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by JP!
09 Jul 2021, 20:05
Forum: Gallery
Topic: IBM 6901 "Personal Typing System"
Replies: 11
Views: 7999

IBM 6901 "Personal Typing System"

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...
by JP!
09 Jul 2021, 19:14
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What's your piece of keyboard unobanium?
Replies: 128
Views: 188174

Re: What's your piece of keyboard unobanium?

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...
by JP!
28 Jun 2021, 18:55
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26267
Views: 8797754

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

webwit wrote:
28 Jun 2021, 17:27
IBM 3741 Data Station!

https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1721876549
A red one! :o :shock:

Can someone proxy this to me? :shock:
by JP!
05 Jun 2021, 06:24
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26267
Views: 8797754

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

by JP!
05 Jun 2021, 06:13
Forum: For sale
Topic: Free IBM 5251 backplate/tray
Replies: 3
Views: 1473

Re: Free IBM 5251 backplate/tray

Media blast and have it plated in a desired finish or primer and paint and this would be better than new..
by JP!
01 Jun 2021, 04:55
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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...
by JP!
01 Jun 2021, 04:45
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Appreciation Thread
Replies: 16
Views: 3034

Re: Appreciation Thread

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.
by JP!
28 May 2021, 16:45
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread
Replies: 640
Views: 619262

Re: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread

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. :twisted:
by JP!
28 May 2021, 15:02
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread
Replies: 640
Views: 619262

Re: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread

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...
by JP!
28 May 2021, 01:47
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread
Replies: 640
Views: 619262

Re: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread

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.
by JP!
27 May 2021, 17:23
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread
Replies: 640
Views: 619262

Re: Seeking Soarer - evidence thread

I'll just leave this here: viewtopic.php?t=7177
by JP!
25 May 2021, 19:48
Forum: For sale
Topic: [WTS] IBM Beamship and IBM 5251
Replies: 46
Views: 9333

Re: [WTS] IBM Beamship

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 :mrgreen: 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. :?:
by JP!
24 May 2021, 23:07
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26267
Views: 8797754

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

Model F AT at a decent price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294191985371
by JP!
19 May 2021, 20:35
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26267
Views: 8797754

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

by JP!
17 May 2021, 18:40
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 698
Views: 314469

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

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...
by JP!
13 May 2021, 16:14
Forum: Other external
Topic: Great/Interesting Finds
Replies: 26267
Views: 8797754

Re: Great/Interesting Finds

by JP!
11 May 2021, 18:14
Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
Topic: Early ALPS timeline
Replies: 3
Views: 10248

Re: Early ALPS timeline

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
by JP!
09 May 2021, 18:19
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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...
by JP!
08 May 2021, 16:17
Forum: News
Topic: Stuff you just bought
Replies: 2106
Views: 779591

Re: Stuff you just bought

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...
by JP!
07 May 2021, 03:30
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What's your piece of keyboard unobanium?
Replies: 128
Views: 188174

Re: What's your piece of keyboard unobanium?

Lalaland124 wrote:
05 May 2021, 23:38
Black Beamspring Model :oops:
I've never seen this one before :shock: :o
by JP!
07 May 2021, 03:21
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Various resto-mods
Replies: 35
Views: 42137

Re: Various resto-mods

Excellent work and dedication!
by JP!
07 May 2021, 03:16
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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.
by JP!
07 May 2021, 02:58
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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A few others perhaps for later.

One in the mail:
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by JP!
06 May 2021, 16:44
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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.
by JP!
05 May 2021, 22:19
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!
Replies: 139
Views: 31909

Re: Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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. 8-)

Reminds me of when I decked out my F107
by JP!
05 May 2021, 21:51
Forum: News
Topic: Stuff you just bought
Replies: 2106
Views: 779591

Re: Stuff you just bought

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by JP!
28 Apr 2021, 04:29
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Lockheed EP-3E Electronic Surveillance Aircraft Keyboard
Replies: 3
Views: 2162

Re: Lockheed EP-3E Electronic Surveillance Aircraft Keyboard

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.
by JP!
28 Apr 2021, 00:21
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Lockheed EP-3E Electronic Surveillance Aircraft Keyboard
Replies: 3
Views: 2162

Lockheed EP-3E Electronic Surveillance Aircraft 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 ...

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