deskthority

Some pics of mine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142937728 ... 3193054570

Yours is certainly in nicer shape than mine.

Looking good. I did have an issue getting all these pictures to finally load though. Seems like there are quite a few large sized images in this thread. I would recommend using a photo editor to resize images a bit or maybe use a spoiler tag.

Very nice. Those AT's in German layout are super rare it seems and yours seems to be in excellent condition.

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

02 Mar 2019, 03:15

Congratulations to depletedwhatever for his win! Enjoy the keyboard for the ye... oh, wait...

Is it me? Did I... win?

Sorry vespene, looks like another member got it.

OK I am officially freaked out now.

Wow I did not see that one coming

How does it feel now that the burden of the cursed keyboard has been lifted from your shoulders?

$1k for a custom powercoat...damn. Sounds like that $1k was their "I don't really want to do it price" because it's such a small job and disrupts other more important jobs in their workflow. If custom color matching is a must and while still being economical check out some paint shops instead of pow...

Nice board. Definitely not bad if you can find them in nice shape. That olive drab case is cool.

Glad to see this show up here. I remember seeing it on eBay and thinking it looked neat.

Neat boards and good prices. GLWS.

kakan wrote: ↑

26 Feb 2019, 16:07

the one who waits for something good never waits too long.

Yes and things may come to those who wait but only the things left behind by those who hustle

Dang those are some great finds. Now I need to bribe the local recyclers to let me in.

It slightly reminds me of an HP computer but I will try and research more a bit later. Of course keyboards built into desks were the superior choice for long hours compared to these un-ergonomic systems.

Find the rubber dome version of the Model M?

Xerox Alto keyboard, for me that's a whole grail-level above even the symbolics 364000 and the micro switch 3277. Given the recent prices for those, the 2500$ seem almost reasonable. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Xerox-Microswitch-Keyboard-and-Mouse/183696907783 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/99cAAOSwdy...

#dta2019

Shit man. This is a project here. I would say try and find a product called Evapo-Rust. I use it all the time on springs, screws, etc. It works like magic (chelation) and isn't harmful to metal like acids and you won't have an issue with flash rust after derusting. Acids tend to take good metal alon...

Looks like it's in great condition 8-) You may want to consider making a dust cover for it now that the contamination shield is removed. I had a seamstress make a couple prototypes including the one below. When my schedule clears up I'll have another one made like a tight fitting shell (without the...

John Doe wrote: ↑

16 Feb 2019, 05:45

wow, a good chance to get a beamspring.

It's gone.

That's quite the collection

No suggestions from me but I am looking forward to your build. Your could easily spend $200 for those amber's so that's a good you have those already.

This is probably a good thread to help you in your quest. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=8788&hilit=post+your+beamspring Also here is a crappy photo of mine. IBM DisplayWriter keyboard, 3277 terminal keyboard (66 key), IBM 4978 terminal keyboard (Series/1), IBM 3741 Data Station + bonu...

That one pictured is worse than average but this is more a Model F problem than an AT problem specifically. I had an XT that was close to that but it was stored in a basement for 20+ years and likely got slightly wet. They all usually have some sort of surface corrosion though unless stored in a low...

Also it's a good thing it wasn't an Alps keyboard otherwise that moon dust is probably bad for the switches.

Yep, I bought a couple black cables from Cindy. They are superb.

Now I want a keyboard vault of my own

Beamspring part number, license, registration, and proof of insurance should be required

I'd say Alps SKCM aren't really all that unreliable, at least along your definition, just exceptionally dust-sensitive. Omron B3G-S is by far the worst offender I've seen so far. More and more just stop working even when you're not using them! Weird, I found the opposite to be true. My keyboard wit...

Tomatt wrote: ↑

09 Feb 2019, 14:35

JP! wrote: ↑

06 Feb 2019, 20:25

Yeah I hate it whenever a keyboard arrives in better than expected condition.

It's entirely possible with something like this. If the keyboard was shaken around a lot during shipping, some of the dirt might have fallen off!

Touché

Beamspring prices were foretold years ago.