deskthority

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=32616.0

Red and Blue lettering keycaps for BS keyboards, surely interesting.

I guess it's the printed color options that is new at Unicomp? As for the novelty keys I wouldn't dream of adorning my BS keyboards with GH emblems.

Who did get this one?

Rare Cherry keyboard

guilleguillaume wrote:Who did get this one?

Rare Cherry keyboard

I thought it will go much more expnesive.

Is this legit?

http://global.pchome.com.tw/english/?mo ... WNO=1&tm=e

I mean, Cheery MX Green for 64$, and anyone know the reliability of this Chinese website?

macharius wrote:Is this legit?

http://global.pchome.com.tw/english/?mo ... WNO=1&tm=e

I mean, Cheery MX Green for 64$, and anyone know the reliability of this Chinese website?

It's MX blue. Look at the sidebar:

Cherry MX Black
Cherry MX Brown
Cherry MX Green
Cherry MX Red

Chinese, and Japanese and many East Asian languages, have a different dividing line between green and blue than we do. Beware!

Interestingly, that site says Brown instead of "Tea Axis". That's usually a giveaway that you're not reading English.

What is this thing?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TASTER-SCHALTER- ... 2a2d6ee7a7

oh and also watch this nice filco:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/String-Slip-Dame ... 257eb6d7b6

Nice! A Filco NIB for EUR 1,99? I wonder for how much that will go.

Nice doubleshots.

I suggest to paint the case in black ...

t!ng wrote:What is this thing?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TASTER-SCHALTER- ... 2a2d6ee7a7

oh and also watch this nice filco:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/String-Slip-Dame ... 257eb6d7b6

Please get them and write wiki article about them, so I don't have to do it.

Peter wrote:http://www.ebay.de/itm/PC-Tastatur-Mich ... true&rt=nc

I bought this. I'm going to add pictures to the wiki

shouldn't that be a cherry keyboard? (i thought keybo.de is a cherry distributor) so this could actually be not as crappy as it looks

No, it's not crappy at all! It has very nice Cherry doubleshots, and these are quite rare in German layout. I think the seller could have gotten way more for it if she hadn't hidden it in the formula 1 memorabilia category and if she had used the word "Cherry"... But how could she have known ...

Congrats, Daniel!

Sorry I have been tardy in posting an update on the hall effect switches, I received them and they are the same as what is pictured on the website. I will post some pictures when I get home (I am at work now). They text on them says "Micro" and "USA". I got 250 of them. They are linear, with no click or tactile bump, and the motion is perfectly smooth. I may attempt to disassemble one of them, but I haven't taken the time to figure that out yet. Not much free time with a 9 month old daughter!

EDIT: Here are the pictures:
I couldn't get a good picture with my iPhone of the model number (1B3S) which is embossed on the edge opposite "Micro USA". I could probably get a better picture of it but that would involve having film developed and then scanning it. I need a better digital camera.

I think I may have murdered this switch, but here one is, disassembled:
It's pretty simple, and I bet it would't be that hard to clone it. I don't think it could be done for under 10 cents per switch, though.

Anybody seen any cheap boards with MX browns on eBay.de/EU eBay?

There aren't a lot of vintage models with MX brown ...

Here's a modern one:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mechanische-Tast ... 4ac5618184

But I don't think it will stay cheap.

Halvar wrote:There aren't a lot of vintage models with MX brown ...

Here's a modern one:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mechanische-Tast ... 4ac5618184

But I don't think it will stay cheap.

Oh, I don't mind them being not vintage, actually prefer it.
I'd be perfectly happy with a Cherry or Compaq board, used even, I just want to try out the switch, before I buy a more expensive board with browns.

What I meant to say was: it's hard to find a cheap one because there aren't that many vintage models that had MX Brown, and the newer models are still more expensive, even used. IIRC I paid > 30€ for my used Compaq.

Good luck anyway!

Ah, I see! Alright.
Yep, that's the price range I'm aiming for.

A pity this NCR keyboard is a G83



http://www.ebay.com/itm/140986506325

kbdfr wrote:A pity this NCR keyboard is a G83



http://www.ebay.com/itm/140986506325

F and J are the tell-tales

IBM 5251 / Beam Spring / Azerty

Just got mine from the same vendor. Unfortunately, this one, has a missing key.

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/clavier-IBM-anne ... 500wt_1219

jpatters, have you had a chance to play with those enough to know if they're just switches (ie simple on/off) or if they actually measure how far "pushed down" they are?

xmagusx wrote:jpatters, have you had a chance to play with those enough to know if they're just switches (ie simple on/off) or if they actually measure how far "pushed down" they are?

I have to apologize because I have been a little busy lately, my ten month old daughter just started walking!

Anyway, if they do measure how far they are pushed down, that would open up quite a lot of possibilities, wouldn't it? They would be great for some musical keyboard project, if that is the case. I will have to experiment. Problem is, I don't even know quite where to start with them, I guess I should get a bread board and just start tinkering with them.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-fur ... 35c9258621

Cherry keyboards:

Here

Here 1

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0946720312
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