deskthority

Hi, By any chance would you beamspring loving folks have stumbled across a 3279 keyboard and attached to it was this huge ugly black boat anchor of a monitor, and thought to yourself how you are going to junk the monitor? Yeah I'm sure most internet sales would not include the monitor, but in the of...

All I know is that I just bought a selectric for $50 and I'm pumped. I'll pretend the keycaps are green, RGB backlit, and the caps massage my tired fingers. I'll save the remainder of my paypal balance for things that really matter in life (like video game skins). I just did this exact thing last m...

First, what an awesome restoration thread! This kind of project would inspire me to also learn APL. :) Do you have all the equipment to do this? (Side-note: I acquired the contents of an S100 engineer's lab and have a metric-f-ton of S100 computers/cards/8" floppies/docs/etc that I need to re-home) ...

Correct me if I am wrong but aren't you burning money on items which will be a nightmare to sell if you ever want to get rid of them if and when this community declines and the bubble is deflated? I think this sums up the OP's question, when will the bubble burst? Being a long time collector in the...

Cool computer! Unfortunately you just missed this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Rare-Xerox-Docutech-JD-2-Keyboard-with-Optical-Mouse-Alps-SKCM-Green-/173669587217?hash=item286f839911%3Ag%3ADEoAAOSwkfxcAnKj&nma=true&si=Sm3CrIJJfEKRjTjrkMKG6e82Ogs%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675....

Shiny blue keys mixed with flat black keys on the 3278 keyboard look inconsistent to my eye, although the blue keys are indeed cool. Regarding rarity of selectrics, no they are not rare, but the blue key ones certainly are (even op says so) and are in demand (I'd certainly like to find one). Really ...