deskthority

Got this in the mail today, found it on a classified ad. It's a bit dirty, but after I've cleaned it up it should look great. Doubleshot keycaps with a tiny bit of shine. Some uneven yellowing, since it had stickers on some parts of the case.

I'll take nicer photos once it's all cleaned up, but for the mean time..

Now that's a good catch, congratulations!

Nice paint-job.


But how long will it last?

7bit, the 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends seem to be doubleshot, unlike the very strange ones Grond found a while ago.

I'll post photos shortly.

They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

I hadn't seen that one!

As I thought.. The 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends are doubleshot. You can see there is a seam inbetween the layers of plastic. This just makes Grond's previous find with the painted legends even stranger!

That is a nice catch and it's even with a UK layout!

photekq wrote:7bit, the 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends seem to be doubleshot, unlike the very strange ones Grond found a while ago.

I'll post photos shortly.

I think 7bit was referring to the splashes of blue paint on the table in the picture, makes it look like you painted the legends blue yourself

Broadmonkey wrote:I think 7bit was referring to the splashes of blue paint on the table in the picture, makes it look like you painted the legends blue yourself

Ah right, I hadn't noticed those

I thought he was talking about an Olivetti board that Grond found before, where the 'CTRL' legends started to wear away and reveal regular German legends.

Yeah, that board was a real weirdo! For anyone curios, here is the thread by Grond: http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... t2061.html

oh! amazing find! congrats!!

Nice one! I'm just a little bit jelly

Nice, nice find. Really happy it came out in such great condition!

wow, very jealous. Lovely.

kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

That was the one I was going to bid, but someone.. *sigh*. Fuck.

photekq wrote:As I thought.. The 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends are doubleshot. You can see there is a seam inbetween the layers of plastic. This just makes Grond's previous find with the painted legends even stranger!

I'm not surprised, because I'd already seen such keyboard with proper doubleshot CRTL – I think 7bit owns it now. Indeed I've seen several versions of this same Olivetti keyboard, all made in 1990 and marked under the same product code: some had black MY switches, some had white ones; some sported a full doubleshot sets, some had dye subs, and then there was the frankenkeyboard of course.

P.S. Great find btw!

Quite lucky to get such a good deal. GB layout 3011 seem to be quite rarer than the IT or DE counterparts. It's no US though.

IvanIvanovich wrote:Quite lucky to get such a good deal. GB layout 3011 seem to be quite rarer than the IT or DE counterparts. It's no US though.

I wouldn't call it luck, just me being persistant I had been checking these classified ads once or twice a week for a year. This was the first good mech I came across.

Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year . Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago .

strafe wrote:Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year . Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago .

Please do! Would love to see it Where'd you find it?

tinnie wrote:

kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

That was the one I was going to bid, but someone.. *sigh*. Fuck.

even have a box
omg

Very nice!

photekq wrote:

strafe wrote:Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year . Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago .

Please do! Would love to see it Where'd you find it?

http://imgur.com/a/9rIlK

Was an ebay find

Beautiful board strafe