Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

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Tritian

13 May 2021, 11:56

Not quite as exotic as many of the offerings here, but sexy nonetheless :)

Model M SSK w/ M13 caps
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Model M w/ Unicomp Industrial Case
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Niz Plum TKL w/ MT3 caps (/dev/tty and susuwatari)
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Muirium
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13 May 2021, 12:21

That last one is doing it for me. And the industrial case is how all Model Ms should have been. ;)

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Bjerrk

13 May 2021, 12:31

Exotic or not, all three look great! Especially the industrial.

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Go-Kart

13 May 2021, 14:13

Yes. I too am into of those boards!

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ddrfraser1

13 May 2021, 17:57

Alright, twist my arm
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Redmaus
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13 May 2021, 18:03

Your alps plate spring, F122's, F107, and that omnikey are top tier eye candy. You got any more info on the paintjob for your F107? I find it interesting that you chose a gold highlight for the pen holder.

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ddrfraser1

13 May 2021, 18:13

Redmaus wrote:
13 May 2021, 18:03
Your alps plate spring, F122's, F107, and that omnikey are top tier eye candy. You got any more info on the paintjob for your F107? I find it interesting that you chose a gold highlight for the pen holder.
Thanks. I know Commodore PC keyboard is an unorthodox choice for this thread but there something about it that really turns me on. I love that keyboard.

As far as the F107, it was inspired by the J-01. It's actually got a gold plate and side too. Here's a few more pics.

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There are some really excellent gray and black 107s out there but I wanted to do something a little different and distinctive. As far as the paintjob, it's powder coated.

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morbid42

13 May 2021, 18:35

Some of my collections……
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and the only FLS keyboards that was not manufactured by Fujitsu on earth
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Tritian

13 May 2021, 20:38

Some more pics:

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Go-Kart

13 May 2021, 23:20

morbid42 wrote:
13 May 2021, 18:35
and the only FLS keyboards that was not manufactured by Fujitsu on earth
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That board in the foreground; what exactly is that? It's very pretty.

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Muirium
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13 May 2021, 23:44

You’re letting the shiny case distract you. The one behind it has true HHKB Fn.

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E3E

13 May 2021, 23:58

HHKB Fun you say?

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For sure. Gotta love that vintage aesthetic.

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Especially with a cable made especially to capture that aesthetic.

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ddrfraser1

14 May 2021, 14:28

Hot

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Muirium
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14 May 2021, 14:30

Nice one! I especially like the telltale LED from Hasu's controller, giving away the modern truth all sneaky-like round the back.

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Go-Kart

14 May 2021, 23:21

E3E wrote:
13 May 2021, 23:58
HHKB Fun you say?

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For sure. Gotta love that vintage aesthetic.

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Especially with a cable made especially to capture that aesthetic.
My desk will soon look quite similar!

Nice caps on the HHKB too.

ollir

15 May 2021, 14:13

ddrfraser1 wrote:
13 May 2021, 18:13

Thanks. I know Commodore PC keyboard is an unorthodox choice for this thread but there something about it that really turns me on. I love that keyboard.
I have that same Commodore PC keyboard and thought about posting in this thread too. It's not exactly the most solid of builds plus I don't like the switches and it's all around not enjoyable typing experience for me. But I keep it around for the looks. And I *do* get it on my desk once or twice a year for a day or max two at time, just to give it a shot.

Kneeboard

15 May 2021, 19:59

Tritian wrote:
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I don't think you're allowed to post porn here.

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Jaki1122

16 May 2021, 05:03

An opportunity to show off? What? Here we go!
List of keyboards:
-Northgate Omnikey 101 White SKCM ALPS
-IBM Model F
-IBM Model F Bigfoot
-Dell "Bigfoot" AT102W ALPS Black SKCM
-Hi-Tek RT-102 Linear Space Invaders
-Olivetti "crap rubberdome gorgeous keycaps"
(And yes, that laptop has nice ALPS Switches underneath and ALPS electric doubleshots)

Lying around I also have an unbranded Buckling Springs, a BTC that's somehow a bit trashed and various rubberdomes crap things, but the post said post the good stuff so, there you go. I'll let the crap for another ocassion.
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schwi

18 May 2021, 18:08

here's a couple neat photos i suppose.

unicomp m122
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not really a keyboard specifically, but heres some compaq lte286 pics.
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and a couple from my coronamatic 2200
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these are back from my first time picking a camera up btw. would love to retake and take more, but the sd card has since corrupted and being young i don't have the money to get a new one, even if they are a couple bucks lol. soon, though.

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Thorogrimm

25 May 2021, 21:16

I'll drop my own
Here's my Olivetti ANK-27 102 N. I just love their angles and the font type. Italians know how to make a looker.
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SunshineRag_DT

25 May 2021, 21:50

JP had it in the background but really the symbolics really needs to stand alone (fyi not mine, living vicariously through JP)
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zyxxke

25 May 2021, 22:58

My ex build was sexy enough (HHKB with 104UG, 108UG, HEKB-01)
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Now I really love my tacticool black Realforce FD01D0 with vibes of Grisaia Phantom Trigger
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SunshineRag_DT

26 May 2021, 00:17

You know you are an IT gentleman of a certain age when you find this old gal sexy. And yes I still own it, dont judge me!
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Many mistake her for an American but she is pure Japanese, if you can get her to take off her keys you will see she has a majestic set of Alps SKCC Tall Cream switches.
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Rami

26 May 2021, 03:43

These are my favorite boards that I own. That Focus 2001 was actually the first keyboard I ever owned, my dad hooked it up to my 386 when I was a kid and It's a really nice keyboard, Pine White Alps! :) I use an Omnikey at my 386 and 486 now, I really love those things. The KB-5161 I use at my Pentium, the Model M at the Windows 98 PC, and the M0115 at the main PC
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Rami

26 May 2021, 03:46

Tritian wrote:
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I love seeing vintage keyboards at their matching computers. They just look so... at home! Beautiful pictures.

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NOVA75

29 May 2021, 04:20

HEKB01 and hhkbs with HI-Pro keycaps
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Muirium
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29 May 2021, 18:09

Sweet little HHKB attack squadron. I must admit I think the stock (plus PFU add on Control and Esc) looks the most stylish, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still envy you. 8-)

wanderhoden

29 May 2021, 22:25

my facitfrankenstein :D
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30 May 2021, 00:16

wanderhoden wrote:
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my facitfrankenstein :D
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This is fantastic. I have one of these modules, hopefully this is the inspiration I need to sort out a case for it.

wanderhoden

30 May 2021, 13:51

oh tyvm iam glad you like it :) and that would be very interesting plz keep me up with the progress that would be rly nice !

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