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Just a simple question, how much does the pingmaster weights when it's boxed with all the things it included ?

I'm trying to proxy one and I wonder how much it would cost to ship it to me from the US

Thanks in advance !
I'm not sure if it's safe to assume the weights provided by the ebay seller ...

While this thread is relevant, how do you date one of these boards? I've heard 1984 mentioned a lot when these get brought up, but nothing else.

I got one of these bad boys for Christmas! Decided to order one of Hasu's converters because plug & play is the way to roll. The converter arrived a couple of days ago, this thing is awesome.
If I can find the time, I will make a recording of the racket this keyboard produces with the speaker ...

Is it just me or are some of the function keys misaligned?
that's due to the excessively long stem on the function keys that is required to match the look of ibm's curved plate design.
Yeah... It's kind of hard for me to tell whether the keys themselves are misaligned or the printing is off. The ...

Excellent find! I'm a little bit apprehensive to call it a counterfeit just for the sheer amount of effort put into it. Especially with the Guide to Operations and other various papers included with it. It seems like there's more going on than meets the eye. Webwit's response seems probable... I ...

I had no idea Exidy made personal computers! I thought they really only stuck to the arcade market. I wonder what arcade games of theirs got ports, if any. Chiller would be... interesting...

I posted a similar picture on reddit a few months ago... but it was a joke. :?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6pgz5o/photos_my_travel_kit_am_i_doing_this_right/
It was taken for the joke of it, brought it in cause my computer science teacher and I were talking about old ...

I really cant top these as some of the worst layouts I have seen, my sister did have a couple chrome books and I agree they have really shit layouts.
Most of them lack function keys, which I use often. The Dell Chromebook I use dosen't even have an extra key for functions. I've devised a pretty ...

Given how I'm forced to use Chromebooks and I use the arrow keys a lot - the Dell Chromebook keyboard is certainly up there. The heck is it with that placement!?

Never mind the arrows. Is that the Power button right on top of Backspace ???
I can't count the number of times that I have ...

Given how I'm forced to use Chromebooks and I use the arrow keys a lot - the Dell Chromebook keyboard is certainly up there. The heck is it with that placement!?
https://i.imgur.com/COv0C0J.png
The keyboard itself never fails to have my fingertips hurting by the end of the day with how hard I ...

I like the simple, clean aesthetic. Looks like the perfect mini-macro board. My brother was complaining about the absence of a volume knob on his new keyboard, might point him to one of these builds.

Enjoy my potato camera and microphone.
Omnikey 102 w/ White Alps

there's surprisingly little documentation out there considering the interest in them.
Yeah. A couple of years back when I had first heard of these boards information was sparse and not readily available. All I was able to find was some old thread on Geekhack, and Northgate Keyboard Repair hadn't ...

Nice! Congrats on the great find. The '94 model is very late in the Northgate game, and is the only 102 I've seen with Windows keys and programmable (LED window in the up arrow). Does its serial number begin with a "2" or a "7"? The 1991 should begin with a "2".
The '91 Omnikey's serial does ...

Managed to snag another 102 from 1991. The keycaps are a tad bit yellow, but it's in great condition all things considered.



Here's a picture of it with its younger brother from 1994