deskthority

A few months back I acquired an essentially complete and mostly functioning IBM 6901 Personal Typing System including the original space saving keyboard, monitor, and printer. This system is a PS/2 computer similar to the IBM PS/2 Model 30 but marketed as a dedicated word processor that also happens...

The two on my list: IBM Model M 1397000 (they seem to have all vanished) IBM Model M industrial SSK You have good taste. I'm still looking for the industrial SSK (One got away while I was trying to get a better deal :x ). I will never see another like it as it had a special Chrysler overlay and I c...

webwit wrote: ↑

28 Jun 2021, 17:27

IBM 3741 Data Station!

https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1721876549

A red one!

Can someone proxy this to me?

Her majesty: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174792246373

Media blast and have it plated in a desired finish or primer and paint and this would be better than new..

Ok, honestly I'm not quite sure what to make of "SEXIEST" in the same sentence as "keyboard", but presumably it's used in the pornographic sense, in that seeing it makes one WANT it. I've gone out of my way to justify the look and feel of my keyboards (even to myself) in practical terms, other than...

I really appreciate MMcM's tireless efforts to bring various Micro Switch and other obscure vintage keyboards back to life. Truly a go-to resource for many in this community. I wish I knew half of what MMcM has perhaps forgotten over the years of hacking things.

darkcruix wrote: ↑

28 May 2021, 16:42

Hard to get here - do you have a recipe?

Sorry, it is not open source. You will have to reverse engineer the recipe.

so for french toast mix add full fat milk and 4 egg yolks to a large bowl, then half a cup of brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon sugar or regular cinnamon dip it in whatever bowl you like suggested pie plate. then dip it for 30 seconds on each side, then cook in butter with non stick or cast iron i...

Muirium wrote: ↑

28 May 2021, 01:34

Stolen code is no good to anyone.

Besides the secretive nature of hardware dev's what if portions of Soarer's code were themselves taken from other sources? I could certainly see this as an issue to releasing a project as open source.

I'll just leave this here: viewtopic.php?t=7177

Easy_Spinach wrote: ↑

25 May 2021, 18:12

please disclose price after sale. Would be good to have something like a market price for this thing.

Somewhere between $1k-9k usd It's such a niche market for stuff like this so it will always be difficult to say. More common variants regularly go for $1k-$1700.

Model F AT at a decent price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294191985371

NIB? F AT
https://www.ebay.com/itm/124732346010

I've sort of wondered if paraffin wax could be applied in an application such as this. In the cycling community there is a niche practice of dipping bicycle chains into a molten pot of hot wax to achieve the cleanest and best performing bike chains. With a traditional wet lube a bike chain can becom...

Lexmark M15 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/154449806227

Japan Computer Corp (JCC) SMK KB3000 - SMK inverse cross mount

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303918333722?h ... Sw8HpgS6bZ

Just to add a bit more mystery to your timeline we have these unknown square profile, double spring brown Alps switches in a TI low profile board - aka 'Fat Brown' Alps for the lack of a better name. https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=42886 https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=42887

One of the sexiest vintage keyboard colorways ever. I feel the colors really look great with this homemade two-tone wood case. Definitely gives me some inspiration for a couple keyboard modules I have laying around. Overall this one is in pretty good condition but not as nice as this Honeywell IMG_E...

Spectacular board, JP! Reminds me of something … Got any plans to *use* it? A little more challenging than just plugging it in, unless you've a Honeywell terminal lying around. [/quote] Thanks for sharing that link. Always a good read. What you can't see from these pictures is the bottom of the PCB...

Lalaland124 wrote: ↑

05 May 2021, 23:38

Black Beamspring Model

I've never seen this one before

Excellent work and dedication!

John Doe wrote: ↑

07 May 2021, 03:08

Is that a Honeywell but in wood case? Custom shell?

Essentially yes but this one is further modified to work with a different computer or terminal.

A few others perhaps for later.

One in the mail:

XMIT wrote: ↑

06 May 2021, 05:03

Apologies for the awful photo, this little one just came in on Sunday and it's been a hell of a week.

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And you have the overlay stickers as well which is even more rare. I've only seen one other that was similar to this.

Weezer wrote: ↑

05 May 2021, 22:15

I don't think anyone will find it sexy, but this is my favorite looking keyboard of the ones I have.

That's awesome.

Reminds me of when I decked out my F107

I was going to say that you have to keep the connector, even if you rewire the inside. But, if I'm right that this is the mate: https://www.newark.com/amphenol-aerospace/ms27467t23f55p/circular-connector-plug-size-23/dp/31K3195, it's $200. :shock: That's way more than I paid for the whole keyboard.

Here is a keyboard that I recently bought from a seller on eBay who purchased a large lot of equipment from Lockheed. This was pulled from a Lockheed EP-3E which were used by the US Navy. :o Basically a keyboard for an airborne computer used for intelligence gathering, monitoring communications and ...