Great/Interesting Finds

//gainsborough · 17 Aug 2018, 00:43

omg...someone bought the JX board for 1.2k??

snacksthecat · 17 Aug 2018, 00:47

//gainsborough wrote: ↑omg...someone bought the JX board for 1.2k??

I feel like these JX boards are the chronicles of how gains lost his grip on reality

Blaise170 · 17 Aug 2018, 00:56

Bass wrote: ↑
Blaise170 wrote: ↑
Bass wrote: ↑Maybe not the best price, but saw this interesting looking Neopost keyboard with some very colorful keycaps. Not exactly sure what switches it has but I recall seeing a very similar looking board with black alpha keycaps instead that had SCKM White Alps.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Neopost-Vintag ... 2848340423
I'm the person who originally found one a Neopost board. I think it should be obvious that these were used by shipping companies on specialized POS systems with a scale (mine also came with the scale, which I still have). No the caps I sold it with weren't original - they were extras I had as I wanted to keep the shipping keycaps. The shipping keycaps are the TALLEST keys I've ever seen and also pad print, so I'm not sure that I'll ever actually use them. The scale has a serial connector and is good up to 105 pounds if I recall. Haven't tried to get that running but it would be nice since I ship a lot.\
Ah, so that was your board. Out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of the keycaps still? When I think of tall keycaps I generally think of spherical since most cylindrical profiles I know of (with the exception of IBM Buckling Spring) tend to be rather short.

One of these caps next to a standard Alps R1 (Esc) key.

//gainsborough · 17 Aug 2018, 01:02

snacksthecat wrote: ↑
//gainsborough wrote: ↑omg...someone bought the JX board for 1.2k??
I feel like these JX boards are the chronicles of how gains lost his grip on reality

I'm fine. Everything is fine, snacks. IT'S ALL GOOD! I'M NOT CRAZY!! YOU'RE CRAZY!

JP! · 17 Aug 2018, 01:23

//gainsborough wrote: ↑
snacksthecat wrote: ↑
//gainsborough wrote: ↑omg...someone bought the JX board for 1.2k??
I feel like these JX boards are the chronicles of how gains lost his grip on reality
I'm fine. Everything is fine, snacks. IT'S ALL GOOD! I'M NOT CRAZY!! YOU'RE CRAZY!

Haha and the first two are now back up for auction! Maybe they will go for at least $2.4k!?!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-JX ... SwkVVbax1q

DatOtherJosh · 17 Aug 2018, 03:12

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macway-Keyboar ... SwKX9bdhP2
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macway-Keyboar ... SwKX9bdhP2
budget Japanese AEK Caps

Blaise170 · 17 Aug 2018, 07:27

Keep in mind that those aren't AEK caps, they are neither PBT nor dyesubs.

Elrick · 17 Aug 2018, 07:30

Just spotted an ALL metal Wang Terminal, right here;

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WANG-Termin ... 0009.m1982

Didn't know they supplied them in such a decent looking casing. Imagine having an ALL Metal Wang to swing about at a Lan Party

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mcmaxmcmc · 17 Aug 2018, 08:15

Elrick wrote: ↑Just spotted an ALL metal Wang Terminal, right here;

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WANG-Termin ... 0009.m1982

Didn't know they supplied them in such a decent looking casing. Imagine having an ALL Metal Wang to swing about at a Lan Party .

I doubt that has MX switches, but if it does... that's one hunky and tough Wang

Chyros · 17 Aug 2018, 08:57

Blaise170 wrote: ↑

Is this the same profile as the top row on Focus boards or the Ortek 142?

kbdfr · 17 Aug 2018, 12:17

Elrick wrote: ↑Just spotted an ALL metal Wang Terminal, right here;

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WANG-Termin ... 0009.m1982

Didn't know they supplied them in such a decent looking casing. Imagine having an ALL Metal Wang to swing about at a Lan Party .

I doubt this is a metal case, at least the lower shell is clearly plastic.
It rather seems to have been sprayed with paint (and the caps received their fair part of it).

Anyway, this keyboard
(and I don’t mean a similar one, but the very same keyboard,
clearly identifiable by the marks on the F-keys label strip and the scuffs next to the Esc key left of the space bar
as well as by the glue remains on the lower shell)
can be found in a listing by another seller (apparently valid since Jun 13, 2017):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232358277666

FXT · 17 Aug 2018, 12:40

For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4

seebart · 17 Aug 2018, 15:52

FXT wrote: ↑For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4

What you really want is the original:

photos-f62/ibm-displaywriter-wrist-wres ... ist%20rest

JP! · 17 Aug 2018, 16:30

seebart wrote: ↑
FXT wrote: ↑For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4
What you really want is the original:

photos-f62/ibm-displaywriter-wrist-wres ... ist%20rest

That and a fully functional Displaywriter

Blaise170 · 17 Aug 2018, 18:53

MX Blacks with colorful keys:
https://www.recycledgoods.com/universal ... d-dcs-948/

Alps perhaps?
https://www.recycledgoods.com/hm-suitca ... ard-10397/

Muirium · 17 Aug 2018, 20:05

Blaise170 wrote: ↑MX Blacks with colorful keys:
https://www.recycledgoods.com/universal ... rd-dcs-948

HELP!

JP! · 17 Aug 2018, 20:06

You got this

snacksthecat · 18 Aug 2018, 03:03

FXT wrote: ↑For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4

aaaaaand I've bought a $10 piece of paper.

ekeppel · 18 Aug 2018, 03:07

snacksthecat wrote:
FXT wrote: ↑For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4
aaaaaand I've bought a $10 piece of paper.

It really is a cool piece of memorabilia. I nearly bought it myself. Congrats!

depletedvespene · 18 Aug 2018, 03:37

snacksthecat wrote: ↑
FXT wrote: ↑For any Displaywriter owners out there
https://m.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Relic-Displa ... Swr69bMlj4
aaaaaand I've bought a $10 piece of paper.

It's only a "piece of paper" if you don't use it while training. Go train!

snuci · 18 Aug 2018, 03:41

snacksthecat wrote: ↑ aaaaaand I've bought a $10 piece of paper.

I bought a $25 piece of lucite. Don't feel bad. I think stuff like this is very cool.

Spoiler:

Elrick · 18 Aug 2018, 03:48

kbdfr wrote: ↑ Anyway, this keyboard
(and I don’t mean a similar one, but the very same keyboard,
clearly identifiable by the marks on the F-keys label strip and the scuffs next to the Esc key left of the space bar
as well as by the glue remains on the lower shell)
can be found in a listing by another seller (apparently valid since Jun 13, 2017):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232358277666

Thank you kbdfr for clearing this up.

Ahhh, Flebay ALWAYS offering the shysters an easy platform to offload fake garbage to the unaware.

FXT · 18 Aug 2018, 04:19

snuci wrote: ↑
snacksthecat wrote: ↑ aaaaaand I've bought a $10 piece of paper.

I bought a $25 piece of lucite. Don't feel bad. I think stuff like this is very cool.

Spoiler:
IBM Displaywriter Panther.JPG

Agreed, old memorabilia is cool. I really want this but I wouldn't pay anywhere near $800 for it. It's not as cool as the field engineering division sign that got sniped from me for $50 at the last second...
https://m.ebay.com/itm/Original-Vintage ... %7Ciid%3A1

Bass · 19 Aug 2018, 09:29

Here's an F XT for $80+shipping, which is actually lower than what they usually go for nowadays, with the case painted black!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Pe ... 2763718980

The badge is missing and one of the feet is broken, but I know orihalcon probably has replacements available for the latter at least.

Muirium · 19 Aug 2018, 12:15

The generously discounted price is understandable the moment you flip it over and see what they did below.

ag36 · 19 Aug 2018, 14:43

The true "for parts only" yet maybe everything was messed up.

digital_matthew · 19 Aug 2018, 16:25

That XT was listed before, perhaps by another seller. I remember they spoke of the "rare black-and-red colorway."

701c · 19 Aug 2018, 20:36

Brand new M15

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Options-by-IBM ... 2895696659

depletedvespene · 19 Aug 2018, 21:19

701c wrote: ↑Brand new M15

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Options-by-IBM ... 2895696659

... at a price that even Mr. Duul would balk at.

orihalcon · 19 Aug 2018, 23:26

depletedvespene wrote: ↑
701c wrote: ↑Brand new M15

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Options-by-IBM ... 2895696659
... at a price that even Mr. Duul would balk at.

Unlikely that Mr. Duul would say that. They used to pretty regularly go for $750-$1K used, or up to $2K with the numpad. The going rate more recently is definitely less than that, but $500 starting to me seems more than fair for NIB.