Great/Interesting Finds

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jsheradin

14 Oct 2022, 17:12

I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.

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Polecat

14 Oct 2022, 17:35

jsheradin wrote:
14 Oct 2022, 17:12
I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.
Right you are, you can see the Oberhofer name on the second one.

Meowmaritus

14 Oct 2022, 18:54

Focus FK-555 (only known to come with blue alps and cyan omron b3g-s so a very interesting board) https://www.ebay.com/itm/285001595732

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Muirium
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14 Oct 2022, 20:21

Ooh!

Location: Idaho. Like the spuds?
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I didn’t see that coming!

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Polecat

15 Oct 2022, 05:27

Polecat wrote:
14 Oct 2022, 17:35
jsheradin wrote:
14 Oct 2022, 17:12
I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.
Right you are, you can see the Oberhofer name on the second one.
I did a bit of searching, and the Oberhofer stuff (keyboards, mice, monitors) were very limited production. Slap a wooden case and a Beverly Hills address on some otherwise-very-ordinary stuff so the wanna-be-rich-bastards can feel important about themselves. Actually we need more stuff like that because we know what happens when they have nothing to keep them preoccupied.

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dcopellino

15 Oct 2022, 20:44

:) What if DT's owner attended the auction?... C'mon O.
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JP!

18 Oct 2022, 02:59


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thefarside

18 Oct 2022, 03:10

JP! wrote:
18 Oct 2022, 02:59
White whale spotted!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115569659376
Didn’t last long!

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21 Oct 2022, 04:40


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hellothere

22 Oct 2022, 23:13

xxhellfirexx wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 04:40
Canon copier keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204107602951
Looks like it might have Futaba MD switches.

No thanks on the chicklet design.

John Doe

30 Oct 2022, 08:37

The board looks really great if we dont talk about price ;)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-M ... 632-2357-0

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Muirium
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30 Oct 2022, 09:50

I wouldn't go quite that far…

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Has Stackpole vibes to me.

Maybe I’m wrong and it’s Micro Switch Hall effect or something else proper vintage, but there’s so many god awful waffle frames from that era in lower end gear with deceptively nice (yet useless) caps.

John Doe

30 Oct 2022, 10:22

Muirium wrote:
30 Oct 2022, 09:50
I wouldn't go quite that far…

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Has Stackpole vibes to me.

Maybe I’m wrong and it’s Micro Switch Hall effect or something else proper vintage, but there’s so many god awful waffle frames from that era in lower end gear with deceptively nice (yet useless) caps.

SKCC isnt that bad right?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104490.0

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Muirium
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30 Oct 2022, 10:37

Nice thread pull. No apparent search term, too. Wouldn’t have found that without reading GH regularly, I’m sure. ;)

SKCC… are down the middle for me. They’re the one switch I can think of that got better, much better, when it was miniaturised in the DIN standard apocalypse of the eighties. Not bad though.

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guidemetothelight

02 Nov 2022, 08:56

Vobis Highscreen B310 Laptop with Cherry MX Switches on Kleinanzeigen:
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... nt=app_ios
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digital_matthew

08 Nov 2022, 13:17


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thefarside

08 Nov 2022, 15:01

Speaking of white whales, here’s a Symbolics:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115595278497

I’m guessing this will go above $1k.

John Doe

08 Nov 2022, 15:24

All Symbolics worth that much or some versions of it? It looks like MicroSwitch SC switches according to wiki.

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Muirium
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08 Nov 2022, 19:21

Symbolics are always prized. Don’t know why, exactly, but this goes way back.

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hellothere

10 Nov 2022, 00:19

Deko Fast Action KB:
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That's, what, 150 keys?

Cherry MX black.

Johnbo

10 Nov 2022, 17:39

hellothere wrote:
10 Nov 2022, 00:19
Deko Fast Action KB:
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That's, what, 150 keys?

Cherry MX black.
162 keys!

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engr

10 Nov 2022, 20:22

Gateway Anykey with a UK ISO layout in what seems to be pristine condition (albeit untested) for 100 GBP. I was seriously considering it but I am not a fan of the layout and the shipping cost to the US is pretty high.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204056216920

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hellothere

10 Nov 2022, 20:57

Here's one in the US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294447766064. You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)

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TNT

10 Nov 2022, 21:11

hellothere wrote:
10 Nov 2022, 20:57
(No, I'm not selling this.)
Why did you list it on eBay then? 🤔

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hellothere

10 Nov 2022, 23:02

/me: confused. I didn't.

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guidemetothelight

11 Nov 2022, 10:38

hellothere wrote:
10 Nov 2022, 20:57
You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)
TNT, i think your mind placed a me between the make and the an :D

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engr

12 Nov 2022, 19:11

hellothere wrote:
10 Nov 2022, 20:57
Here's one in the US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294447766064. You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)
Unfortunately it's winkeyless with quite a bit of yellowing. But there is another one, NOS, for... $239 $179? Man, these rubber dome boards designed decades ago are getting more and more expensive. You could almost buy a Topre for that money... waaaaait a second.

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hellothere

13 Nov 2022, 22:36

My HHKB, open box, was around $170, IIRC. My Realforce R2, a return to MechanicalKeyboards.com, was cheaper, also IIRC. Both bought this year, also also IIRC.

My memory IS faulty :D.

I have a Gateway AnyKey without caps, cord (I do have the cord somewhere), or stabilizers. There may be other problems, too. Three keys on each side of the spacebar, so I assume it's Win-keyed. It's a tad yellowed. It's been sitting for at least a year, if not a couple years. If anyone wants it, pay shipping and it's yours. I'm in the US.

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fohat
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13 Nov 2022, 22:42

hellothere wrote:
13 Nov 2022, 22:36

a Gateway AnyKey without caps
Aren't those either MX or Alps mounts?

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hellothere

13 Nov 2022, 23:00

MX mounts on the one I have. There might be some size issues with some of the keys, but if you get one of those 122+ keycaps sets, like this one from Tai-Hao, I'd bet that you'd get enough that'd fit. Tai-Hao also can help to fit the appropriate keys, if you contact them.

I might have some caps, somewhere, but I guarantee that there was one that had a broken stem and I'm probably missing some others.

I don't think the Gateway feels terrible or anything. There are just a bunch of other keyboards that are better. I get that a lot of folks like the Macro thing, too.

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