Great/Interesting Finds

Abstractions · 10 May 2016, 20:45

For Webwit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-IBM-Wi ... XQtUxTehEk

Stabilized · 10 May 2016, 20:55

Well that certainly counts as an 'interesting' find!

Abstractions · 10 May 2016, 21:18

Yep! Webwit doesn't use ebay though.

tentator · 10 May 2016, 21:45

tentator wrote: ↑Ok I see.. so I think I'm going to clean it up with a nice dental tab bath soon and put it up then sie (no offence to alps fans) I finally got this one because I was curious about this huge alps hype but honestly continue to prefer much more BS or cherry mx clears so far (heresy? )

PS: Ok maybe I could still change my mind if and when I'd be able to test blue alps!!

And here it is:

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Actually really nice layout and caps.. in particular the nav arrows!

Spoiler:

webwit · 10 May 2016, 22:20

Nice Duck sign. But I made a rule for myself not to collect such paraphernalia. And it's too expensive for what it is.

UnFocused · 11 May 2016, 00:31

tentator wrote: ↑Actually really nice layout and caps.. in particular the nav arrows!

It's a very Sharp looking keyboard.

ramnes · 11 May 2016, 01:59

Pristine M13:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191860586934

Too bad the keyboard isn't there:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/322096884028

Datahand:
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... n172466653

chiptea · 11 May 2016, 02:56

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e185499727

I don't know what it is exactly, or what switches it has, but it looks really nice

Mattr567 · 11 May 2016, 03:15

seebart wrote: ↑
emdude wrote: ↑I'm pretty certain the only reason anyone gets the SGI Granite is for the key caps.
Your wrong, quite wrong. But that's OK.

Mattr567 wrote: ↑
emdude wrote: ↑I'm pretty certain the only reason anyone gets the SGI Granite is for the key caps.
Lol its my daily driver
Right, my man! The way to go.

The build quality, awesome caps, great switches and a very cool look make it a great daily

emdude wrote: ↑Well, by that logic, then Mattr's board isn't that interesting, because he messed with it by swapping out the switches for SKCM Oranges! To be fair, white damped alps aren't that great. But I totally get people who want to use an unmodified board though.

And SKCL Green's for the lock light key's! I had some left over from my V60 swap. Damp Alps are alright, but not great. SKCM Orange is a amazing switch, highly underrated. Mine are also the early grey plate. The reason I didnt just get a AEK is b/c I hate how Apple moved the dimple to D/K.

seebart wrote: ↑
alh84001 wrote: ↑Well, to me the case is still interesting. A bit like "industrial" AT101. Does it have a metal plate inside like older dells?
Yes it does, the overall build quality is better like the old Dell AT. It's like a better Dell AT, better looking too.

Here's one of mine:

keyboards-f2/silicon-graphics-granite-i ... ?hilit=sgi

Pretty!

Blaise170 · 11 May 2016, 04:29

chiptea wrote: ↑http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e185499727

I don't know what it is exactly, or what switches it has, but it looks really nice

Keyboard from an FM Towns (Fujitsu Micro) system. Use Fujitsu leaf spring switches.

Blaise170 · 11 May 2016, 05:05

Cyrillic Alps-mount Omrons: http://www.ebay.com/itm/182083039391
Siemens RAFI(?): http://www.ebay.com/itm/181823626995
Another one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181856146349
Relegendable Cherry M5 Clones: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171978853193

OleVoip · 11 May 2016, 10:34

Blaise170 wrote: ↑Siemens RAFI(?): http://www.ebay.com/itm/181823626995
Another one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181856146349

These have already been up for quite a while and have been listed here before. Funny that the one with German caps has English labels on the case and vice versa. Both have Siemens STB 21 switches with double-shot caps.

Spoiler:

shreebles · 11 May 2016, 11:40

seebart wrote: ↑ The stock caps on the poker are "catnap" as in not nice at all. These are much nicer.

Do you mean stock poker or stock Pok3r caps? I always thought the Vortex PBT set was the same as the one that came on the Pok3r, and I really see nothing wrong with it, great quality especially for stock caps.
It seems we really judge differently then!

alh84001 · 11 May 2016, 16:43

An old Silicon Graphics board. Can't find more info online
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILICON-GRAPHIC ... 1950735258

Not a great find, but I would say interesting.

seebart · 11 May 2016, 16:46

alh84001 wrote: ↑An old Silicon Graphics board. Can't find more info online
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILICON-GRAPHIC ... 1950735258

Not a great find, but I would say interesting.

Wow, I would say both! Never seen one like it!

Abstractions · 11 May 2016, 16:54

seebart wrote: ↑
alh84001 wrote: ↑An old Silicon Graphics board. Can't find more info online
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILICON-GRAPHIC ... 1950735258

Not a great find, but I would say interesting.
Wow, I would say both! Never seen one like it!

It's an sgi iris keyboard.

They were SGI's first line of workstations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_IRIS

alh84001 · 11 May 2016, 17:01

seebart wrote: ↑ Wow, I would say both! Never seen one like it!

this is closer to my definition of a great find, especially in Europe (sold listing, so don't get your hopes up)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silicon-Graphic ... 1978984919

Now, if only I knew two weeks ago I'd need it

seebart · 11 May 2016, 17:03

No, but that's a great price on a keyboard we already know very well. The other one is unknown.

Invisius · 11 May 2016, 17:16

F 122 for 99 OBO + 15 shipping http://www.ebay.com/itm/172202702842
Price drop to 69 on the oddball stockbroker M www.ebay.com/itm/152086623967
Any idea what these Panasonics use? Pretty cheap www.ebay.com/itm/231939698873

Chyros · 11 May 2016, 17:57

Abstractions wrote: ↑
seebart wrote: ↑
alh84001 wrote: ↑An old Silicon Graphics board. Can't find more info online
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILICON-GRAPHIC ... 1950735258

Not a great find, but I would say interesting.
Wow, I would say both! Never seen one like it!

It's an sgi iris keyboard.

They were SGI's first line of workstations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_IRIS

Are these KT F&F by any chance?

seebart · 11 May 2016, 18:03

Could be, look at the case I thought it might be NMB HI-TEK? Not sure.

alh84001 · 11 May 2016, 18:18

If anyone is looking for an apparently NIB terminal model M
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-IBM-Enhan ... 1991956490

Why on earth did these have an all-caps ESC key?

derzemel · 11 May 2016, 18:22

Topre PBT ESC, Space and Enter (in RGB) on Taobao:

https://world.taobao.com/item/143849880 ... mSite=main

seebart · 11 May 2016, 18:24

alh84001 wrote: ↑If anyone is looking for an apparently NIB terminal model M
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-IBM-Enhan ... 1991956490

Why on earth did these have an all-caps ESC key?

Oh nice I got one of those for Christmas!

Invisius · 11 May 2016, 19:32

One of the newest IBM-built industrials I've seen, decent price too www.ebay.com/itm/131811125191

Bolt-modded M13 www.ebay.com/itm/301953503601

Chyros · 11 May 2016, 20:34

Invisius wrote: ↑One of the newest IBM-built industrials I've seen, decent price too http://www.ebay.com/itm/131811125191

Jeez, I didn't know they still made industrials as late as 1997 Oo . Still has the black oval badge though, did industrials ever come with anything but the square and oval black badges?

Dra · 11 May 2016, 20:58

PGA S01011, can't find anything about this board, unless someone can identify it i might buy it
http://www.ebay.de/itm/DIN-Tastatur-fur ... 1940190570

That old yellowed CSK-2101 board again
http://www.ebay.de/itm/282033320109

Also small update on that 'brown' AEK II, turns out the seller just had some really strange lighting, the case is pretty yellowed, but not in a brown-ish tone, not sure if i'll retr0bright it or not
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Mechanische-Tast ... 2103984624

EDIT: Might as well put this out there since it hasn't been identified yet (AFAIK) but some things that might be useful ID-ing the switch type at least, notice the small triangular logo on the box of picture 2 and 5, also note the offset circular LED cutouts. Not sure about F and J but the only key i can confirm to have a homing bar is the numpad 5
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Din-5-Pol-Tastat ... 2047083622

Invisius · 11 May 2016, 22:22

Chyros wrote: ↑
Invisius wrote: ↑One of the newest IBM-built industrials I've seen, decent price too http://www.ebay.com/itm/131811125191
Jeez, I didn't know they still made industrials as late as 1997 Oo . Still has the black oval badge though, did industrials ever come with anything but the square and oval black badges?

I didn't either, I've seen many Lexmark and Maxi Switch industrials from 1992-1995. The label style's a bit different from any other Industrial I've seen, too.

Some of the really early ones came with silver square badges

https://imgur.com/2DKwmi8

EDIT: '87 SSK for 169 OBO http://www.ebay.com/itm/201582631639

XMIT · 11 May 2016, 23:49

seebart wrote: ↑Could be, look at the case I thought it might be NMB HI-TEK? Not sure.

Given the FTxx text on the back, this SGI board is almost certainly foam and foil by Key Tronic. The font agrees with this hypothesis as well.

seebart · 11 May 2016, 23:56

XMIT wrote: ↑
seebart wrote: ↑Could be, look at the case I thought it might be NMB HI-TEK? Not sure.
Given the FTxx text on the back, this SGI board is almost certainly foam and foil by Key Tronic. The font agrees with this hypothesis as well.

I believe you, too bad SGI did not use NMB HI-TEK. I had my hopes up.