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I have a focus board with cyan omrons, would have to test and make sure everything works fine if you’re interested. Im located in Canada though.

What do you have in mind? Send me a pm and let’s see if we can make something happen?

I have a pretty well preserved Apple m0115 with orange alps in its original box. I’m from Canada but if you want to try and make this work send me a pm!

Hi! I have a 5251 that I’m looking to sell, it’s fully restored and is in great shape. Send me a pm and I’ll be glad to send you some pictures and any information needed!

Anyone can identify this thing, looks like a beamspring but not sure if it’s useable/detachable.

Thanks, so much knowledge! Keep on sharing and have a great day!

Anyone have an idea on this big block of black. It has a 5pin din connector and no label at all. Has a funky line design on the back that I’ve never seen before. Is it some sort of cherry board?

Any help is appreciated!

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

28 Mar 2019, 15:45

Best of luck! I hope the deal works out for you

Thanks man, in fact it is working out. So I’ll be getting the three boards and the omnikey indeed has blue alps and the unitek k151-L has vintage blacks. Can’t wait to try these out!

Sorry, I'm a bit late coming in on this. I've been keeping a database of Northgate keyboards (also Focus, Monterey, and a few others) and here's what I have so far on Gen 1/Gold Label Northgates. 26 total on the list at present. 17 of those have blue SKCM switches, 5 have white SKCM, and 4 I don't ...

Just for fun and to satisfy my curiosity I opened the switches https://i.imgur.com/Fgv9J9B.jpg The Alps Blue switch is from a 1987 board, the Alps White from a 1989 board. Practically the same, only difference are the sliders. Alps Blue sliders are dry lubed, Alps White sliders are not lubed but th...

cli wrote: ↑

27 Mar 2019, 02:51

Paid 40 euro for a Monterey K102 Alps White .
(and the Monterey K101 Alps Blue only 30, but need lot's of work)

What’s the difference between monterey blues and blue alps other then the price. If I recall monterey blues are worth less then blue alps right?

$50. But stop hemming and hawing and just buy it already! It's not even that yellow! :evilgeek: In fact I’m still sorting out the price with him. Should be getting some news tomorrow. He also has other boards that I wanted to bundle up with the omnikey but his prices were pretty high. So I’m trying...

ZedTheMan wrote: ↑

27 Mar 2019, 01:41

Alps discontinued blue Alps somewhere in late 1989 iirc. February should mean blues I think.

Ok cool that’s good to know. I’ll try to research that a bit and see if it leads me to a definite answer.

If ever this board had white alps in it what do you think would be it’s minimal value?

Btw here are some pics of it in case it could help

https://imgur.com/gallery/tIkOm1v

2/3 gold label boards I’ve owned have had white alps >_<. Don’t know serial number or dates but can check when I have free time Well shit, I guess I'm a big ol dummy for never seeing that before. Nobody’s perfect and we all expand our knowledge every day. I also thought that they were a sure shot a...

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

26 Mar 2019, 23:12

Is it at a price where you’re willing to gamble the money? Good luck by the way.

It should be somewhere along the line of 100$ so I’m not sure if the board with white alps would be worth that so I would be close to not losing anything even if it had white alps.

Quick question here, I have the chance to grab a northgate gold label keyboard but the seller doesn't want to remove a keycap, so I wanted to know if there is a chance that i'll be surprised and find something else then blue alps there? Any help is greatly appreciated. By the way if someone know how...

Anyone can help me price this Alf F62pe with DC 60 pcb, brass plate, zealio v2 and WoB maxkey set. Has a small scratch on the back of the case.

If you’d care to offer on them be my guest. Right now I’m hard for cash so I’m ready to take a hit on the price. Could also accept trades depending on the offer.

The AT has been fully restored. It has been taken apart, cleaned, derusted, painted, put back together and tested. In fact i'm writing this right now using it. I didn't mod anything on it so its an iso layout with everything authentic on it. The only new part is the foam because the original was ju...

John Doe wrote: ↑

04 Feb 2019, 07:53

Rare selectric caps compatible for beam springs.

Hey sorry, never received any notifications for the responses so I thought that no one responded to the thread.

Yes the selectric I caps are fully compatible on any beamspring board. If you need other info or whatever just hit me up!

Hello everyone, I'm back to take a second shot at selling my blue selectric I caps and adding a model F AT to the table. https://imgur.com/gallery/KiS6DCp The AT has been fully restored. It has been taken apart, cleaned, derusted, painted, put back together and tested. In fact i'm writing this right...

Excellent counterexamples on both sides of the fence. It seems like the OP started high but was willing to negotiate until he was mobbed and baited into a defensive position. I don't see anything wrong with starting high if you're expecting to be low balled. There's a lot of people getting overchar...

Whatever the reason is for people wanting a beamspring the fact is that evidently people are willing to pay for them. In the end the sellers don’t dictate the market but buyers do. If people refused to pay top dollar for stuff the prices would just fall. It’s economics, supply and demand. Plain and ...

Let's see an entire Selectric I Re-Furbished, Serviced And Tested sold for $450 + $59 shipping. What a bunch of bollocks parting out just the keys. selectric.jpg https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Blue-Keys-IBM-Antique-Selectric-I-Red-Vintage-1960s-Typewriter-/323568957705?hash=item4b56367909%3Ag%3AS2cA...

Myoth wrote: ↑

Paco666 wrote: ↑thing is that I still sold one for 1500 and it wasn’t on eBay

oh yeah ? and I sold an M for 200000000usd

Laugh all you want, my PayPal wallets knows the truth and that’s the important part.

525usd :lol: you could get a beamspring for this much a few years ago, and with some luck you can get one even today!! you shot yourself in the foot by posting here :D none have sold in the last three months for below 1200$. And as I said to other people here I don’t make the rules nor do I force p...

Well sorry for posting that, I’m not too sure why those didn’t show up when I searched but thing is that I still sold one for 1500 and it wasn’t on eBay. Can’t say if there was a difference in the quality of the board though.

525usd :lol: you could get a beamspring for this much a few years ago, and with some luck you can get one even today!! you shot yourself in the foot by posting here :D Good luck getting a beamspring for 525$, none have sold in the last three months for below 1200$. And as I said to other people her...

525 dollars?!? I don't even know what to say. I don't think that's honestly even unreasonable given how rare they are. If I wasn't getting rid of my beamspring I'd be pretty tempted. People pay ridiculous money for ugly artisan keycaps on Reddit; I know what I'd rather spend my money on. You're onl...