Great/Interesting Finds

[Iggy]

Another 5251 beamspring....

https://www.ebay.com/i/253663668476?rmvSB=true

Since when have beamsprings been going for 1.2k and 1.4k? I swear before that Displaywriter keyboard sold, the previous sales were around $600.

Since quite some months.

[ekeppel]

That's another of my 5251s there. I'm sorry about that high price, guys, but the market on these things has just gone crazy lately. Maybe it's just a bubble and will eventually settle down, but for now I'm just going with the flow I guess.

If I recall a completely unmodified and dirty one sold for around $1300 a few weeks ago, so I figured it would be foolish on my part to list a restored one for the same price.

Wow, as I type this it just sold. (!)

[darkcruix]

How nice - links me directly to a OEM Commodore 64 replacement keyboard

[green-squid]

Holy shit man! Saw this pop up today:



Problem is, it's in budapest, not sure if I can convince the seller to ship it here (this is a craigslist type deal)..

it's 30 dollars.

[kakan]

Amber alps what seem to be in OK condition. With buyout price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple- ... 4902.l9144

[green-squid]

Futaba keyboard with cyrilic sublegends! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Keyboard-C ... 0005.m1851

[Chyros]

ISO M13 (beige, with cut cable). Somewhat cheapish though, to compensate.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M13- ... SwRRZa~y9E

This might be the first and only ISO M13 I've ever seen. I didn't even know they made those. It was also NOT made by Maxi Switch, but by Lexmark in the USA.

[Iggy]

ISO M13 (beige, with cut cable). Somewhat cheapist though, to compensate.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M13- ... SwRRZa~y9E

This might be the first and only ISO M13 I've ever seen. I didn't even know they made those. It was also NOT made by Maxi Switch, but by Lexmark in the USA.

F*ck. If that thing was black I'd be all over it.

[Chyros]

ISO M13 (beige, with cut cable). Somewhat cheapist though, to compensate.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M13- ... SwRRZa~y9E

This might be the first and only ISO M13 I've ever seen. I didn't even know they made those. It was also NOT made by Maxi Switch, but by Lexmark in the USA.

F*ck. If that things was black I'd be all over it.

Well yeah, same here :p . But it's not, so here it is xD .

[Iggy]

It does have funny legends, though.

[depletedvespene]

ISO M13 (beige, with cut cable). Somewhat cheapish though, to compensate.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M13- ... SwRRZa~y9E

This might be the first and only ISO M13 I've ever seen. I didn't even know they made those. It was also NOT made by Maxi Switch, but by Lexmark in the USA.

French Canadian layout - that probably explains why was it made in USA. I now have to wonder if the UK plant ever made M13 units as well.

[Chyros]

ISO M13 (beige, with cut cable). Somewhat cheapish though, to compensate.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M13- ... SwRRZa~y9E

This might be the first and only ISO M13 I've ever seen. I didn't even know they made those. It was also NOT made by Maxi Switch, but by Lexmark in the USA.

French Canadian layout - that probably explains why was it made in USA. I now have to wonder if the UK plant ever made M13 units as well.

Ah yeah, the famous É layout. What genius thought of that? xD

I've never seen a Greenock M13, but then again, neither had I a Lexmark xD .

[depletedvespene]

To be fair, the fr-CA layout is less hideous than the fr-FR one...

[kbdfr]

To be fair, the fr-CA layout is less hideous than the fr-FR one...

Expert advice from Chile

[depletedvespene]

Nevertheless quite true.

[00.]

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m257720659
This HHKB may have a slightly botched logo removal attempt, but at $100 (which will obviously turn into ~$150-160 or so once all is said and done and it's at your door) It's still a nice candidate, you could retrobrite it and chuck a sticker on the 'logo' if it really bothered you and you'd be good to go. it even comes with the coloured accent keys.

[kbdfr]

Nevertheless quite true.

Yawn..

First, a disclaimer: I am not French and I don't know anything about anything. Now, with that out of the way...

[depletedvespene]

Nevertheless quite true.

Yawn..

First, a disclaimer: I am not French and I don't know anything about anything. Now, with that out of the way...

Sheesh, some people can't understand a jokeful disclaimer.

Whatever, if you like the (vanilla) fr-FR layout, it's your own business. Let other people have differing opinions.

[kbdfr]

[…] Whatever, if you like the (vanilla) fr-FR layout, it's your own business. Let other people have differing opinions.

Somehow you remind me of that Latin layout guy

It’s not that I "like" the AZERTY layout, but that I simply find it is a very workable tool.
The difference here is that I have been using it for decades while you don’t even speak French

[depletedvespene]

[…] Whatever, if you like the (vanilla) fr-FR layout, it's your own business. Let other people have differing opinions.

Somehow you remind me of that Latin layout guy

You're getting too close to being outright offensive.

It’s not that I "like" the AZERTY layout, but that I simply find it is a very workable tool.
The difference here is that I have been using it for decades while you don’t even speak French

Well, excuuuuuuuuse me for having a different appreciation of something than you.

[kbdfr]

Oh you feel offended by the "Latin layout keyboard guy" comparison?
I thought you would see the parallels

You keep saying "opinion", "appreciation" when in fact you keep bashing the AZERTY layout
without ever having had to use it, be it on AZERTY or on another layout.
In other words, you simply have no clue.

What about posting in the "A new car.." thread how horrible you find right-hand drive cars,
starting with "I never even sat in one"?

[depletedvespene]

Oh you feel offended by the "Latin layout keyboard guy" comparison?
I thought you would see the parallels

You keep saying "opinion", "appreciation" when in fact you keep bashing the AZERTY layout
without ever having had to use it, be it on AZERTY or on another layout.
In other words, you simply have no clue.

You have a right to your own opinions, but not to your own facts — in this paragraph, you state two different "facts" that are patently false. Enough.

If you have a problem with me, please PM me instead of polluting this thread further.

[kbdfr]

Oh you feel offended by the "Latin layout keyboard guy" comparison?
I thought you would see the parallels

You keep saying "opinion", "appreciation" when in fact you keep bashing the AZERTY layout
without ever having had to use it, be it on AZERTY or on another layout.
In other words, you simply have no clue.

You have a right to your own opinions, but not to your own facts — in this paragraph, you state two different "facts" that are patently false. Enough.

If you have a problem with me, please PM me instead of polluting this thread further.

Oh come on, don’t say I have two false facts without saying which
And I don’t see the point in PM’ing you when you were the one who "polluted" this thread with your idiotic remark about the French and French Canadian layouts.
Oh, did I really write "idiotic"?

[XMIT]

What about posting in the "A new car.." thread how horrible you find right-hand drive cars,
starting with "I never even sat in one"?

Sounds like Robert Moses.

[digital_matthew]

Avast! Ol' Ahab here spottin' another White Whale. This one skinned right to the bone! But it also appears to be tamed...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-6580-Beams ... SwNNVbFcD6

[depletedvespene]

Avast! Ol' Ahab here spottin' another White Whale. This one skinned right to the bone! But it also appears to be tamed...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-6580-Beams ... SwNNVbFcD6

Gone already.

[digital_matthew]

Avast! Ol' Ahab here spottin' another White Whale. This one skinned right to the bone! But it also appears to be tamed...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-6580-Beams ... SwNNVbFcD6

Alas, she's already fallen into the fathoms of the briny deep...

[snacksthecat]

Avast! Ol' Ahab here spottin' another White Whale. This one skinned right to the bone! But it also appears to be tamed...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-6580-Beams ... SwNNVbFcD6

Alas, she's already fallen into the fathoms of the briny deep...

"Fathoms of the Briny Deep" is the name of my prog rock band. You can see us at the Subterranean every Wednersday, Flyday, and Shmatterday this month.

[Techno Trousers]

Arriving too late to a reasonably priced beamspring listing feels like

[JP!]

But was it missing the top shell though?