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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 May 2019, 16:45
by Obscure
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 25 May 2019, 10:43
by Keybug
Paleolithic Cherry board with unique numpad keycaps. Pad printed, triple-shot or dyesubbed, do you think? (Has doubleshots elsewhere...) Looks to me like it has at least some pad printing on the numpad...
Plus one key is very spcl !
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4242469557
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 25 May 2019, 17:52
by Lbibass
Keybug wrote: ↑25 May 2019, 10:43
Paleolithic Cherry board with unique numpad keycaps. Pad printed, triple-shot or dyesubbed, do you think? (Has doubleshots elsewhere...) Looks to me like it has at least some pad printing on the numpad...
Plus one key is very spcl !
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4242469557
Yeah, unfortunately it's already gone up to a high bid with over 6 days left to go... and there are 24 watchers. There goes the chances of it going for a reasonable price.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 26 May 2019, 20:55
by xicanoink
Great looking Northgate Omnikey Plus, White Alps. Buy it now for $109 and free shipping. That's 50 to 60 less than all the other Northgates currently.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Northg ... 8216!US!-1
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 26 May 2019, 21:31
by Cid Fabel
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Alps-Electric-K ... Sw4EhaVHgk
Hmm. The caps on those delicious green alps look quite pretty.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 May 2019, 05:13
by Polecat
It arrived today, and it's absolutely immaculate inside, and no yellowing at all. Switches are early (branded) white SKCM, and feel like new. Thanks again for the great lead on this!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 May 2019, 15:20
by cli
Polecat wrote: ↑30 May 2019, 05:13
It arrived today, and it's absolutely immaculate inside, and no yellowing at all. Switches are early (branded) white SKCM, and feel like new. Thanks again for the great lead on this!
Nice!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 May 2019, 19:53
by kbdfr
It’s been years since I last saw
that programmable keyboard for sale on eBay
which prompted Ascaii to open a thread titled:
My new daily driver...i'm in love
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 May 2019, 23:18
by jerue
This is interesting: a Cherry 1800 with an integrated trackball instead of a numpad. Not those 11800/11900's...an actual 1800 with a somewhat large trackball built-in. Shame it's a G81 and lasered caps, otherwise it'd bring me out of "retirement".
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113701059983
The more I think about it, the less interesting this probably is, maybe some third party got these and modded the numpad. I can say I've never seen this until now! I wonder why the serial is blacked out, it contains all the useful information like the date code!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 31 May 2019, 16:30
by xicanoink
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 31 May 2019, 16:31
by xicanoink
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 31 May 2019, 17:02
by cli
Condition of the keyboard is bit of a gamble. It looks much used, some of the letters on the keycaps have completely fade away (so no double shot keycaps also).
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 31 May 2019, 17:06
by cli
If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710
It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jun 2019, 08:58
by Monster-Toys
cli wrote: ↑31 May 2019, 17:06
If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710
It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.
NOOO, was watching this auction from the first few minutes hoping no one would post it here
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 19:13
by kbdfr
jerue wrote: ↑30 May 2019, 23:18
This is interesting: a Cherry 1800 with an integrated trackball instead of a numpad. Not those 11800/11900's...an actual 1800 with a somewhat large trackball built-in. Shame it's a G81 and lasered caps, otherwise it'd bring me out of "retirement".
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113701059983
The more I think about it, the less interesting this probably is, maybe some third party got these and modded the numpad. I can say I've never seen this until now! I wonder why the serial is blacked out, it contains all the useful information like the date code!
I have one of those (G81-1800 LAAUS with manufacture date J51 and the exact same built-in trackball), so it appears not to be a mod.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 20:11
by cli
Monster-Toys wrote: ↑01 Jun 2019, 08:58
cli wrote: ↑31 May 2019, 17:06
If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710
It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.
NOOO, was watching this auction from the first few minutes hoping no one would post it here
And .. did you got it?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 20:13
by Monster-Toys
Yep
(*phew*
) ... now i just need to cross my fingers that it has blue alps (it should, tho .. maybe ...
... it is always a bit of a gamble - i will report).
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 23:41
by Keybug
Came in second, wasn't even aware someone had posted it here. Pretty sure to have blue ALPS, I think. If shipping costs to Germany hadn't been so high, I might have bid around 60€. Congrats!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Jun 2019, 06:45
by cli
Monster-Toys wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 20:13
Yep
(*phew*
) ... now i just need to cross my fingers that it has blue alps (it should, tho .. maybe ...
... it is always a bit of a gamble - i will report).
Congrats!. 46,05 is quite a bargain if it has blue alps.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Jun 2019, 22:43
by Keybug
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 03:31
by Polecat
This is one I hadn't seen before. Bulgarian relegendable with what might be Cherry M9 switches? It's already XT/AT compatible, so that's a help. Looks like someone was in a real hurry when they put the caps back on!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fully-Mechanic ... Swo6lWLLZY
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 06:23
by Darkshado
Found this gem on FB Marketplace...
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 08:24
by kmnov2017
CAD 350 .ROFL.....
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 14:03
by Keybug
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 14:08
by JP!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 15:47
by adamcobabe
I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 15:50
by JP!
adamcobabe wrote: ↑04 Jun 2019, 15:47
I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.
I thought they sold out of the surplus industrial cases. I might be wrong though.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 04 Jun 2019, 16:00
by xicanoink
JP! wrote: ↑04 Jun 2019, 15:50
adamcobabe wrote: ↑04 Jun 2019, 15:47
I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.
I thought they sold out of the surplus industrial cases. I might be wrong though.
Nope, they still have them. Not the cool black IBM label though....
https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/1394942
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 05 Jun 2019, 16:01
by xicanoink
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 05 Jun 2019, 19:01
by nelamvr6
Thanks! I just snatched that up!