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Riptide666 wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2021, 15:45

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we'll both have one soon : )

amen brother

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/265016953511 Probably one of the best condition 5251s I've seen and it comes with a set of blue selectric key caps Went for $2550, not surprised. Like weezer said its the best condition I've seen and comes with some gorgeous keycaps to boot. I just got a 5251 in mint condit...

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Currently, that's $561. Only $140 per board. Shipping's $91 for expedited and $58 for economy. That's not bad. Cords are cut, though. Is it bad that I'm estimating costs to repair in my head, especially considering I just bought a blue Alps? If you wanted to buy these in order to profit any price b...

Man this is hecking awesome! Definitely pricey, but I would say that is well justified given the amount of work you put into this and the quality of the keyboard.

The pure amount of care that went into this project is admirable, I hope more people get interested!

Thank you for all the input. These are exactly the opinions and information I was looking for. I should note that I use an independent numpad set on the left side of whatever keyboard I am using and would likely do so in this scenario. I have factored this into my consideration so it is interesting...

fricked wrote: ↑

09 Jan 2021, 17:59

i want to type on your keyboards

same

I remember 2 NOS ones selling for like 2 grand 1-2 years ago on mechmarket

ZacAndCheese wrote: ↑

03 Jan 2021, 00:13

such low effort

Dude great work, this will definitely save time for a lot of people. No more combing through a sheet of scancodes to figure out what my keyboard is spitting out!

mr_a500 wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2021, 17:38

This collection is incomplete! Where's the Micro Switch SW? Where's the ITW magnetic valve? Where's the Teletype Model 40? Where are the reed switches?

Otherwise, the collection is OK... I guess.

This man trying to bankrupt damonkv

Dang those APL IBM are to die for! Very impressive sir, glad to see you enjoying that Irmakey!

All encapsulating, IBM, alps, and Cherry all the best of which are seen in your collection.

hellothere wrote: ↑

28 Dec 2020, 20:10

I'd also like to put together a sandblaster station. That'd help on so many levels of keyboarding: bad metal cases, bad mounting plates, de-shiny keys ...

You can use a sandblaster to deshine keys? This is the first I'm hearing of this. Wouldn't that wear down the legends?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/124504855445/ So his brother isn't an option? Unfortunately no, I'm about to get a 3276 soon so I'm not looking for this variant. Really wanting the 3279 for the colored caps and the gorgeous logo, It's pretty much aesthetics I'm after. Thanks for looking out for me though :)

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Very nice acquisition, nice to see someone get ahold of one of these! I would say restore it, you might find that the foam is completely gone when you open it. As for the top cover, I think it would be awesome if this was used for say the power button on your PC, or possibly to open a certain applic...

wut is dat

Finally, I want to 'robotise' a keyboard as something fun to do. Nothing hugely expensive or rare will be used for it, but I'm currently deciding between tank tracks or one of my currently-disused robot spiders (well technically, they're hexapods) as the 'driver' for it. Why? Because, why not! nigh...

lel that was quick

Keyboard gods have blessed you, cherish it forever. (or make mad bank on ebay)

It's worth nothing, you should sell it to me for $10

Very good looking unit! Those numpad blue sublegends are sublime.

Actually I think the keycaps are dyesub, I have one but unfortunately I'm missing a CTRL key

Welcome to DT man, hope you get to try some cool stuff!

If this was ANSI I'd buy it in a heartbeat. GLWS!

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Erderm_ wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2020, 17:40

My Honeywell microswitch battleship! A dedicated post on this bad boy will be made soon. It's from the late 70s and even has a solenoid.

Man that is cool! Where did you find this?