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Oh man, nobody snatched it and now it's relisted for 15 quid. Curse you, Brexit shipping!

Olivetti ANK25-102 (sans cable): https://www.ebay.com/itm/393154379635?

Someone go get it, 'coz I can't justify UK shipping.

I think Escom was German. We still get a lot of their branded boards here too.

There are like two doubleshot sets by Tai Hao you can get new, and some of the caps won't fit on vintage boards.
Other than that...yeah, pretty much you need to harvest from old boards.

Ghnnn, I've been holding out on buying that exact one. I do love the idea of the switch, its sound etc. But I really really hate the modern case height with exposed switches at the bottom. (also the silver thing...)

How is it? These pop up on Czech sites all the time, but I've been hesitant for some reason.

Yep, that's a bigfoot alright. I recently cleaned up two exactly like this. Hate the way the plates corrode like that. :/

How did you like yours? I know the K-Q switches get some flak around here, but so far I find mine to be pretty nice! Although I am still pretty inexperienced, and have only really tried a Model F, FLS 2nd gen, and a couple of modern switches. I'm not sure yet, I didn't try it a ton. If felt a bit l...

Nice! Reminds me I should finally open up my own early K?Q board and see what exact type it is. (mine is Acer)

It's somewhat bizarre that keyboards touted as the most sturdy and long lasting have these kinds of fundamental issues when they ship NEW.
Sure as hell hope mine will be ok, because I've never done any soldering.

Looks like a Bull branded Zenith, iirc Zeniths with this square tree logo are rubber domes.
edit: I think it's a "Zenith SK-2000RE".

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Zenith-INEQ-Keyboard-Vintage-AT-compatible-ALPS/164690868588 The problem with those boards is that you can't desolder the switches - they are literally "glued" in place with whatever that rust-resistant spray they put on the top after the switches were already installed. 40...

Per Chyros: "Over USB it cancels rather than blocks." (over PS2 it blocks and beeps)

https://youtu.be/jQFm8D9AyaQ?t=395

Yeah, black alps AT102 was my first true Alps board and I hated them. But they were in pretty bad shape and linearizing them helped a ton. (they are a bit light though, lighter than my green clones)
The SGI version has some unfortunate rollover, or am I misremembering?

*bump and edit*

Ddrfraser1: from what I’ve read you’re better off cleaning 1/4 of a keyset at a time, to get better results. And as for metals I believe it depends on the cleaning solution; tap water can cause corrosion so maybe search around for alternatives; demineralized water might help? I really don’t know. I...

*cries in uk iso*

NO/STOP

(lol)
That's certainly a thing. Price: "Negotiable". Oh boy.

I need: 1) F7 2) ideally: "( )" (Round brackets - but that's a Czech layout key, so unlikely someone has that.) 3) less ideally: "} ]" (right curly and straight brackets) 4) If someone did have spare Czech keycaps, I'd also take top num row 5. ("5 ř") (European sellers due to shipping costs, please)...

Does Unicomp still sell cyrillic caps?

Almost certainly some kind of Siemens, per the round keycaps, layout and connection.

Is the small round lock light integrated into a keycap a guarantee of Keytronic foam and foil?

How are larger keys? I assume stabilized ones are ok, but what about capslocks etc., is there no binding on edge/corner presses?

The Nyogel is on eBay and turns out I can get the OKS locally (since the manufacturer is German?).
And they are a bit pricey, but hey. If I can make my white alps board not terrible - that'd be neat.

Oh, nice. That's a relief.

A terminal board with, I think, white space invaders. For Czech/Slovak-adjacent users.

https://aukro.cz/stara-klavesnice-pro-s ... 6981783905

Probably some months, especially if you order printed keys (which afaik are not ready). I would assume anyway.
I received two emails confirming the order and then heard no more. People have waited years for these keyboards, I wouldn't expect anything quick.

O_O Someone actually made new Alps caps in this day and age?!
And they're super thick?! O____O

Ok, I thought so. I have an alps mount keyboard where most keys are quite smooth, but unstabilized modifiers noticeably bind.
I can't solder so I guess I'm not cleaning them any time soon.

I quite like it, and would enjoy the practical use of it, not just the look.