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Seems like the Alps market has come crashing down so let's adjust some prices! Still a month left before I go on a business trip so let's get these things sold

5251 sold

Bump, more price drops

wupaa wrote: 18 Oct 2023, 14:34DM sent

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Price drop

Parts box gone, and dell

Monterey sold

More PM's answered, Honeywell sold

Also as a small clarification, IMHO (so take with a grain of salt) the switches in Omnikey are about 8,5/10 condition and the ones in Acer are 9/10. NOS would of course be the 10/10 benchmark

More PM's answered

PM's answered
IBM 3479JA1 and 6341739 on hold

Sometimes in life shit hits the fan. So I'm letting go of almost 10 years worth of collection keeping only a few 60% for myself

The keyboards are located in Finland. For payment SEPA is preferred (or mobilepay of you're a finn), but Paypal F&F is also an option.

I'd rather sell more than one ...

I still remember the tension in the air when I pulled the first stem out with my knuckles almost turning white

Nice to see another beamer spring back to life! Especially when they are so scarse at these latitudes

Done!

That sure is an interesting timeline. Thanks for piecing this together and spreading the knowledge

Just picked mine up. They really are NOS as there was no sign of soldering on initial inspection Mine were with short white switchplates.

Thank you so much for offering this opportunity to the forum users!

Edit: I could find only one with long one now that I opened up a few more

I think those are called turret terminals. The details on soldering and such can be found on the IPC-A-610 standard :evilgeek: But yeah, you wrap a wire around it min.180° and solder it.

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Signed up for 200

I'd be interested in 180 Alps if they really are "pines"

Hi Ellipse,

How much would it cost to have blanks like that in the picture for an F62 like pictured? As in grey alphas and the other keys blue.

The exact layout from my original order confimation (dated 19.3.2016 :lol: ) : Keys: International layout (pls specify which one on the checkout page ...

I can't recall if there are any more markings on my 5251 but here's a picture of the original controller from my archives:

Thanks for the pointers and cool pictures

Some nice stuff on show there. Naturally, the non-MX ones are what catch my eye. HHKB, check. Monterey K-110, check. SSK, check. You guys did fall a little short in the Model F and beamspring department, mind!

Wait, the only Model M was a fullsize? I declare this meet-up compromised!

Seriously ...

And the last of them

Almost there:

Some more boards:

I'm finally done transferring some pictures to my computer.

The attendance was quite solid and there were more people than I had expected, maybe like 35-40 or so. There were raffles for 3 sets of keys for Topre boards and a new RBG board with linear Cherry clones. There was also a typing sound ...

I dislike that on mobile as it takes so much vertical space. Haven't seen it on desktop thou ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Personally I wouldn't try reinventing the wheel. There is a converter using the original controller already.

https://github.com/MMcM/ibm-5251-kbd

[OT] Does anyone remember the ballpark figures of what a replacement beam spring unit used to cost back in the 70's and early 80's? I remember seeing like a catalog scan or something like that here in DT, but can't find it anymore [/OT]