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Muirium wrote: ↑Ahem.

Anyway, I'm far from certain that keyboard is crap. But I'm just as far from convinced it's good, either. Alps are pretty notorious for going bad when dirty, too.

Pity there's not £80 worth of convincing goodies in the lot. Maybe. Maybe not.

Absolutely. I´d pay max € 50 for that lot.

About those "Acorn model M"... rubber domes!

Muirium wrote: ↑They were almost thinking HHKB Backspace, but no:



The font is way off, period. Look at that J!

but control is in the correct place

Muirium wrote: ↑ Alps are pretty notorious for going bad when dirty, too.

Truth! I have tried two Alps boards in my life: An old Dell (SKCM black) and an old Chicony (SKCM white) and neither was very good, quite scratchy, and bad tactility as well...

shreebles wrote: ↑

Muirium wrote: ↑ Alps are pretty notorious for going bad when dirty, too.

Truth! I have tried two Alps boards in my life: An old Dell (SKCM black) and an old Chicony (SKCM white) and neither was very good, quite scratchy, and bad tactility as well...

yes now that own two NIB Focus keyboards I know how much better really clean ones feel.

seebart wrote: ↑ yes now that own two NIB Focus keyboards I know how much better really clean ones feel.

Nice! Clicky whites?

shreebles wrote: ↑

seebart wrote: ↑ yes now that own two NIB Focus keyboards I know how much better really clean ones feel.

Nice! Clicky whites?

yes this http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/post- ... 4-300.html and another FK 2002 with Highscreen branding:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/rando ... 0-450.html

That's the way. I like to be fussy with them. My 3 Alps boards are all in great shape (one came in its original box and another under a hard lid): two AEK IIs and an SGI Granite. All damped tactile (one white, two cream) and all nicer than any tactile MX, as well as a hell of a lot quieter. I need to make an ADB converter to get the AEKs in rotation though. And master the SGI protocol for the non-PS/2 Granite.

It's interesting reading some of the comments about the Cherry beige mods set in my groupbuy. Granted it's larger than many people would think is necessary at first glance. But most of you are forgetting that Cherry made dozens of shades of 'beige' between 1984 and 2009. You need all those keys so it can be uniform colors. I'm not sure how many of people have tried to build set from various different other sets to fill a particular board, but it can be hard enough finding the right key only to end up with something that is shades off ruining the look you were trying to make in the first place. Additionally I wanted to include as many keys as was somewhat reasonable to also cover some of the less than standard models, customs and etc for a one time superpack.

@Ivan, I really doubt that we might see some "major" changes in mixing old beige color tones with new GMK beige mods. Even with my SP R2 moogle which have a different color (of course) I have to look very carefully to see the color mismatching... unless the room have so many light that I can spot it right away.

Maybe it would have turned out to be the more successful if somewhat cynical approach to first offer minimal moogle kits and then, when everyone is complaining about the mismatch between GMK beige and all kinds of Cherry beige, offer the full second color set ...

indeed! lol

G81-3000 with Danish lasered caps in eBay (Germany):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/271790622286
(listing says shiping only to Germany, could proxy if seller really refuses to ship abroad)

I think this is the Model M 122-key version (not Model F), but might still be of interest to someone:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/m904378471
It says 9x IBM 3489 Terminal (Twinax), 6x with keyboard, price with keyboard 125, without 100. So that would be 25 for a keyboard.

Oooh: Omrons! (Aka Om Noms.) Quick, Aussies, grab that thing! They sound like staplers, the mad buggers.

Monterey

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TARGA-PC-Tastatu ... 4ae56c9b0c

Unicomp

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Unicomp-Buckling ... 35e5fd4e04

SGI Silicon Graphics Button box SN-911 9780805

http://www.ebay.de/itm/SGI-Silicon-Grap ... 5ae9a47f3f

this might be interesting for a "real" Cherry addicted (photekq alert!)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-198X- ... 3aa3b988c1

A cherry pin! Yes photekq should get that.

Low on money at the moment

And is that a scratch?

If I were a real Cherry addict I would've bought this. I decided against it because of that destroyed F9

seebart wrote: ↑...
SGI Silicon Graphics Button box SN-911 9780805

http://www.ebay.de/itm/SGI-Silicon-Grap ... 5ae9a47f3f

I've asked a long time ago for a lower price, but no way José!

I almost got that G80 0312 BTW. And the pin is just silly really.

Yeah you're right it's quite expensive 7bit.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Psion-MC-400- ... SS:GB:1120

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to expensive for a broken unit, but still a pretty interesting find. The two I saw last year both sold for less than the starting price of this one although to be fair to the guy this one has way more accessories than the other listings, even though the actual MC400 is in much worse condition. It might be worth keeping an eye on it and seeing if it gets relisted for a less silly starting price.

HzFaq wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Psion-MC-400- ... SS:GB:1120

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to expensive for a broken unit, but still a pretty interesting find. The two I saw last year both sold for less than the starting price of this one although to be fair to the guy this one has way more accessories than the other listings, even though the actual MC400 is in much worse condition. It might be worth keeping an eye on it and seeing if it gets relisted for a less silly starting price.

That layout is awesome! And is that a 1.75u shift on the right, Cherry MX compatible?

ramnes wrote: ↑

HzFaq wrote: ↑[…] Psion-MC-400-Laptop […]

[…] And is that a 1.75u shift on the right, Cherry MX compatible?

Obviously yes and yes.

Beat me to it. The colours of the caps in my picture (whilst it is no doubt a crap picture) are more accurate than the sellers - the caps are more like grey and dark grey as opposed to the standard Cherry beige and cream.

My saved eBay search for "vintage keyboard" sometimes turns up interesting items. Today we've got:

Vintage keyboard Amstrad PC1640 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-keyboar ... 1865627938
In Australia. No idea what switches it might have.

Coleco ADAM Keyboard with Cable, vintage original 1980's - Tested and works - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coleco-ADAM-Key ... 1300017574
I don't know what this one is but I decided to bite. I hope it was worth it! Coming from New Mexico. I've heard there are some amazing surplus shops near Los Alamos in the Santa Fe - Albuquerque area.

NEW IBM Model M clicky Space Saving Keyboard SSK bolt-modded PN1392934 ID5009812 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IBM-Model-M ... 1397670510
Ellipse quality at an Ellipse price, but from someone else??? 1990-07-10 birthday.

Vintage Clicky Keyboard Air force Made in japan Fairchild? Pretty good shape - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Clicky- ... 1794152287
Looks similar to one that Cindy has, I'm guessing Keytronics Foam and Foil.

VINTAGE Fujitsu FKB4700 PCKeyboard with AT conector (5-pin DIN conector) - http://www.ebay.com/itm/-VINTAGE-Fujits ... 1586023672
In the Wiki as http://deskthority.net/wiki/Fujitsu_FKB4700. ANSI layout, no huge Return key ridiculousness.

Update if you pick any of these up!

XMIT wrote: ↑NEW IBM Model M clicky Space Saving Keyboard SSK bolt-modded PN1392934 ID5009812 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-IBM-Model-M ... 1397670510
Ellipse quality at an Ellipse price, but from someone else??? 1990-07-10 birthday.

Oh yeah, that's our old pal M'er Forever, also known as 1avid_collector. Grumpy fellow, took things very personally and went on a few rants before eventually having all of his posts deleted. He did some nice 3d renderings of Model Ms, though.

Wish I would have known about that G80-0312. First time seeing the ORIGINAL MX G80 model up for sale and it goes for really cheap no less.

IvanIvanovich wrote: ↑Wish I would have known about that G80-0312. First time seeing the ORIGINAL MX G80 model up for sale and it goes for really cheap no less.

Only means you have to check this thread more frequently, it was posted while the auction had several days left.