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Fokus FK-8000 without the calculator, but wow, what a beautiful colour scheme. I suspect ALPS clones at best as it's a later model and doesn't have LED windows (which might have pointed to at least some SKCL switches).

It is quite rare in black, maybe one in twenty or less. I have one, too, and plan to swap the case with the yellowed beige case of one with nicer switches.

Feel free to update that wiki!

Siemens board with Siemens switches. The switches can be found in the wiki but not many of this family of keyboards are documented.

I've been on a bit of a wild goose chase for the past few weeks trying to identify a much beloved keyboard of mine that I miss dearly. I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help point me in the right direction. EDIT: I forgot to mention, but the label that can be seen on the keyboard says "...

Turns out it's an early Rafi board. It's on Kleinanzeigen if anyone wants it.

What do we think? Keycap shape is like Siemens or Tandberg...

4sStylZ wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2019, 14:57

Here is some french auction that I cannot identify : 
It supposed to be a Nixdorf keyboard. All the pictures are from the same board.

It's a Fujitsu-made terminal keyboard, should have leaf springs, I reckon.

34246, near Kassel

Sorry for the necroesque post. I bought a Kinesis Freestyle from these people years ago and they sell a wide range of ergo boards. Not sure what their 'shop' (if any) has on offer, though.

https://www.ergotrading.eu

User diseeease has vouched to collect the lot. Thank you for all the PMs. Giving away the boards I suspect I will always be too lazy to sell separately but that I feel are still too valuable to take to the recycler. The majority of these are mechanical, but don't expect to find any particular jewel...

Mattelec wrote: ↑

26 Dec 2019, 10:53

Canon A210-SPK, blue ALPS, made in Japan
Backspace replace with other from another set, not matching the original doubleshot ALPS keycaps

Beautiful! Shame about that keycap. What's the condition of the switches?

How much for
1. a NIB winkeyless G80-1800HAU,
2. a Model F battleship in decent condition?

Thanks, people!

bümp

I wouldn't want to seem too trivial, but how much did you pay for such a beauty monster? It didn't come cheap but I paid a good deal less than the 300-500€ someone ("a student") told him it was worth. It's very hard to tell what these quasi-unicornlike things really are worth. If I could convert it...

Easy_Spinach wrote: ↑

20 Dec 2019, 01:08

I nearly bought them...but didnt have the funds at the time.
Found it in Hannover right? I actually met the guy and bought a G80 HAD 1988 from him that day.

No longer sure where the guy was from, but it was likely him.

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑

19 Dec 2019, 23:01

Apple keyboard with Blue Alps

https://www.ebay.com/itm/293384583722

The strangest thing... In the words of the great General Sir Anthony Cecil Homagany Melchett: Well, bugger me with a fishfork!

Keybug wrote: ↑

08 Dec 2019, 21:59

This NOS ANSI Goupil G8X-1XXX won't come cheap! Anyone care to guess how much?

Sold for just 405€!

Updated wishlist

Focus FK-9200 with calculator and central trackball. Some people like 'em, my 8200 is one of the worst rubber domes I've typed on...

This pile (slightly different pics in eBay auction) went to someone for almost 60€. Not sure if it was a great deal. I can see one really beaten up Wyse board, a very yellowed board with space invaders and at least one keycap missing (the 'Columbia'-branded one could be another Hi-Tek?), one Cherry...

zzxx53 wrote: ↑

11 Dec 2019, 23:55

IBM 5251 clone?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keybor ... SwPbdd6NDi

Certainly looks it. More Key Tronic...

Someone in Germany is selling a lot of ten NOS (by the looks of it) 80ies Keytronic foam and foil boards for cheap: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 1-225-4235

Yeah, larger bottom row on ergo keyboards is definitely a thing (MS, Logitech, Apple Adjustable as you pointed out, X-bows, ...) but a 'gap'? (unless you mean Kinesis / Maltron / Ergodox with separate thumb key clusters). And yeah, it probably wasn't the spacebar / layout that annoyed him. The large...

I couldn't swear I'd seen it anywhere before though I have a lurking feeling that I did. However, there was a trend in the nineties to give keyboards deeper curved spacebars, which makes ergonomic sense. The Matias Ergo Pro takes this a step further by making the entire bottom row extra deep. I also...

Please note the breathing holes for small vertebrates, plus the board can easily double as an insect hotel! Even more interestingly, the location of the spacebar is extremely relaxing as it does not force your long fingers to curve as much as the now standard position does. It really feels much bett...

This NOS ANSI Goupil G8X-1XXX won't come cheap! Anyone care to guess how much?

Here goes. Very sturdy plate-mounted board with detachable metal bottom casing (fixed with 8 screws, no less!). Plate in great condition but a good deal of yellowing is going on. Overall, quite the beauty! IMG_20191208_195100.jpg IMG_20191208_195019.jpg IMG_20191208_194939.jpg IMG_20191208_194828.jp...

Another 'Berthold' (photo) typesetting keyboard. This is just a teaser with two late-night shots of the PCB labels. EDIT: pics of the actual board two posts further down. It has MX blacks with mono-profile spherical double-shots and was made to be used with Sun Sparc stations. Any converters out the...

Okay, here I go with my usual rant: Mitsumi Miniature are actually excellent tactile switches. The problem is that the metal used at the top of the switch casing corrodes over time and causes the movement of the slider to become very sticky. All you have to do is to smear / spray the switch top with...

"Made in Mexico" is rarely a good sign in my experience. I've usually found more recent 'Maxi Switch' keyboards from there (often with Honeywell-branding?). And apparently Key Tronic is another domey-/membraney Mexico outsourcer. I'm sure some amigo will contradict me with a great catch from down th...