deskthority

If there's no photo or photo does not match description. I give up. Spend the last two and a half hours editing this multiple times since photo somehow won't show up correctly... As the title says, I got some keyboard/keyboard related stuff from China. It's gonna be a long post. Here's an overview o...

andrewjoy wrote: ↑

06 Aug 2019, 16:02

Any chance we can get high res scans of the manual.

Mainly just the keyboard section, but if you want to do the whole thing i am sure there are computer history websites/groups that would kill for the documentation.

I think bitsavers already have that. Not 100% sure tho

Actually the photo makes it look like the guy himself ordered it on ebay, was disappointed in what it turned out to be, and decided to chuck it off to someone else :lol: I think there's a high possibility of rubber domes here lol. There's a white one on ebay that looks the same(well of course excep...

Found some more info on this board. Apparently a dome board from an old GH thread. I'm not 100% sure tho

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

05 Aug 2019, 20:14

I'm gonna go for it, unless anyone else is interested.

I am very very interested. I asked for a picture of the switch and the seller haven't respond yet

Scrolling through ebay this morning and found this mysterious gem . Some googling revealed that this is a keyboard for IBM PC clones made in Taiwan. One person found MX Black switches in it but it was from a beige colored keyboard. Maybe someone here is willing to take a chance on it for <$100USD s...

karlmartin95 wrote: ↑

05 Aug 2019, 15:07

What keyboard is this?

Data General terminal keyboard uses fujitsu 3rd gen leafspring.

TBH i didn't notice anything different lol

uhh.. At least translate the Chinese into English I suggest?

It could just be the fly plate getting bent out of shape. Though, I'm not sure if that's realistic. In any case, I mention it because it's something that you can easily adjust. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=445433#p445433 Yeah I did saw that but i am not sure that's the case with mine sin...

Interesting. I see holes on the pins which does not exist on mine.

Now I wouldn't really say the beamsprings wear out, but you might consider swapping that slider with the other spacebar one. I'm not sure about the beams themselves, but these switches in whole do wear out. I have a pretty heavily used beamspring 3278 as my daily driver and the heavily used keys(ca...

There was a time when Apple survived ONLY because Macintoshes had become THE standard in the graphic design and (lower-grade) desktop publishing industry. There was another time when Apple survived ONLY because a certain criminal sent money their way to avoid being targeted as the monopolist he tru...

Wow what is with the ultra rare board free pickup recently. First the F77 then the Unsaver... well anyhow it seems like luck is around the corner.

Congratulations!

It isn't? xD I see people with iphones and apple laptops and itablets EVERYWHERE! The thing is that apple is such a megacorporation that even though "Apple is shit" is an extremely popular opinion, there's still like millions of apple sheep that will willingly buy any overpriced garbage apple pump ...

That brings me to another great unpopular opinion; Apple sucks ass! xD How is THAT unpopular? It isn't? xD I see people with iphones and apple laptops and itablets EVERYWHERE! The thing is that apple is such a megacorporation that even though "Apple is shit" is an extremely popular opinion, there's...

Chyros wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2019, 17:34

That brings me to another great unpopular opinion; Apple sucks ass! xD

i think that's not an unpopular opinion. Its a VERY popular opinion.

Ok, it's time for an unpopular opinion: The backspace icon should never have been an arrow, considering all other arrows in the keyboard indicate movement. The ⌫ symbol (and ⌦ for the Delete key) from the typewriter era should have been retained, and that would have led us to live in a slightly hap...

Looks like there are quite a lot of threads by people seeking help because their IBM keyboards do not work properly. No wonder when you simply follow the hype and buy high price but low quality stuff :mrgreen: I think I probably shouldn't say this here since it's the unpopular opinion thread. But I...

Looks like there are quite a lot of threads by people seeking help because their IBM keyboards do not work properly. No wonder when you simply follow the hype and buy high price but low quality stuff :mrgreen: I think I probably shouldn't say this here since it's the unpopular opinion thread. But I...

Looks like there are quite a lot of threads by people seeking help because their IBM keyboards do not work properly. No wonder when you simply follow the hype and buy high price but low quality stuff :mrgreen: I think I probably shouldn't say this here since it's the unpopular opinion thread. But I...

Woa, amazing job with the restoration. Could you do a typing demo of it? Yes sure, but first I want to make the buzzer works on every key press. Any help will be welcome! I'm no expert but I think it's simply not on. Theres probably a short cut key to toggle it on or off. I just dont know what is i...

karlmartin95 wrote: ↑

10 Jul 2019, 12:37

User101 wrote: ↑

10 Jul 2019, 04:56

Anyone wants to see the sale here it is.

Wow.. perhaps the seller saw this post

lol might be, a bit of a coincidence here.
Regardless of that, now you can confirm that folks here ain't joking about the place this board holds in the community...

Blue or white Alps https://m.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NEC-APC-HA410-Computer-Keyboard/173958561005?ul_ref=http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574735181&toolid=10001&campid=5336086427&icep_item=173958561005&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&srcrot=7...

Anyone wants to see the sale here it is.

Weezer wrote: ↑

10 Jul 2019, 04:07

One of these just came up on ebay and instantly sold for almost $4000

That's scary lol

Yes believe in your eyes. I need Model M SSK case, just the case and nothing else. Preferably the grey badged one. \ I saw a deal for a ssk for cheap but case was destroyed... It would be great if anyone have ssk case lying around(maybe a far stretch but at least i tried.) Condition of the back labe...

I don't know if you just want to convert it completely to USB, but I don't see why you can't use Hasu's external converter for 4704 keyboards and keep that amazing cable! Correct me if I'm wrong here: the adapter for the Pingmaster is also good for the F62, F77 and F107 keyboards, right? I think th...

karlmartin95 wrote: ↑

08 Jul 2019, 08:47

//gainsborough wrote: ↑

08 Jul 2019, 08:39

My hunch is more than 2k - and in fact, I expect Karl will be getting, if he hasn't already, PMs with offers for it, hahaha.

If I get another F77 for sure It'll go for sale of for trade. I'll search in my country!

If you put one on sale expect TONS OF money lol. Great find.

You can use xwhatsit to replace the controller, or common sense, pro micro works too.

Congrats you just found one of the rarest keyboard IBM made.