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The shocker: he carted almost all of them over in one single haul! Truck and trailer.

It doesn't have to be like that. Here's the mainstay of my own much more focussed collection:

klikkyklik wrote: Welcome aboard!

With any luck this will be you after a couple of years:

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And this will be you after a couple of years after that (photo courtesy of XMIT):

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Enjoy the journey!

Thanks! That's epic!! I'm hoping to have a nice collection!

Muirium wrote: The shocker: he carted almost all of them over in one single haul! Truck and trailer.

It doesn't have to be like that. Here's the mainstay of my own much more focussed collection:

Jeez! Crazy haha.

Those look great! I like the display!

The key is to aquire really nice specimen of the "essential". Less is more.

That's how I used to feel about electric guitars. Now I just want to sell most of them off...

seebart wrote: The key is to aquire really nice specimen of the "essential". Less is more.

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I agree! I have MX board, Alps in the mail, Topre will be next, and then I want a nice vintage board like that Beamspring

zslane wrote: That's how I used to feel about electric guitars. Now I just want to sell most of them off...

I hear you on that! I don't play nearly as much as I'd like to anymore now that I have a baby around. It's not as easy to fire up my half stack like I used to! Haha

That's not a beamspring, but it looks like one you're right.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/mic ... o%20switch

seebart wrote: That's not a beamspring, but it looks like one you're right.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/mic ... o%20switch

Haha oops! n00b alert

Who made this board?

As far as we know it was made by Micro Switch in Freeport Illinois for IBM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature ... ion_switch

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Micro_Switch_SW-10591

Hi - that was my garage in the photo earlier. It no longer looks this way, I assure you.

I'm fortunate to be near a contact who in turn has enough contacts with recyclers, etc. that many interesting things come my way. I've sold a fair number of these boards to community members.

My long term goal is to get everything working with USB, and to have a collection of well maintained, restored boards. That goal is a long way away.

I find this to be a fulfilling hobby. I hope you do too. Welcome!

seebart wrote:As far as we know it was made by Micro Switch in Freeport Illinois for IBM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature ... ion_switch

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Micro_Switch_SW-10591

Cool! I love the sound of those switches! I found a video of them on the tube.

XMIT wrote:Hi - that was my garage in the photo earlier. It no longer looks this way, I assure you.

I'm fortunate to be near a contact who in turn has enough contacts with recyclers, etc. that many interesting things come my way. I've sold a fair number of these boards to community members.

My long term goal is to get everything working with USB, and to have a collection of well maintained, restored boards. That goal is a long way away.

I find this to be a fulfilling hobby. I hope you do too. Welcome!

Oh right on! You must come across some really awesome boards!

I definitely get fulfilment out of this hobby! I've become addicted to them over the past few months. My grandma had an old Apple Standard when I was growing up so I'm really excited for my Alps board to come in the mail!

I've always loved the sound of older boards, but I had no idea how many different types of switches there were until I started researching for my first board. Definitely a hobby with tons of possibilities for customization and collecting!

I'm also new here, but I've been a lurker for a while. That's not to say that I'm unfamiliar with old keyboards, though!

keycap wrote:I'm also new here, but I've been a lurker for a while. That's not to say that I'm unfamiliar with old keyboards, though!

Cheers! Welcome aboard!