deskthority

It really doesn't :
I want at least 5 buttons (although more would be overkill).
I need a small / midsized mouse because I can't change my fingertip grip habit (current mouse is a battered MX400)
I insist on it being PS/2 compatible (because -probably bad- reasons).
I would like it to look clean ...

Hello mechaheads !

A good friend of mine who got an Ergodox Ez a while ago finally admitted that he was nowhere near patient enough to configure and learn to use it. It's just not for him and he now wants to sell it. He used it for the best of an afternoon, after which he put it in a drawer ...

Oh cheers. I thought it was one of the late models built by Cherry. I'm tempted to grab it just to get a feel.

I'm posting this here as the french finds subforum is a bit dead ATM.

Here's a Tandberg Data keyboard for sale in the Paris area for just 5€. Local pickup only unfortunately.

https://img7.leboncoin.fr/ad-large/32a0b6b2a426b9bb693705d7da28e1babb8e31b0.jpg

Is anybody familiar with this brand ? A ...

Pour les collectionneurs, un Tandberg Data avec les touches dans le style Siemens (et probablement du Cherry MX en dessous)

The keyswitches were faulty so he took them appart to see what was wrong. As always nice stuff from this guy, and those keycaps look fresh !

We had a lab room with two dozen of these back at University. I wonder if they have gotten rid of them by now.

Hi there !

Here's a tough one for you switchheads. I came across this one while browsing through french classifieds ads website LeBonCoin. I have no clue what that is, but it sure looks old.

https://img7.leboncoin.fr/ad-large/60e923bf2cc9012c58e73342447e6f8b023bbc6a.jpg

Here's the ad if anyone ...

Peut-être une erreur puisque le vendeur a l'air de savoir ce qu'il vend, mais pour 20 euros, ça se vérifie facilement.

https://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/1 ... tm?ca=20_s

Excellent prix pour ce qui me semble tout à fait être un Model M2 (j'en ai déjà eu un, donc je suis a peu près certain) dans le Lot et Garonne. Pas le meilleur IBM qui soit mais 7 euros pour un blucking spring comme ça, c'est cool

https://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/1 ... htm?ca=2_s

I thought I'd share with you this fascinating and kind of on-topic article ran by Arstechnica, about keyloggers installed by russian spies in US embassy-based typewriters during the cold war.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-soviets-used-ibm-selectric-keyloggers-to-spy-on-us-diplomats ...

Let me guess: You have Filco stabilisers, not Cherry?
O-rings:
I will never understand why people wnat to make their keyboard feel like a rubberdome!
:roll:


In my case that would be a combination of all those years typing on an old Olivetti ANK, and having to code at night with my SO sleeping in ...

Hey there!

So I went to the post office to fetch those keycaps this morning. Feels great to walk back from there with all the good stuff my keyboard (Filco Majestouch 2 with MX-browns) has been waiting for. I spent a little while swapping keycaps with my son today, but there are two things I did ...

7bit wrote: These shipped today:
...
0129
...

YES! Thank you!

Pas de branding dessus, je ne sais pas si c'est un IBM ou un clone. A voir.

http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/79 ... tm?ca=12_s

Hey 7bit, I'll be likely out of town from 18/7 to 1/8. Can I ask you to not ship my caps during that period. I'd hate to have the parcel sent back by my post office. My invoice is #0129. Thanks!

7bit wrote: These shipped yesterday:
0127
0128
0131
0132

No 0129, nooooooooooooooooooooo

Hello,

Deux annonces de claviers que je ne parviens pas à reconnaître mais un oeil plus aiguisé que le mien trouvera peut être la réponse.

http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/754143235.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/539016839.htm?ca=12_s

Pas sur que ce soient des mécaniques ...

ctrlX wrote: Or do you reckon I'm being too optimistic?

I don't know anymore. Gmail tells me I first placed my Round 5 order on November 26, 2013, which I find difficult to believe, but hey, this is my first GB after all.

My hope now is to get those caps before the end of 2015. I'm not even kidding.

ctrlX wrote: Can't wait.

You will have to.

http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/72 ... tm?ca=12_s

La encore l'annonce date un peu, mais je poste, dans le doute. Le PC en lui même présente peu d'intéret, mais le clavier est un M.

http://www.leboncoin.fr/informatique/22 ... tm?ca=12_s

Annonce qui date un peu mais on ne sait jamais. L'un des claviers semble être un BTC 7000, si j'ai bien compris. Switches foam and foil et keycaps compatibles Cherry MX

Tant pis! Je comprends pas du tout l'intérêt de faire ça, mais bon. Merci d'avoir pris le temps.

For our non french speaking friends : "No response, and the ad vanished". It really was a scam.

Oui ça parait bizarre, mais c'est un peu idiot de sa part si c'est le cas. S'il fait ça c'est qu'il entend attirer des gens qui connaissent un peu leur affaire et qui donc l'enverront bouler si au final c'est du pipeau.

Enfin attendons.

Bien joué! Sinon je passe pas loin ce dimanche.

The picture of the Model M is from this thread . If the seller really has Model Ms with industrial cases, I would be interested in a group buy. Unfortunately I don't speak any French, so I contacted the seller in English, I hope it works.

You're right, I knew I had already seen that keyboard ...

L'annonce est succincte mais ce vendeur (à ce qu'il semble) propose un lot de 10 claviers dont 8 seraient des modèles M de marque Unicomp (le clavier sur la photo a des modifiers RGB) pour 30€ l'ensemble, ce qui j'ai envie de dire est une affaire à saisir.

C'est à Vélizy dans le 78 et ça date d ...

Most definitely not. Go ahead and try!

$17 for me... Very tempting.

EDIT: Took it for myself. Not real sure of the protocol for these "interesting finds" threads, so hopefully I didn't "steal" it from someone. For $17, I couldn't pass it up.

It's first come first served I guess. That seems fair to me anyway. Glad to see someone ...

This Milspec keyboard looks interesting, especially at the listed price ($8) The zero key is stuck but I guess that wouldn't stop people here.

https://www.american-milspec.com/p-3605-military-manual-input-keyboard-13415680-2-334-907.aspx

https://www.american-milspec.com/images/Product/medium/D7C ...