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Blue or white Alps https://m.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NEC-APC-HA410-Computer-Keyboard/173958561005?ul_ref=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574735181&toolid=10001&campid=5336086427&icep_item=173958561005&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&srcrot=71...

White Alps

https://www.ebay.com/itm/383028587209

KB-5161 with blue Alps https://m.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Chicony-KB-5161-Mechanical-Keyboard/133087808058?ul_ref=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574735181&toolid=10001&campid=5336086427&icep_item=133087808058&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&s...

User101 wrote: ↑

22 May 2019, 06:47

Interestingly, your typing video sounds very different compared to the other supposedly same keyboard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-Z9zH7A8Y
This one i mean.
Any idea whats the cause?

Not having the top case can affect the sound.

Sorry if it's obvious -- What is this key switch? It's linear and very very smooth. When I took the keyboard out of the box and tried it out I assumed it was Fujitsu leaf springs but I thought those were discrete switches. This is a membrane keyboard so now I'm confused. Isn't the other Fujitsu key...

NOS white Alps
https://www.ebay.com/itm/123760634848

OEM Keytronic foam discs
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143233199357

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-1980-IBM-PT-2-Computer-Hall-Effect-Magnet-Keyboard-w-Program-Test-Manuals-/253997593352 Is it really an hall effect board, as the seller says, or... is it a beamer? :roll: It's a hall effect keyboard. The top right key is not stepped, the arrow heads are thin, the 3 has...

NOS white Alps

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123759455798

It means it has been modified.

viewtopic.php?t=12293

Pages 4 and 5 are duplicated.

E3E wrote: ↑

27 Apr 2019, 17:55

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

27 Apr 2019, 10:19

I think blue Alps prices are ridiculous, but keep an eye open for them and don't lose hope. I just got a NOS one for $80 USD.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Jameco ... 3058918216

You got this Jameco?

Yeah I got it.

I get nothing with that number. https://www.ebay.com/itm/163659251722 I think blue Alps prices are ridiculous, but keep an eye open for them and don't lose hope. I just got a NOS one for $80 USD. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Jameco-Electronics-JE1015-Keyboard-With-User-Manual-new-/293058918216

That Chicony looks beautiful with an unusual spacebar. Is it flipped?

Ouch. Were you expecting Alps plate springs?

Glad you bought it. I would have myself, but I already have an SMK board. https://www.ebay.com/itm/223493290040 VTCL 2269 with SMK 2nd gen Cherry mounts. Hi, Thanks for sharing your finding. I bought it yesterday and just received it. It is in good condition, double shot keycaps. All in all, nice ke...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223493290040

VTCL 2269 with SMK 2nd gen Cherry mounts.

That keyboard looks amazing! I have to say, apart from the giant price tag of Beamspring keyboards putting me off, I don't think they sound that great either. The spacebar is rattly and doesn't have a thick sound to it like a good Model F does. Plus, of course, they don't ping - which is one of my ...

Excelso wrote: ↑

21 Apr 2019, 22:22

Not the usual "interesting" find but... quite interesting to me... and quite a nice banner if I were able to put my hands in it

https://www.etsy.com/listing/668456738/ ... ?ref=hp_rv

I'd love to get a scan of this as a desktop wallpaper.

I still like this one.



Credit goes to garrettohler on Reddit

https://old.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyb ... _keyboard/

dotdash wrote: ↑

12 Mar 2019, 17:17

I have no idea what this one is. Maybe an 80's terminal keyboard?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Comput ... 3156400261

It's this one.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18366&start=

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeol-JSM-840A-JXA-840-Keyboard/143130880306?ul_ref=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574735181&toolid=10001&campid=5336086427&icep_item=143130880306&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&srcrot=711-53200-19255-0&rvr_id=189...

If anyone wants one, there is still one on sale. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rugged-Industrial-Keyboard-3-/223423433303?ul_ref=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574735181&toolid=10001&campid=5336086427&icep_item=223423433303&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mt...

From the first page of the SiteLine article: About 70 percent of the keyboards are used for the IBM Personal computer. The rest become part of the System/23 Datamaster, the 4700 Finance Communication System or one of several other systems. That means that there were few IBM 4704 (Kishsaver) keyboard...

It is probably a rubber dome.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192764938959

I think the term mechanical is an easy way to comment on the key feel. Mechanical keyboards are associated with a crisp key feel whereas non-mechanical is associated with something that is mushy and imprecise.

Finally got it figured out. I am posting it here in case anyone wants to use it. Both shift = backspace. Both shift 2x = option + backspace (delete word). https://pastebin.com/7zhnsuzs Map Left Control 2x to Caps Lock https://pastebin.com/NGLqgN9w Now if only this can be done with Soarer's converter...

The first and second links go to the same album.

https://picclick.com/Rare-Vintage-New-O ... 81449.html

It is a first gen keyboard for the short lived IBM RT workstation. Don't bother converting it.

PlacaFromHell wrote: ↑Sorry for the weird picture, it closes really fast for some reason.

If you find the window closes fast, open a command prompt window and then drag the executable onto the window to run it.

Neat idea. Expanding upon this, I wonder if there is a way for the Soarer's or Xwhatsit converter to tell the OS which keyboard layer is active. As some may know, Mac OS does not use num lock so I have a layer instead to switch between numpad and arrow keys. Also, it might be good to turn this into ...