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I guess I'm just too utilitarian. More a keyboard appreciator than a collector. Though the surprising number of keyboards I have purchased over the past few days says otherwise. My excuse? Being only recently interested in vintage keyboards, they are so different from their contemporary ...

You deserve as many keyboards as your wife has pairs of shoes.


That is exactly the same argument I used. It works pretty well. Another year, another 10 pair of shoes, another 10 keyboards. It really works great if she wants expensive Italian shoes - therefore, another expensive rare vintage ...

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I've got the TEC EKA 9100-054 (a.k.a Harris 8620). As you can see from the date code on the SONALERT, mine is a couple years older ...

The case of my retro (not vintage) Casio broke. Shoddy chromed plastic instead of metal. :(


I hate plastic cased watches. I remember when they came out around 1983/84 (in Canada - possibly a few years earlier elsewhere). After that, most digital watch makers switched to plastic cases and by the ...

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Classy. I think I'll get one of these, a wide collared open shirt, a chest wig and gold chain, then strut up to a hot babe and see if it works.

Nice keyboard in the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) .

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Bond uses it to send sub targeting coordinates.

There are 2 keyboards used, but I thought they faked the closeup shot of the keyboard used by the other guy because they have identical worn engraved keycaps at 2, 3 ...

webwit wrote: 06 Jan 2021, 00:07Everyone and everything will die and entropy will win.

I tried beating entropy, but lost. It beat the shit out of me. Now whenever I see entropy, I just turn around, walk the other way and casually pretend I didn't see it.

You wouldn't believe how many women thrust themselves upon me after seeing my masterful understanding of internet semantics.


Probably about as many women that thrust themselves upon me when I discuss the details of keyboard switches.

I do it in a suave Bond-style double entendre. She ...

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I see some plasmas there.

I think I've posted these before:

That's free US shipping. It's $53.85 shipping to Canada. I'd have to make an offer of -$14.85 just to get that for $39. (...somehow I don't think the seller would accept)

Same here - except for the nickel allergy. I got my first LCD watch in 1979 (...as was the style at the time). The light was only bright enough to show the last digit.

Still, it was a major improvement over my previous watch - a cheap mechanical Timex piece of crap. It kept stopping, so I sent it ...

This collection is incomplete! Where's the Micro Switch SW? Where's the ITW magnetic valve? Where's the Teletype Model 40? Where are the reed switches?

Otherwise, the collection is OK... I guess.

Yes, exactly. Look at this guy. It's hard to believe that this is a wild animal. He's totally relaxed and trusting.


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If he wanted to, he could have clawed or bit the hell out of us, but he's very gentle and careful.

We had the whole family here, but now it's winter and ...

I've got an unpopular opinion... wash bears are awesome! (although they're called "raccoons" where I am, I prefer to use the European term for them because they're like little bears.. that wash)

Americans and many Canadians consider these guys to be filthy pests, like large rats that cause problems ...

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1977 Birks LED

I love this watch. I've got a $5000 Grand Seiko ("Grando Seiko" as the Japanese say) and a bunch of nice watches, but this 1977 LED watch is the one I always put on when I need to see the time after dark ...

I was going to put in an offer. I was going to say:

"My offer is this. Nothing. Not even the fee for the shipping and customs, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally."

If I was going to get a 2260, I think I'd want the airline reservation variant. (more buttons = better)


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I noticed the keycaps look engraved , not double shot. ( what the hell, man, what the hell??! )


And here's another shot of the predecessor. It's labelled ...

Is that Micro Switch SD?

Nice. I've never seen an ADM-2 before - mostly just ADM-3, ADM-5 and ADM 42. I regret not getting a blue ADM-3 for $40 when I picked up a load of computers, but I ran out of space in my car. (damn it!)

I too like light weighted foam & foil, but noticed that when I replaced the disintegrated foam ...

The IBM 4979 is just as cute and is beam spring.


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I've never actually seen any photos of it other than in IBM ads, so there's no chance of finding one of those either.


You mean like this one?


No, I was talking about the 4979. Those 4978 keyboards are as common as dirt ...

I've never actually seen any photos of it other than in IBM ads, so there's no chance of finding one of those either.


Well, the wiki has a couple of photos of that terminal.


I saw that right after I posted. I haven't searched for a few years and it was updated since.

Weird - the photo ...

The IBM 4979 is just as cute and is beam spring.

I've never actually seen any photos of it other than in IBM ads, so there's no chance of finding one of those either.

I don't hold it against them. It's not their fault. (...poor little guys)

But I thought this was a beam spring photo thread.

IBM 2260 terminals are certainly cute, but they're not beam springs.

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Findecanor wrote: 27 Dec 2020, 20:16 My official plan for 2021 is to procrastinate.

What a coincidence! That was my 2020 plan! I have to say that it was an amazing success.

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The wood-grained vinyl reminds me of the TEC Datascreen.