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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 18:56
by ekeppel
If by legit, you mean rubber dome, then I don't see why not.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 18:57
by Myoth
yes, it is.
no, it's not capacitive buckling springs.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 18:58
by raoulduke-esq
It’s a real rubber dome IBM keyboard. Seller had 6 in the last batch too and won’t budge on price.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 19:01
by inozenz
raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑16 May 2021, 18:58
It’s a real rubber dome IBM keyboard. Seller had 6 in the last batch too and won’t budge on price.
ah looked at the wrong part number... tsss
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 19:06
by raoulduke-esq
I tried the offer process last go-around. Seller countered for 145 saying they already had several offers at 165 but would do me a favor. I bailed out because not only is 145 still too high with $20 shipping on top of that still, but because a misleading seller like that tends to be bad news. Nobody would send an offer for the list price- they would just buy it now.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 19:22
by inmbolmie
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 21:48
by kmnov2017
That's a micro switch ST (
wiki/Micro_Switch_ST_Series)variant and not buckling spring.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 May 2021, 21:54
by MMcM
Amtelco KB163
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324625311556
I have one of these monsters (well, a A9300C and this is A9300G). It's nicer to type on than I thought it would be.
The rubber cover on this particular model looks pretty nasty to me, but underneath was protected.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 03:13
by XMIT
The seller is RJR in Atlanta. He is an old IBM dealer with a warehouse of goods. Buyer beware, these are not buckling spring boards as others have noted. One sold on eBay for $140.27 on April 18th of this year. I'd value these at $100 to $120.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 03:54
by raoulduke-esq
XMIT wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 03:13
I'd value these at $100 to $120.
Funny, that’s exactly what I offered him and would have gladly paid him before he started telling fibs about imaginary offers…
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 05:11
by Lanrefni
G80-11900LPMUS-2 for $25+$8.10 in shipping is pretty decent deal.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 05:32
by raoulduke-esq
Thanks! Been waiting on a deal for those.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 08:22
by John Doe
Whoever won the auction please share some details, appreciate it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203448904667
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 10:36
by webwit
IBM 3277 Beamspring, restored and converted:
https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1706282352
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 11:18
by shallot
looks like SKCC or SKFF to me.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 18:51
by zrrion
That's SKCC green, I didn't get this one but I have one already.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 May 2021, 22:45
by raoulduke-esq
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 01:33
by hellothere
Sold for $1325. Well, that's officially Beamspring range. Well, low-end. I saw a couple that sold for $1200, each.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 01:40
by hellothere
raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑17 May 2021, 05:32
Thanks! Been waiting on a deal for those.
Very nice. Thanks for posting this one. I'm not a fan of the switches, but this would be a nice KB to use as a base for customizing.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 01:44
by E3E
hellothere wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 01:33
Sold for $1325. Well, that's officially Beamspring range. Well, low-end. I saw a couple that sold for $1200, each.
There was one that sold for $3k before this, actually.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 11:50
by Muirium
Beamer money, for green Alps?
Nah, they must have been in it for the mouse!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 13:57
by thefarside
E3E wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 01:44
hellothere wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 01:33
Sold for $1325. Well, that's officially Beamspring range. Well, low-end. I saw a couple that sold for $1200, each.
There was one that sold for $3k before this, actually.
I thought only blue alps boards commanded high prices. What makes the green alps so special?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 14:57
by Jan Pospisil
They're nice?
(also these are neon green, which I think are way rarer.)
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 15:07
by raoulduke-esq
thefarside wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 13:57
I thought only blue alps boards commanded high prices. What makes the green alps so special?
It's Neon Green and in a delicious Xerox board. Xerox is so important to the history of computers.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 22:22
by crypto_sloth
Interesting...seller says this is a NOS Apple IIc replacement board with Blue Alps.
Anyone seen that before? I was pretty sure it was hairspring (A2S4000) and Amber Alps (A2S4100/memory expansion) only....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/133764731514/
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 May 2021, 22:40
by kelvinhall05
crypto_sloth wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 22:22
Interesting...seller says this is a NOS Apple IIc replacement board with Blue Alps.
Anyone seen that before? I was pretty sure it was hairspring (A2S4000) and Amber Alps (A2S4100/memory expansion) only....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/133764731514/
Yes I remember seeing one, someone posted it either here or on the Discord many months ago.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 May 2021, 20:35
by JP!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 May 2021, 20:38
by Muirium
$400 ain’t too shabby for one of those nowadays.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 May 2021, 20:38
by E3E
I don't see a box in that listing
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 20 May 2021, 02:44
by hellothere
thefarside wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 13:57
E3E wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 01:44
hellothere wrote: ↑18 May 2021, 01:33
Sold for $1325. Well, that's officially Beamspring range. Well, low-end. I saw a couple that sold for $1200, each.
There was one that sold for $3k before this, actually.
I thought only blue alps boards commanded high prices. What makes the green alps so special?
My somewhat educated opinion, based on buying keyboards for the past three years, is that the order of least to most expensive is GENERALLY black, white, cream/white damped, yellow, salmon, orange, green, SKCC (IBM "Pingmasters," specifically), blue, SKCP (IBM 5576), brown, neon green -- and I'll note that you can argue about "bamboo" and "pine" ratings for some of those and/or the year it was produced and/or other things. There is a lot of overlap with green, Pingmasters, blue, and SKCP. Blues can get much higher than the others ($400+, according to my records), but I think the average prices are pretty similar ($250 - $300). I have no idea where to place Alps switches that are even less common, like amber, because I've just not seen any for sale.
Value also depends on what kind of keyboard it is and condition. I just sold a pretty nicely restored OmniKey 102 with pine white Alps for $150 US.
Again,
generally. Don't fite me.