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green-squid wrote: ↑Macally keyboard. Is this bad boy mechanical? I know MA used to do Alps boards.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macally-Extend ... Sw2rFZbfNC

No it's membrane unfortunately. Supposedly the caps are alps-compatible though.

Dirty Ms done Dirt cheap. Missing keys can be sourced from Unicomp for cheap: https://www.ebay.com/p/Vintage-IBM-Clicky-Ps2-Keyboard-52G9658-Model-M-1993/1420267987?iid=192503261796&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50544%26meid%3D389765dd82fc4e968730d035818d7918%26pid%3D1000...

Mr.Nobody wrote: ↑ Every government/society has its dark side, because the human factor is the bottle neck, maybe when AI becomes a thing, the whole game will be changed forever.

I for one would welcome our robot overlords if it ment I could get some proper wonton soup in my little corner of the world

Heres an IBM 3479 TKL that looks like it's in good condition

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x537944077



Should be Alps plate spring right?

Not sure I've ever seen white ALPS go for this much, but I guess we'll see: https://www.ebay.com/itm/123090934347 The Omnikey101 I posted a while back went for a little less than $400 but that was NIB. This 102 is a fixer-upper but at a much better price ($75) for someone wanting white alps. https:...

I don't think the seller will be running out any time soon, apparently they still have 105856 left as of this post which is still about $31000 worth of switches. Yes you are probably right. I bought mine a while back and if I remember correctly the seller stated that they had a large amount of swit...

We need someone who ownes real SKCL yellow Alps to compare them. Best Daniel. Yeah if they are clones then good ones, at least visually. Do they feel smooth? Do you own real linear Alps to compare? Yes they feel very smooth. Also, not a lot of "wobble" so build quality seems to be excellent. Unfort...

Argh! I did translate the page title, but the translation was poor enough that I didn't take it that seriously. My order should have been rejected when they couldn't sell what I asked for. What did you end up with? Tactile? Clicky? Are they proper bright yellow like SKCL Yellow? It's possible they'...

does he have any other types of NOS Alps? 8-) Ugh. Was anyone able to get these? https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=558118276592 Typical China — the moron seller created a listing with a bunch of random photos and sells whatever he feels like from it. After sending back a link to the specific phot...

That is a truly magnificent find, it deserves to go for a spectacular price. Agreed. I'm not really even considering putting in a bid on this one. I'm guessing that several hardcore-collectors will be prepared for a drawn-out bidding war and I don't wanna do something stupid like taking out a secon...

NIB NORTHGATE OmniKey 101

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r240394460

6 days to go. Ladies and gentlemen start stretching your wallets

I put in my order yesterday but I never got a verification email, Would you mind checking that my order was registered? I was on mobile at the moment and I just wanna make sure I didn't mess it up.

Nice! Placed my order. Really looking forward to this one

And the Amiga, which was my best ever computing experience Aah good times. My 500 and my old USRobotics 14.4 modem is also hands down my best computing experience ever. If you change your mind and wanna build a keyboard on the Amiga there is this project running on Indiegogo right now: https://www....

I cleaned a very grimy cable in my ultrasonic recently using only tap water and a ultrasonic cleaning solution, about 10+1 mixture. It actually came out looking pretty clean.

After cleaning

A nice looking Honeywell
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Honeyw ... SwVHdaxGOZ

We know, you can't case swap. The F XT is curved whereas this one is flat. too bad .... It certainly does not have buckling spring switches which people normally associated with "model F". No need to be sorry, I posted the same keyboard almost at the same time, after all :) https://deskthority.net/...

It certainly does not have buckling spring switches which people normally associated with "model F". No need to be sorry, I posted the same keyboard almost at the same time, after all :) https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Industrial_XT I´m learning something new everyday in this hobby:) Do you have a...

A pretty cool industrial model f for you US folks. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-EARLY-1985-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-GREY-MODEL-F-KEYBOARD-VARIANT-NOT-CLICKY-TESTED/263573083029?hash=item3d5e2e1395:g:mJoAAOSwpWBaurmZ It will probably go for a fantasillion dollars in the end though.. That is NOT a model F. Tha...

A pretty cool industrial model f bastard keyboard from hell for you US folks. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-EARLY-1985-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-GREY-MODEL-F-KEYBOARD-VARIANT-NOT-CLICKY-TESTED/263573083029?hash=item3d5e2e1395:g:mJoAAOSwpWBaurmZ It will probably go for a fantasillion dollars in the end though..

The yellow above looks more like Alps SKCM Amber. Regular yellows are more of a faded yellow, at least the ones I've seen in person. The greens in the pictures on the wiki also look a fair bit brighter than the ones I have in person. Yes I thought so to. The ambers does not seem to have an topside ...

Just a heads up. I have a bunch of these and if I recall correctly they are SKCL Cream, not yellows. The colour on the photos are a bit misleading. I can take some photos tomorrow in better lighting and upload them here. Still a nice switch though. Damn it! Those the space bar switches.. :cry: . To...

Just a heads up. I have a bunch of these and if I recall correctly they are SKCL Cream, not yellows. The colour on the photos are a bit misleading.

I can take some photos tomorrow in better lighting and upload them here.

Still a nice switch though.

Brett MacK wrote: ↑

RealityCavesIn wrote: ↑Does this Filco SMK-8851 qualify?

Wow that is just cool. I think I would have to talk myself out of buying that.

It´s a bargain at about 40€ (not including shipping from japan though). Go for it
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f260710330

Does this Filco SMK-8851 qualify?

Looks great!

robotindian wrote: ↑

RealityCavesIn wrote: ↑Got my order today. They are nothing less than awesome! I immediately ordered some more leftovers

where are you located?

Sweden so shipping from Germany is pretty quick

JP! wrote: ↑I think my company's IT department should issue those big keys keyboards to employees.

Lol that would be a good idea at my company also, along with a fisher-price phone for when they need to call for IT-support.

Got my order today. They are nothing less than awesome! I immediately ordered some more leftovers

My order is in the shipping list updated on Feb 27th. But I don’t got the package yet. I have PMed 7bit. No response.:( In his defense, i´m guessing his backlog on PMs are ginormous. Last week I got answers on PMs I sent last year :D It is probably gonna take him quite a while to answer all message...