Zenith eaZy PC ZKB-7 keyboard - $2 flea market find woah!

green-squid · 14 Jan 2018, 13:03

Went to the flea market, and what do I see!! A Zenith keyboard!!!! Grabbed it! My best keyboard find ever!

Bunch of German shortcuts

Alps SKCL Green yeaah that's what I'm talking about!

LED switch

Weiss

The back is full metal!

1987 yall! Turned 30 last year! Older than me (2002)!

PCB

How does SKCL Green compare to MX black (my main switch)? Very good! It's a bit better, but the layout is unusual.
And the extra item of the week is this calculator! I got it from the same guy for the same price.

I am very happy with these finds! Worth the $4 I spent in total.

Dingster · 14 Jan 2018, 14:00

Damn awesome find. Congrats

green-squid · 14 Jan 2018, 14:25

Dingster wrote: Damn awesome find. Congrats

High five! Feels good to own an Alps board for SO CHEAP!

BTW, how do other linear switches compare to Green alps?

Dingster · 14 Jan 2018, 15:31

Wouldnt really know dont own a green alps keyboard. Or an alps keyboard

Chyros · 14 Jan 2018, 16:53

Oh wow, a GERMAN version Oo . I thought these were only in America. Nice find!

green-squid · 14 Jan 2018, 17:28

Chyros wrote: Oh wow, a GERMAN version Oo . I thought these were only in America. Nice find!

Aww yeah

Thanks dude

//gainsborough · 16 Jan 2018, 02:53

green-squid wrote:

That radian/degree switch is adorable.

seebart · 16 Jan 2018, 07:50

This being the first ISO Zenith ZKB-7 I have ever seen gives me hope to also find one in the EU in the future. Very nice find.

derzemel · 16 Jan 2018, 09:16

I have an Eazy PC Zenith too (the ANSI-ish version, not ISO like yours).
If you get it working with modern computers, may I ask you to create a guide on how did you do it?

paecific.jr · 17 Jan 2018, 05:08

Impressive find! Super jealous because I'm at a new job for eight months and couldn't bring my Z-150 with me.

green-squid · 23 Jan 2018, 21:18

derzemel wrote: I have an Eazy PC Zenith too (the ANSI-ish version, not ISO like yours).
If you get it working with modern computers, may I ask you to create a guide on how did you do it?

I don't know about that. I haven't tried it because I don't have an AT to PS/2 adapter. But even if it's XT, it should work, right?

ideus · 25 Jan 2018, 04:17

Love the sub legends that appear to be for ANSI.

xtreg · 25 Mar 2018, 17:05

Did you get it to work on a modern computer? I am having trouble to make mine work, although mine is a AT version (I believe yours is an XT version, correct me if I am wrong).

green-squid · 25 Mar 2018, 17:10

I haven't got it working yet. I sold off the switches and the parts are sitting in the closet right now. I'm considering getting some Black alps from a dell keyboard and converting it.

Check out this post: keyboards-f2/xt-zenith-z-150-converter-t12972.html