deskthority

Hello DT,

I have for sale one of the keyboards from my collection, a near mint 5285 Beamspring keyboard. As you now, the 5285 is something like a 5251 "made right", same layout but much better ergonomics and is a joy to type on.

Fully restored with new foam, clean, fully tested. No rust, beautiful rainbow plate. Very minimal yellowing in wristrest.

It does not include xwhatsit or qmk controller, only the original controller and cable if the buyer wants them. As all 5285's it does not have a solenoid but a beeper, fully working as well.

Spanish layout.

Asking: 1600€ shipped EU/USA. Feel free to ask questions or make offers. You can find me in Discord DT group under the name "mynameisshineee"

Full high-res album here: https://imgur.com/a/IStfj2f

GLWS!

May I ask how much this sold for?

alexandrufloca wrote: 26 Dec 2021, 11:28 May I ask how much this sold for?

Asking price

im curious to know how you came into possession of this, before selling ofc

vyquad wrote: 31 Dec 2021, 19:53 im curious to know how you came into possession of this, before selling ofc

Lol, I hope there isn't any blood diamond thing going on. Is there Shine?

mrprofessor wrote: 02 Jan 2022, 03:35

vyquad wrote: 31 Dec 2021, 19:53 im curious to know how you came into possession of this, before selling ofc

Lol, I hope there isn't any blood diamond thing going on. Is there Shine?

nah, but will do black magic for a 4978

So, basically 4978 became the endgame in the beamer's world, I guess?

For some, maybe. I'd much rather have this:

Muirium wrote: 02 Jan 2022, 12:07 For some, maybe. I'd much rather have this:

Spoiler:

whats your offer? already has PCB

Ooooh!

Muirium wrote: 02 Jan 2022, 12:50 Ooooh!

Dont be shy, Mui.

I am working on researching this beast, which seems to be cloning this keyboard, thoughts? I could use some help here, as it seems to also use the same plug of sorts, but might be a different signal.


P.S. While I don't own a 5285 myself, I used to have a terminal at school back in 2017 with one of them attached. They are amazing. This Memorex board isn't built as nice, is slimmer, and uses a variant of the Honeywell Micro Switch.

SgtPeppers wrote: 07 Jan 2022, 07:23 I am working on researching this beast, which seems to be cloning this keyboard, thoughts? I could use some help here, as it seems to also use the same plug of sorts, but might be a different signal.


P.S. While I don't own a 5285 myself, I used to have a terminal at school back in 2017 with one of them attached. They are amazing. This Memorex board isn't built as nice, is slimmer, and uses a variant of the Honeywell Micro Switch.

i own the 5285 terminal if you want to try if it works, but i live in Spain.

Plug is like this:

The connector resembles a DB25 connector. My bad. Thanks for the offer though. I'll try to post a photo of the connector, I can't right now. I have yet to find and info on it, except for a leaflet by Memorex.

thankyou

Thread title says already SOLD. You are too late.