Great/Interesting Finds

hansichen

26 Nov 2018, 17:18

fohat wrote:
madrobby wrote:
Really wouldn't recommend buying these when they're so dirty.
Great non-yellowed doubleshot Alps? Best Alps chassis ever?

This would be worth getting even if you threw the actual switches into the garbage.
Bit expensive though :lol:

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049

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madrobby

26 Nov 2018, 17:40

fohat wrote:
madrobby wrote:
Really wouldn't recommend buying these when they're so dirty.
Great non-yellowed doubleshot Alps? Best Alps chassis ever?

This would be worth getting even if you threw the actual switches into the garbage.
That's a different way to look at it and I must say that you're probably right. :)

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madrobby

26 Nov 2018, 18:06

hansichen wrote: Bit expensive though :lol:

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049
800?!

You can (almost) get a Beamspring board for that… :?

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madrobby

26 Nov 2018, 18:25

IBM Model F XT, at $9.99 w/ 1 Bid right now, 6 days to go:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PERSONAL-C ... :rk:1:pf:1
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hansichen

26 Nov 2018, 18:57

madrobby wrote:
hansichen wrote: Bit expensive though :lol:

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049
800?!

You can (almost) get a Beamspring board for that… :?
At least alps boards are usable without needing a special desk for it :lol:

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ThePillenwerfer

26 Nov 2018, 22:14

This is interesting — a non-IBM/Lexmark/Unicomp keyboard that's allegedly buckling spring: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223237079418

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Could it be a re-badged Unicomp?

If that's after a "thorough clean" I'd hate to have seen it before.

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Myoth

26 Nov 2018, 22:16


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ThePillenwerfer

26 Nov 2018, 22:28

Thank's for that. The case certainly looks very similar to the Syncan TK-M501C.

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madrobby

26 Nov 2018, 23:21

Decision Data terminal keyboard https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3512785161
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digital_matthew

27 Nov 2018, 04:10


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madrobby

27 Nov 2018, 04:12

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
Can’t wait for the Chyrosran22 review of a waffle. I wonder if the typing feel is better than some of the boards he tested.

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abrahamstechnology

27 Nov 2018, 04:20

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
Stackpole switches??

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Chyros

27 Nov 2018, 07:28

madrobby wrote:
digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
Can’t wait for the Chyrosran22 review of a waffle. I wonder if the typing feel is better than some of the boards he tested.
Pretty sure it can't be mushier than the Ornata or Fold-2000 xD .

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digital_matthew

27 Nov 2018, 15:27

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
Maybe I'll wait for the kbdfr version...

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depletedvespene

27 Nov 2018, 16:21

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
ANSI 60% waffles? PASS. True waffles are battleship-sized (so I can pour an entire Nutella jar on it).

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depletedvespene

27 Nov 2018, 16:33

Darkshado wrote:
Myoth wrote: Those are Omron's Alps clone, they're not White Alps

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Hotlinking from sites that don't explicitly allow it is an excellent way to see your emotes replaced with something else...
Oh, I got a couple GREAT stories of exactly this kind of thing. Don't ever hotlink from my website without my permission! :mrgreen:

green-squid

27 Nov 2018, 19:57

BOI this won't last long! https://www.ebay.com/itm/264062527787/

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snacksthecat
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27 Nov 2018, 19:59

Nice find, squid! I may have bought it :O

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madrobby

27 Nov 2018, 20:02

green-squid wrote: BOI this won't last long!
Indeed.

green-squid

27 Nov 2018, 20:05

snacksthecat wrote: Nice find, squid! I may have bought it :O
Awesoooooooome!!!!! 8-)

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depletedvespene

27 Nov 2018, 20:10

Same seller has another one! (at a higher price, though)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-IBM-Indus ... 4062527787

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madrobby

27 Nov 2018, 20:24


green-squid

27 Nov 2018, 20:41

It's all rubber domes.

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stratokaster

27 Nov 2018, 20:55

It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas :lol:

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JP!

27 Nov 2018, 21:20

Here is some eyewash ;)
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depletedvespene

27 Nov 2018, 21:29

JP! wrote: Here is some eyewash ;)
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What ANSIght to behold.

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Bass

27 Nov 2018, 21:54

Since we are on the subject of Industrial Model M's, might as well post this one:
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/NICE-RARE-IBM- ... 0752.m1982

It's pricey but this is arguably the best and rarest Industrial Model M (or perhaps any Model M in general) you can own in terms of build quality.

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flowerlandfilms

27 Nov 2018, 22:36

It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas :lol:
In this case, more like Applesauce.

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stratokaster

27 Nov 2018, 22:48

flowerlandfilms wrote:
It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas :lol:
In this case, more like Applesauce.
I was actually referring to the typing feel of those awful keyboards.

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Elrick

28 Nov 2018, 02:16

stratokaster wrote:
flowerlandfilms wrote:
It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas :lol:
In this case, more like Applesauce.
I was actually referring to the typing feel of those awful keyboards.
If you were ever forced to type on those, you will need to enrol in the School of Dumb-ass and eventually graduate with High Distinction for contaminating yourself with the MOST hideous Apple input devices ever created by Jobsie RIP.

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