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I'm in LOVE!!!

I just got it and i'm so excited, didn't had time to clean it.

But there this key "Pts." that has this weird color.

Now I have to look for an xwhatsit and enjoy!!

:)

This is a great find shine! Im looking forward seeing this being converted and restored

and it's my layout: ISO-ES

I will post pictures of the process when I restore it. Maybe i will repaint it as well, who knows. The case has some chipping but no major damage apparently.

Now there's just only one more to find: ISO-ES F122

NOOOOOOOOOOO, you got a stock Ñ key, and looks doubleshot. Dude, that's ILEGAL.

Nice find! Lowkey jelly

Probably the best beamspring there is.

The 3278 is one of the best looking of the beamsprings imo, it's got flare to it! Awesome find!

Great find, congratulations dude!

Nice keyboard. Looks like there's no rust. Definitely should be restored before use because the contamination shield will get into the switches and scratch them up.

Grats on the keyboard! Where did you find this is such nice condition?

Very nice indeed. For the conversion xwhatsit is becoming difficult to get fully assembled (is there any reliable source left?). There is also CommonSense and this thread, but the latter doesn't appear to be ready yet.

A random guy had one in his old company plugged in an old IBM 3270.

I already asked and he doesn't have more, lol

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

11 Mar 2020, 18:37

Grats on the keyboard! Where did you find this is such nice condition?

Wow!! i just opened it as i have all needed tools, 15mm hole punch, foam and etc.

And look what i found! how is it possible that this is in so good shape? The foam is fluffy to the touch as almost new.

And why the switch housings are blue?

very very cool!

Huh, never seen blue switch housings before.

You really lucked out with the lack of rust! I think the humidity is what eats up the foam on these, those I've seen that were stored in barns and garages were much worse off.

The blue housings are still a mystery to me- I've seen every beamspring variant with both blue and black versions. They don't seem to have any difference in weighting or smoothness, so maybe it's a production time thing. Same with angled vs flat stems.

it's dated on 1978

It might have been a later production thing for certain factories. This rusted 5251 from 1978 had blue housings and angled stems, while the 3278 from 1977 had black housings and angled stems.

Invisius wrote: ↑

22 Mar 2020, 00:47

It might have been a later production thing for certain factories. This rusted 5251 from 1978 had blue housings and angled stems, while the 3278 from 1977 had black housings and angled stems.

nice! thanks!

shine wrote: ↑

11 Mar 2020, 00:27

and it's my layout: ISO-ES

This is actually a data entry keyboard — I didn't know those existed for the Spanish language. The only differences it has with a "common" English data entry keyboard is the presence of the Ñ key (shifting the "Skip" key one place to the right) and the presence of the Pts ("peseta") symbol instead of the $ ("dollar") symbol... which is surely why your keyboard has that one key in a different color.

Also, ENVYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.