Great/Interesting Finds
- snuci
- Vintage computer guy
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- DT Pro Member: 0131
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Thanks to a bout of insomnia, I did a test for something I was suspecting with a couple of these keyboards. I took an IBM PC XT keyboard and plugged it into an IBM PC AT. The XT keyboard exhibited the beeping behaviour as described. Needless to say, I just bought the lot fully suspecting that the xT keyboards work fine.
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- Location: London
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A military hall effect teleprinter: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Military-Tele ... 1922897902
Haata posted about this board here: photos-f62/ugc-74-keyboard-t8749.html
It previously didn't sell at auction with a £50 starting price.
Haata posted about this board here: photos-f62/ugc-74-keyboard-t8749.html
It previously didn't sell at auction with a £50 starting price.
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
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That's a serious piece of hardware, the seller might want to mention the weight of that puppy.
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- Location: London
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He's charging a £26 shipping fee (within the UK), so I can only imagine .seebart wrote: ↑That's a serious piece of hardware, the seller might want to mention the weight of that puppy.
24 hour reverse auction for 3 Apple Extended II Keyboards (UK ISO): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Apple ... 1732756495
- Touch_It
- Location: Nebraska, United States.
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Classic USB 103 key (work) IBM F 4704 107
- Main mouse: Logitech g502 Proteus Core
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring (yet to try Beam Spring)
- DT Pro Member: -
Anyone know based on S/N alone if this has Salmon or Orange Alps switches?Redmaus wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-MICROKI ... Swfl9XBVNf
Neat microkit board
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mac-Apple-Exten ... SwsN9W~YtV
AEK
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
I'm not sure if one can tell by the serial number. Look at our M0115 wiki page, there's one with a serial nunmber that's almost double that which has SKCM Salmon which succeed SKCM Orange. You could probably tell if you had the production year of that M0115. The M0115 is still on my want list, they are rather rare around here.Touch_It wrote: ↑Anyone know based on S/N alone if this has Salmon or Orange Alps switches?Redmaus wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-MICROKI ... Swfl9XBVNf
Neat microkit board
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mac-Apple-Exten ... SwsN9W~YtV
AEK
wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard
- fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
My experience is that serial numbers >500K have been salmon and <500K have been orange, out of roughly 1M, but that is by no means scientific and based on perhaps half a dozen samples.Touch_It wrote: ↑Anyone know based on S/N alone if this has Salmon or Orange Alps switches?Redmaus wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-MICROKI ... Swfl9XBVNf
Neat microkit board
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mac-Apple-Exten ... SwsN9W~YtV
AEK
- Touch_It
- Location: Nebraska, United States.
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Classic USB 103 key (work) IBM F 4704 107
- Main mouse: Logitech g502 Proteus Core
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring (yet to try Beam Spring)
- DT Pro Member: -
Thx seebart/fohat. That helps me out. I had suspected that anything under ~ 400K was orange and over was Salmon. Trying to track down one with oranges. I'm currently typing a good condition one I snagged for $30 shipped, and I love it.
- Blaise170
- ALPS キーボード
- Location: Boston, MA
- Main keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Stealth
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0129
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I have an AEK with Oranges that I'll be selling soon.
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
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Same here
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- Location: London
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IBM Model M SSK: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-model-M-S ... 1530492889
$250 BIN. No cord and one replacement key.
$250 BIN. No cord and one replacement key.
- Scarpia
- Location: Sweden
- Main keyboard: F77 / Alps SKCM Brown TKL
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Anywhere 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive BS, Alps SKCM Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0223
Yeah, the fact that you can't easily find replacement keycaps with DisplayWriter legends makes it not really worth his asking price IMO. I could see myself making an offer for it if it were in the EU, but only because I think I have a source for that key
- alh84001
- v.001
- Location: EU-HR-ZG
- Main keyboard: unsaver
- Main mouse: logitech m305 / apple trackpad
- Favorite switch: BS
- DT Pro Member: -
XT with some weird adapters for (some) stepped keys
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Per ... 1594351895?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Per ... 1594351895?
- Chyros
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: whatever I'm reviewing next :p
- Main mouse: a cheap Logitech
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: -
NOS Apple IIc+ with what appears to be SKCM Ivory/Cream non-damped: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/322059928191?eui ... 02bd0&cp=1 The seller confirmed the sliders are cream-coloured. I'd get it but I need the money for a project I'm going to undertake.
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- Location: land of the rusty beamsprings
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Keys look the same as this one, dont they?Chyros wrote: ↑What very much appears to be THREE Key Tronic magnetic reed keyboards:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Key-Tronic-Ke ... SwWBJXBBoE
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Key-Tronic-Ke ... SwbwlXBBn-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Key-Tronic-Ke ... SwgApXBBnv
- jerue
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: OTD 360c / G80-5000 / 55g HHKB BT Type-S
- DT Pro Member: -
Pretty decent price...the good news is that the missing key is not exclusive to that SSK, and it's looks like it's in decent condition (hopefully). If you can complete it, you'll own one of the few that I know of...just don't do something crazy and bolt mod/usb mod it and take away from the original working parts!timmo wrote: ↑IBM Model M SSK: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-model-M-S ... 1530492889
$250 BIN. No cord and one replacement key.
- Crazy Canadian XXIV
- Location: Victoria, Canada
- Main keyboard: IBM 122-key Model F, circa 1985
- Favorite switch: Capacitive buckling spring
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IMO it'd be a shame to not use it.
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- Location: London
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It'll be interesting to see how this (non-Displaywriter) SSK auction pans out: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-Model-M-S ... 2343763582
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- Scottex
- Location: Spain, Madrid
- Main keyboard: Realforce 55g TKL
- Main mouse: Logitech G500
- Favorite switch: IBM Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
is it related to keyboards? can we expect a video of it?Chyros wrote: ↑NOS Apple IIc+ with what appears to be SKCM Ivory/Cream non-damped: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/322059928191?eui ... 02bd0&cp=1 The seller confirmed the sliders are cream-coloured. I'd get it but I need the money for a project I'm going to undertake.
- Scarpia
- Location: Sweden
- Main keyboard: F77 / Alps SKCM Brown TKL
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Anywhere 2
- Favorite switch: Capacitive BS, Alps SKCM Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0223
Well, the missing key isn't a regular F8 either. You'll find it on this SSK model (1392464), and the fullsize Model M DisplayWriter (1394618 and I think 1394619 as well). There's one 1394618 available for on eBay right now (I bought the other one), but it's $80 :-Ojerue wrote: ↑Pretty decent price...the good news is that the missing key is not exclusive to that SSK, and it's looks like it's in decent condition (hopefully). If you can complete it, you'll own one of the few that I know of...
As for sourcing the missing F8 key, if anyone is interested in buying this and completing it, you should talk to JimByr over at GH, he has a bunch of spare DisplayWriter legend keys and and I believe he has the F8.
- Chyros
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: whatever I'm reviewing next :p
- Main mouse: a cheap Logitech
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: -
Most definitely & most definitely! If I can muster the money, that is...Scottex wrote: ↑is it related to keyboards? can we expect a video of it?Chyros wrote: ↑NOS Apple IIc+ with what appears to be SKCM Ivory/Cream non-damped: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/322059928191?eui ... 02bd0&cp=1 The seller confirmed the sliders are cream-coloured. I'd get it but I need the money for a project I'm going to undertake.
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- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Matias QC V60
- Main mouse: Zowie FK
- Favorite switch: Matias QC
- DT Pro Member: -
Please somebody take it before I do...
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 7-228-1972
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 7-228-1972
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
Nice, the keyboard looks a little like my Unitech K959:Sankart wrote: ↑Please somebody take it before I do...
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 7-228-1972
keyboards-f2/unitech-k959-rev-2-1-t10848.html
wiki/Unitech_K959
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
I can toss you a amber one with a more ANSI layout to compare if you want.Chyros wrote: ↑Most definitely & most definitely! If I can muster the money, that is...Scottex wrote: ↑is it related to keyboards? can we expect a video of it?Chyros wrote: ↑NOS Apple IIc+ with what appears to be SKCM Ivory/Cream non-damped: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/322059928191?eui ... 02bd0&cp=1 The seller confirmed the sliders are cream-coloured. I'd get it but I need the money for a project I'm going to undertake.
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- Location: NC, USA
- DT Pro Member: 0117
Looks similar to the Hall Effect in Chyros' most recent video, except with case.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231908496821
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231908496821