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Snagged this beauty on eBay just now. It's the keyboard for a Franklin PC-8000 from 1986.
Couldn't find any info on it other than a mention on Geekhack from 9 years ago saying it has SKCL greens.
I'll post to the wiki once it arrives, but for fun does anyone already have info on this thing ...

But we could totally create a page for alternative logic layouts...

t!ng wrote: Harvest keycaps from G81-3100SAV -> replace with enjoypbt -> sell "fake" G81-3100SAV -> sell original keycaps -> double the profit

Wait. Is the enjoypbt set really indistinguishable from these ones?

NIB? More like $800, actually. But this price was considering that at most 10 NIB SAV were known in the world; more offer, lower prices. If you add like 80 keyboards/sets to the game, you end up with probably more items than the number of Cherry collectors ready to spend that amount on one of ...

I must be within the approximation error. I use a 5251 as my daily driver, but to be fair I did remove it from its case and fitted an XT case top on it for wrist support and to complete the look. It works great and is not much higher than a Model M. Anything is possible if you like the switches ...

Repro would be expensive, but just remaking the switch modules and putting them in a redesigned(cheaper) case/plate may actually bring it down to a cost which is much less then what they are selling for today. The switch modules are only 8 parts (spring, leaf 1, leaf 2, rubber O ring, slider ...

Blaise170 wrote: Even reproduction beamsprings would be quite expensive, due to the tooling costs and all.

Insanely expensive, and out of the question for anyone that doesn't manage a quite rich company I'd say.

depletedvespene wrote:
Make sure that in the Control Panel you have UNset all "quick access" key sequences. Windows is unsufferable otherwise.

Couldn't find this specific setting, it must be hidden somewhere else on my version of Windows. I solved the problem by violently removing the default Italian layout.

kbdfr wrote: If you find the "ù" key to be "unreachable", then how do you cope with the Enter key?

The "ù" key is unreachable in ANSI.

I'm continuing to use this: I find a bit hard to adapt to the dead keys, but that's only because I never used them before (and because both my Windows installation keep randomly defaulting back to the standard Italian layout for some weird reasons. Well, it's Windows after all.)

A sidenote: it has ...

The exact definition of "mechanical keyboard", as already said in this and other places on the Internet, has some fuzzy edges.
For example, I don't agree with the definition "if it has a PCB it's mechanical, otherwise it's not". The membranes are less durable and less resistant to humidity, but if ...

If you need more you can put an F50 for macros and symbols on the left of your Battleship, totaling a rather comfortable 172 keys.

Extremely informative! I'll keep an eye open for this!

Brett MacK wrote: Pretty unique model M. Don't think I have seen caps like that on one of these. He ended up taking my best offer

Very, very nice!

Aaaah, some IBM porn right here.

Really nice photos! Thanks!

The original Italian layout is... Challenged , in many regards.
I'm using this layout proposal. It's a bit early to really give an opinion, but everything is going smoothly for now. Adding diacritics through dedicated "Compose" keys is something I'm really not used to, so I need a little more time ...

Yeastyzen wrote: If you had $300 USD to spend on a Model M, which would you buy?

Uh, hard question. The only M on which I could spend 3 hundred is the M15, and... Yeah, I'd need much more money for that.

If this is your first mechanical, this is... A very, very good way to start.

CHECK FOR CORROSION. When you pull the caps for cleaning you'll see the barrel plate: look at how much corrosion it has. If it's a lot, it could need work.
Ah, pulling the keys longer than 1u (but not the spacebar) is ...

This Ｗ      Ｉ      Ｄ      Ｅ      Ｂ      Ｏ      Ｙ      Ｅ is seriously good looking!

Elrick wrote: Pity Kailh never decided to approach the Alps switch design instead, imagine the possibilities .

It's not economically convenient unfortunately, due to incompatibility with almost all modern keycaps.

DAMN

pyrelink wrote: If anyone has a spare "numpad +" IBM key please send me a message!

Ask Cindy, she has it for sure!

F122s are life. Very nice work!

Awesome work! This looks gorgeous!

j0d1 wrote: So, hmmm, that overpriced IBM 3278 without the badge did sold for 3k$ after all...

This is a new all-time high for vintage keyboardr iirc.

So how many of you would judge me if I floated my NIB F AT up on eBay for $1500 to test the market hype?
Nothing bad in testing the hype, but I fear that such a test could drive the prices up even more.
It's probably part of the cause of high prices for "mainstream rare" boards (e.g. Model Fs and ...

What a mission! Good luck for this restoration!

...what?

y11971alex wrote: Sell to unicomp

Based on the attitude of the company, sell to anyone but Unicomp.