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Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 01:34
by BlueOmicron
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 01:48
by Redmaus
It's worth nothing, you should sell it to me for $10
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 02:14
by PlacaFromHell
BlueOmicron wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 01:34
Ok so I apologize if this is not the place for this but my father in law brought up this "old Keyboard" after cleaning out his garage. I am not a mechanical keyboard enthusiast but a quick search told me he had something special. I am very curious about how these boards are viewed and how I can find out more about it.IMG-3393.jpgIMG-3392.jpgIMG-3391.jpg
HOLY SHIT! That's an Omnikey 102 with a gold badge. If it has blue Alps you won the lottery with that thing.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 02:15
by BlueOmicron
Is there any particular model info or anything I should be looking for? I literally opened the box clicked the keys and said those are nice keys. I know there is a passion around certain keyboards but that is where my knowledge ends.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 02:16
by //gainsborough
If you can remove a keycap you should try. It either has white switches or blue switches. In the latter case you've got something on your hands worth a few hundred bucks!
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 02:42
by zrrion
gold label 102 is really nice. Honeslty any omnikey is good but this one is one of the more sought after ones
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 03:12
by BlueOmicron
//gainsborough wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 02:16
If you can remove a keycap you should try. It either has white switches or blue switches. In the latter case you've got something on your hands worth a few hundred bucks!
is there a way to do this safely without a key puller?
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 03:13
by //gainsborough
try using two spoons placed underneath a keycap and opposite each other. Then pry up.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:16
by cheater
If it's alps, just hold it between two fingers and pull, it'll be fine. Alps sliders aren't prone to fall apart when you do something like that. I normally take off caps with just my fingers unless the cap is really really stuck, in which case i try to use a piece of plastic (metal can emboss plastic. so can plastic but it'll do way less of that)
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:27
by Jacobalbertus1
even if your not a keyboard person you may actually like to use this keyboard yourself because its a nice keyboard great replacement to any rubber dome keyboard you may have and better than any modern clicky keyboard that they make nowadays
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:31
by xxhellfirexx
BlueOmicron wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 03:12
//gainsborough wrote: ↑24 Dec 2020, 02:16
If you can remove a keycap you should try. It either has white switches or blue switches. In the latter case you've got something on your hands worth a few hundred bucks!
is there a way to do this safely without a key puller?
Check the box. It should come with a key puller. If it doesn't, it's not worth the risk of damage. A key puller only costs a dollar or two.
https://imged.com/northgate-omnikey-102 ... 09820.html
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:48
by BlueOmicron
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Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:50
by Jacobalbertus1
now that is a good keyboard skcm blue NOS you should use that or keep that as a stock they are only going up in price
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:53
by //gainsborough
Wow. Congrats, dude. I think a board in that same condition sold on eBay a few months ago for around $700.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 05:57
by John Doe
Oh, it's alps blue, you should say very thanks to your father this time.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 08:16
by apb
jeez man that's some luck
beautiful find
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 08:23
by Redmaus
Keyboard gods have blessed you, cherish it forever. (or make mad bank on ebay)
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 09:33
by Nasanieru
You sir have struck gold, I have been trying to track one of these things down for a while but have had little luck
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 12:22
by Jan Pospisil
Now that's a proper Christmas miracle!
Re: Garage find
Posted: 24 Dec 2020, 12:49
by Rayndalf
Congrats. Enjoy using it or selling it to someone who will. Given what that keyboard would have cost new, selling it for market value it totally acceptable.
Either way I'm glad it was saved from the landfill.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 27 Dec 2020, 22:48
by ZedTheMan
Congrats, you have a keyboard worth more than my first car, haha.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 28 Dec 2020, 00:45
by TNT
I will never be able to afford one of those. What a beautiful board! Good luck with selling!
Re: Garage find
Posted: 28 Dec 2020, 05:45
by John Doe
TNT wrote: ↑28 Dec 2020, 00:45
I will never be able to afford one of those. What a beautiful board! Good luck with selling!
feel you. this always reminds me how poor im.
Re: Garage find
Posted: 08 Jan 2021, 06:54
by Kneeboard
Just wait till this Christmas when your father in law reveals his collection of NOS Beamers that he kept in the basement.