Great/Interesting Finds

[Daniel Beardsmore]

http://www.subito.it/videogiochi/amstra ... 985243.htm

It looks interesting, do you know anything about the keyboard?

Disassembly photos:

http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Amstrad/CPC464/index.html
http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Amstrad/CPC_ ... index.html

[raatmarien]

Are these beamspring keyboards?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/2-ibm-tastaturen ... 1573266086

[Nuum]

Yes, they are, they are from the same seller as the one MonsterToys has, I think. It was very rusty so be careful with those.

[macmakkara]

If someone want to groupbuy those beamsprings. Im in.

[Halvar]

I'm interested in buying the broken one for spare switches if someone wants the one that is ok. Also willing to send out spare parts like switches or key caps to people from DT.

(BTW the three from the last haul were proxied to snoopy, Monster-Toys and Muirium)

[scottc]

Shit... I'd love one of those. Have to wait for confirmation of Great White from Cindy first.

[rzwv]

Vintage NUMERIKEYS Keypad Extension by Genest Tehcnologies US $14.95
http://kbd.rzw.jp/cherry/genest_technol ... 6bbnumkey/ Cherry M8
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141232227196

IBM RS6000 LPF Keyboard NEW 6094-020 US $26.00
http://kbd.rzw.jp/ibm/rs6000_lpf-keyboard_6094-020/ ALPS Conductive dome
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371128165244

[Hypersphere]

FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!

[Muirium]

Clicks on the beam spring auction. Laughs out loud. Not at all surprised to see the deal "taken off ebay" so soon again!

Good to see both Macmakkara and Scottc already stake a claim. Now that Snoopy and me are sorted out, you guys are head of the beam spring waiting list!

[Halvar]

Yes, it's the same "error in the auction" as last time around... macmakkara is covered, but I guess Scottc will want to / have to wait for a complete one and not take one that's missing caps.

Anything new about the Great White Texan whales?

[RougeRambo]

Vintage NUMERIKEYS Keypad Extension by Genest Tehcnologies US $14.95
http://kbd.rzw.jp/cherry/genest_technol ... 6bbnumkey/ Cherry M8
http://www.ebay.com/itm/141232227196

IBM RS6000 LPF Keyboard NEW 6094-020 US $26.00
http://kbd.rzw.jp/ibm/rs6000_lpf-keyboard_6094-020/ ALPS Conductive dome
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371128165244

Anyone fancy an RS6000 GB?

[RougeRambo]

FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!

GREAT SCOTT!

[seebart]

IBM-Modell-M-1391403 1995 QWERTZ funky caps

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-Mod ... 259471be92

2nd try...he offered them to me for 100 by now and I turned him down...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Funf-gebrauchte- ... 259470730c

IBM Tastatur P/N 1394312 QWERTZ

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-P-N ... 1e901e9c35

What a beauty...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Reise-Schreibmas ... 1c450fc7ad

IBM CLICKY VINTAGE 122 KEY KEYBOARD Model M 1390238 JUNE 1987 F Terminal

http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-CLICKY-VINTA ... 3ce639b39e

Atari 800 XL

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Atari-800-XL-Ers ... 35db6c221e

A garage full of old Mac´s...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Eine-Garage-voll ... 4adacc2502

Vintage MACINTOSH SE

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-MACINTOS ... 566919a27f

FUJITSU SIEMENS KBPC EM D

http://www.ebay.de/itm/FUJITSU-SIEMENS- ... 233f6f035d

Siemens Nixdorf S26381-K89-V120

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Siemens ... 5b0473b84a

Filco Majestouch NINJA BlueSwitch FKBN104MC/EFB2

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Filco-Majestouch ... 33943a02c7

Topre Realforce 86UB QWERTY

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Topre-Realforce- ... 339413cbc0

Topre Realforce 87u Variable Weighted QWERTY

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Topre-Realforce- ... 338ef75441

HHKB Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional2 PD-KB400W White QWERTY

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Great-Condition- ... 35db72a8d3

[webwit]

FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!

GREAT SCOTT!

Tinnie, when is the group buy?

[Muirium]

I will now cite this as my ballpark figure for the resale price of a Kishsaver!

[webwit]

Kishsaver is more. That's the Model F HHKB.

[Muirium]

Good point. The shorter the dachshund…

[seebart]

seeing these crazy prices I should buy those 4 F´s for 100 Euro, fix them up and...wait and see

[Muirium]

Bet the Kishy premium is all about scarcity. XT's are bloody good keyboards, and easily the biggest bargain out there. IBM just made way too many of them to catch the big spender's eye.

[Hypersphere]

XT -- the Model F for the rest of us! It is indeed a great keyboard and one of the easiest in the Model F line to get up and running. For those who do not feel inclined to install Soarer's Converter, there is the plug and play Hagstrom Converter.

[andrewjoy]

FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!

F***k me that's one expensive keyboard!

I want to see what a Happy Hacking model F goes for !

[Hypersphere]

FYI, that IBM F 107 sold on eBay yesterday for $617!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251620237236?ss ... 1426.l2648
No, I did not buy it!

F***k me that's one expensive keyboard!

I want to see what a Happy Hacking model F goes for !

Let's find out by starting to make offers to Muirium for his Kishsaver!

[Hak Foo]

XT -- the Model F for the rest of us! It is indeed a great keyboard and one of the easiest in the Model F line to get up and running. For those who do not feel inclined to install Soarer's Converter, there is the plug and play Hagstrom Converter.

The problem is that for many of us, it's one compromise or another too far on layout

* Too many hat keys.

* No gaps between alpha and numpad blocks

* No editing block, so if you use a lot of those controls via muscle memory, it's shot.

* Layout is ALMOST ISO, which drives Americans nuts.

I'd rather convert a 122-F internally, than deal with the hassles of an XT-F.

[seebart]

Yeah, the layout of the XT is the only downside for me. I use software keymapping to make things a little easier.

[Hypersphere]

I've dealt with the XT layout by remapping to a hybrid HHKB/Mac configuration and swapping keycaps accordingly:

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It works surprisingly well.

[seebart]

I saw this in the XT layout preference thread a while ago. The hardware mod is not an option for me, I'm a purist. XT needs to look like XT for me. I bet it works well though.

[Muirium]

Yeah, the XT has a lot of personality. You either love it or hate it. Soarer's Converter helped transform mine from the get go, software layout wise, into something I could live with. I use that numpad all day, but seldom for typing numbers. And the function key column, likewise.

[webwit]

IBM Model M (5 EUR):
http://link.marktplaats.nl/m841744963

IBM Model M Space Saving (bid):
http://link.marktplaats.nl/m841748804

[seebart]

Uhh...an ssk. Good thing I don't have €'s to spend!

[Hypersphere]

I saw this in the XT layout preference thread a while ago. The hardware mod is not an option for me, I'm a purist. XT needs to look like XT for me. I bet it works well though.

This is actually not a hardware mod. It consists of remapping using software and then swapping some keycaps to coincide with the remapping. If I did not like the HHKB/Mac layout so much, I would have been fine with the original XT mapping and keycaps. A nice thing about this setup is that it is entirely and easily reversible.

Looking forward to refurbishing my AT and F-122. I plan to do some rearranging of springs on these to create a modified ANSI layout that can easily be reconfigured as HHKB/Mac.