point and wasn't able to get very far on getting any info other than that he had some 3101's. Think he wanted $300 for them.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
HEY POTEQ. THE SECOND DOZEN BREAMSLINGS ARE BELONG TO ME. KAY. JUST THIUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW. ALSO CAN YOU AND ME KEEP THIS DEAL LOW KEY? CHEERS, LUV YA MAN.
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elecplus
- Location: Kerrville, TX, USA
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There are several subscription only sites in the US (some also serve Europe) that list every PN of every vendor who subscribes. These are not avail to the public, but they do sell them to other sellers to list on their website. Some sellers, like Code Micro, never owned ANYTHING in their own inventory. Everything wa blind drop shipped.
The disadvantage is that only pristine keyboards that have been refurbished and are customer ready are listed on the subscriptions, so they are expensive.
There is an outfit in Calif that has Model Fs that are missing caps, extremely dirty, no cables, etc. Untested and prob non-working. And they still wanted $100 each for them. I told them to forget it, gave them a reasonable price, and they hung up on me.
The disadvantage is that only pristine keyboards that have been refurbished and are customer ready are listed on the subscriptions, so they are expensive.
There is an outfit in Calif that has Model Fs that are missing caps, extremely dirty, no cables, etc. Untested and prob non-working. And they still wanted $100 each for them. I told them to forget it, gave them a reasonable price, and they hung up on me.
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dzhoou
- Main keyboard: 6110668
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Depends on what kind of Model F's, reallyelecplus wrote: ↑ There is an outfit in Calif that has Model Fs that are missing caps, extremely dirty, no cables, etc. Untested and prob non-working. And they still wanted $100 each for them. I told them to forget it, gave them a reasonable price, and they hung up on me.
People would still go nuts for unsavers and 4704's at $150 a piece.-
elecplus
- Location: Kerrville, TX, USA
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No such luck. There were 2 ATs and 2 XTs and 4 of the bigfoot. So I said no.
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curly haired boy
- Main keyboard: K70
- Main mouse: M65
- Favorite switch: Blues/Browns/Buckling
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hella interested!
