Alps SKCM Brown and Alps in general

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phinix

29 Mar 2023, 20:27

guidemetothelight wrote:
29 Mar 2023, 12:44
phinix wrote:
29 Mar 2023, 11:26
OK, I have to somehow grab browns.
i pulled the trigger on a IBM 5140 Module , and holy sh*t , its amazing. Bought a Frog Mini to go along with it and also a custom plate for it from Karolus.
His Builds are pure art:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhs5sLXpKQQ

really excited how it turns out. Just need to source a pcb for it
where did you get IBM 5140?

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guidemetothelight

30 Mar 2023, 11:47

Muirium wrote:
29 Mar 2023, 17:49
Oh you bastard! :D
:twisted:

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guidemetothelight

30 Mar 2023, 11:48

phinix wrote:
29 Mar 2023, 20:27
where did you get IBM 5140?
somebody on r/mechmarket sold a keyboard module for a fair price.
He was based in Denmark, making shipping costs to germany pretty low as well.

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phinix

01 Apr 2023, 00:04

guidemetothelight wrote:
30 Mar 2023, 11:48
phinix wrote:
29 Mar 2023, 20:27
where did you get IBM 5140?
somebody on r/mechmarket sold a keyboard module for a fair price.
He was based in Denmark, making shipping costs to germany pretty low as well.
Yeah, that one for $300. Cool.
Was this a fair price for it? So I know for future hunting.

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Scarpia

01 Apr 2023, 16:20

It comes with 58 SKCM Browns and a nice PBT keyset. If we value the keycaps at $115 (and I do, because I sold one for $115 just a month ago) then the browns are ($300-$115)/58 = $3.19 apiece, which is about right (I just sold my last browns a month ago for $2.90 apiece and I could have easily asked more).

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guidemetothelight

01 Apr 2023, 17:01

phinix wrote:
01 Apr 2023, 00:04
Yeah, that one for $300.
well actually a fair bit less, since I talked to the guy but yes, that was the one.

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phinix

02 Apr 2023, 01:06

Scarpia wrote:
01 Apr 2023, 16:20
It comes with 58 SKCM Browns and a nice PBT keyset. If we value the keycaps at $115 (and I do, because I sold one for $115 just a month ago) then the browns are ($300-$115)/58 = $3.19 apiece, which is about right (I just sold my last browns a month ago for $2.90 apiece and I could have easily asked more).
I see. OK.. so if anybody has like ~80 brown alps for $3 each, please let me know :)

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