Posted: 12 Jun 2018, 02:51
That guy must have a lot of those..He has already sold like 3 or 4.snacksthecat wrote: ↑Twinsavers? (trademark pending)
That guy must have a lot of those..He has already sold like 3 or 4.snacksthecat wrote: ↑Twinsavers? (trademark pending)
Two words. "Blue Alps". From the serial number the other one almost certainly was also, but it wasn't listed as such. Some gold label 102 boards came with white Alps. I have two pristine 102s that are dated three weeks apart, one white, one blue, and I couldn't tell the difference if blindfolded (not that I can type blindfolded mind you...) but I could probably get twice the price at least for the blue board just 'cuz.orihalcon wrote: ↑Hmm. Kind of odd that the Omnikey is going for 50% more after just one day than the one that ended a few days ago:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153046124270
Yeah, but the pictures actually show that the other one was indeed blue alps. Perhaps just because blue alps wasn't in the title specifically?Polecat wrote: ↑Two words. "Blue Alps". From the serial number the other one almost certainly was also, but it wasn't listed as such. Some gold label 102 boards came with white Alps. I have two pristine 102s that are dated three weeks apart, one white, one blue, and I couldn't tell the difference if blindfolded (not that I can type blindfolded mind you...) but I could probably get twice the price at least for the blue board just 'cuz.orihalcon wrote: ↑Hmm. Kind of odd that the Omnikey is going for 50% more after just one day than the one that ended a few days ago:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153046124270
Oh, interesting, the photo showing the switches must have been added after I looked at the listing.orihalcon wrote: ↑
Yeah, but the pictures actually show that the other one was indeed blue alps. Perhaps just because blue alps wasn't in the title specifically?
I honestly believe the one that I sold at auction is a 1 off deal. I would be really surprised if this one sells for this much. My guess is they well settle out around 200-300.orihalcon wrote: ↑I'm not sure why those videowriter boards go for so much more than other Brown ALPS boards. Are they easily converted to USB and then using them, or are people harvesting switches?
I think that is definitely the case. I've been watching 5140s a lot in the past few weeks (picked up 2 5140s in extremely nice condition for about $300 total) and they all hover around $150-200. Congrats on getting lucky, though, I think you advertised and worded the listing very well so it may not have been all luck.Brett MacK wrote: ↑I honestly believe the one that I sold at auction is a 1 off deal. I would be really surprised if this one sells for this much. My guess is they well settle out around 200-300.orihalcon wrote: ↑I'm not sure why those videowriter boards go for so much more than other Brown ALPS boards. Are they easily converted to USB and then using them, or are people harvesting switches?
The only reason people are buying these are to harvest the switches. I think the reason these are going for so much is because this is the most well known brown alps board. Since there is no way to convert these, people don't feel as bad about harvesting them. But since the video writer is well know, the listings for them get a lot of traffic, over inflating the price.
Using me as an example, my Video writer listing was the second most popular listing I have ever done, only behind my APL SSK. Because the other brown alps boards pop up on eBay WAY less, nobody looks for them making the video writer in higher demand than it really should be.
I picked this one up since it won't work as is due to needing an external control box and power supply and it won't be easy to convert. I want to test an idea I've had for converting it with an Xwhatsit. Here's to a challenge!Chyros wrote: ↑Full pair of Datahands!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-D ... SwgTJbIC6Y
Only $500. Ironically, while everything else seems to get more expensive, these seem to be getting cheaper xD .
As ebay now links to other, "similar" items when a listing is completed,
Meh, not really interesting either, you can get boards for even cheaper out of China and I know of several channels where I can get models just like these for free.Lanrefni wrote: ↑This is more of an interesting rather than great find-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XK ... 0UY9O2U907,87 key,with N key rollover for $14.99,looks to have Outemu blue clones for switches,tempted to order one just for laughs due to it having cloned clone switches.
I would love to have some of those weird keys. If somebody gets it and wants to trade that key set for the standard original, let me know.
It's a data entry setup. Note the numeric rows are inverted compared to the numpad.digital_matthew wrote: ↑I wonder if those grey numpad keys originally came from an unsaver. They really don't make sense on a keyboard that already has a numpad.
Interesting. Are there two numpads so you can enter numbers with both the left and right hands simultaneously? If so that would be really hardcore.
I'll give it a shot.digital_matthew wrote: ↑Model F122 with wacky keyset:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-12 ... SwkJZbIuAg
Reminds me of the rare selectric variants with the numpad layer:digital_matthew wrote: ↑Model F122 with wacky keyset:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-12 ... SwkJZbIuAg
Good luck!Iggy wrote: ↑I'll give it a shot.digital_matthew wrote: ↑Model F122 with wacky keyset:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-12 ... SwkJZbIuAg