Best vintage keyboard or cache

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seebart
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20 Nov 2016, 01:07

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Vote in the final round of this category to win Dolch, Granite, and Stealth keycap sets from Pimp My Keyboard / SP.

Nomination rules:
What was the coolest vintage keyboard in 2016? What vintage keyboard do you really like to use as a daily driver? Give us a short motivation for each suggestion. One sentence will suffice.

Old and exotic keyboards like Honeywells from the 1970s belong in the Best relic or discovery category, not here.

Current suggestions:
  • photekq's throne of G81-3100SDUs
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  • atomicthumbs's Beamsprings
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  • E3E's IBM 5576 Alps Plate Spring keyboards
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  • Cindy's cache of 15 NIB Monterey Chiconies with trackball!
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  • Cindy's Unsaver Haul
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  • Snuci's Model M rescue
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  • Cindy's XT/F122 haul for the MF project
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    [*]Rusty Beamsprings in abandoned place by Madhias nominated by davkol
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    [*]Dolch Pac keyboard
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    [*]E3E's Xerox Docutech Keyboards
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The first round ends on Saturday 26 November, 23:59:59 UTC.
Last edited by seebart on 26 Nov 2016, 17:45, edited 14 times in total.

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photekq
Cherry Picker

20 Nov 2016, 03:55

What exactly is meant by "cache" in this context? As in a collection of vintage keyboards?

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ohaimark
Kingpin

20 Nov 2016, 04:09

Yep. When you find a bunch of vintage keyboards in a single spot.

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photekq
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20 Nov 2016, 04:19

I guess I'll nominate this then :lol:

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That's the biggest "cache" of a single model I've ever seen posted, especially as far as $ value goes.

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seebart
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20 Nov 2016, 07:32

photekq wrote: I guess I'll nominate this then :lol:
I'm sure you already knew photekq; you cannot nominate yourself!


Looking forward to your nominations people...

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Khers

20 Nov 2016, 07:36

Ok, then, I'll go ahead and nominate photekq's rather spectacular find of G81-3100SDUs

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seebart
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20 Nov 2016, 07:45

Khers wrote: Ok, then, I'll go ahead and nominate photekq's rather spectacular find of G81-3100SDUs
Noted. :)

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Wodan
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20 Nov 2016, 08:05

I nominate the Nixdorf CT11. Can it get any more legendary? Plate mounted Nixies in a compact layout.
keyboards-f2/nixdorf-ct11-t14322.html

I also nominate the beamspring cache some guy found in the trash:
keyboards-f2/found-a-few-keyboards-in-t ... 14856.html

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emdude
Model M Apologist

20 Nov 2016, 09:20

I'll nominate E3E's IBM 5576 Alps Plate Spring keyboards, neat keyboards with cool dye-subbed caps!

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Chyros

20 Nov 2016, 12:57

Cindy's cache of 15 NIB Monterey Chiconies with trackball!

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lot_lizard

20 Nov 2016, 14:52

  • Cindy's Unsaver Haul
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  • Snuci's Model M rescueImage

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ohaimark
Kingpin

20 Nov 2016, 15:01

There's no rule against nominating yourself in this category. The same goes for Best relic or discovery.

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OutragedPudding

20 Nov 2016, 18:32

I would also like to nominate E3E's IBM 5576 Alps spring keyboards! It was great seeing so many alps keysets :)

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drevyek

21 Nov 2016, 00:22

Cindy's XT/F122 haul for the MF project

davkol

21 Nov 2016, 13:33

What about this cache? Rusty keyboards in abandoned place.

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seebart
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21 Nov 2016, 14:36

davkol wrote: What about this cache? Rusty keyboards in abandoned place.
Would you like to nominate that davkol?

davkol

21 Nov 2016, 14:46

Yes!

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Ratfink

21 Nov 2016, 16:08

If that wins, does someone have to go there just to leave the wingnut? :lol:

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seebart
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21 Nov 2016, 16:11

Ratfink wrote: If that wins, does someone have to go there just to leave the wingnut? :lol:
No, someone has to go there and get all those Beamsprings... :o

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Ratfink

21 Nov 2016, 16:14

seebart wrote:
Ratfink wrote: If that wins, does someone have to go there just to leave the wingnut? :lol:
No, someone has to go there and get all those Beamsprings... :o
I can see it now…Rustmaster 2.0. :evilgeek:

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CommonCurt

23 Nov 2016, 08:00

photekq wrote: I guess I'll nominate this then :lol:

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That's the biggest "cache" of a single model I've ever seen posted, especially as far as $ value goes.

Good gawd that's a beautiful sight :D

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Orpheo

23 Nov 2016, 08:59

I nominate Dolch Pac keyboard, because the layout is compact, the key colors are a gem classic and it is so co mfortable.

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E3E

26 Nov 2016, 17:29

Does anyone feel like my DocuTech lot is worth a nomination? :P

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I don't mind if it doesn't get nominated, but I figured I might as well propose it since it was my favorite nab of the year. :)

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