Great/Interesting Finds

photekq · 15 Mar 2015, 16:25

Ascaii wrote: Ive actually got two of those K3000 boards left...anyone interested?

What's the price?

I don't suppose you have another of this other rare hellgrau board by any chance?

Muirium · 15 Mar 2015, 16:31

Something tells me these aren't going to be the 30-60 Eur boards my jaded IBM eyes think they are… arse!

photekq · 15 Mar 2015, 16:32

Muirium wrote: Something tells me these aren't going to be the 30-60 Eur boards my jaded IBM eyes think they are… arse!

I think 30-60EUR is a good estimate. They might be rare and very cool, but they aren't particularly desirable because of the odd layout and since it's probably not easy to get them working with a modern PC.

Ascaii · 15 Mar 2015, 16:39

One has a busted case that needs to be epoxied, but its an easy fix. Id go for 50 on the busted one and 75 on the one in good condition

Nuum · 15 Mar 2015, 16:41

Ascaii wrote:Ive actually got two of those K3000 boards left...anyone interested?

Me! If the price is right...

IvanIvanovich · 15 Mar 2015, 17:07

I had a 3180HPU once upon a time. It's a nice keyboard which does indeed have some oddities. Mine didn't have a 1u shift key (it didn't need to be rare anymore but that modifiers pack in my groupbuy didn't make it), but it did have a 2x2 units enter key on the numpad side. The touchpad mouse buttons are low profile M8 switches.
The biggest downfall on mine is it was used, and it was programmed to some quite nonstandard mappings... and the only way to program it was with a heinous DOS utility that I couldn't manage to use really, so I just got rid of it.

mintberryminuscrunch · 15 Mar 2015, 22:38

Nuum wrote:Does the Desko only come in ANSI or is the photo of the one on Ebay just a stock photo?

vsev wrote:
Nuum wrote: Does the Desko only come in ANSI or is the photo of the one on Ebay just a stock photo?
+1 !

It's ISO german

Nuum · 16 Mar 2015, 11:15

Great, thanks! He accepted my offer of 30€.

HzFaq · 16 Mar 2015, 14:32

Apple Keyboard Collectors starter kit...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-Lot-of-Vi ... 711wt_1399

ramnes · 16 Mar 2015, 14:34

HzFaq wrote: Apple Keyboard Collectors starter kit

ramnes · 16 Mar 2015, 14:39

Apple II+/e numpad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Keybo ... 1e9b7bc0d2

Muirium · 16 Mar 2015, 14:43

Not the same Keyboard Company as these guys, surely?

ramnes · 16 Mar 2015, 14:50

Could be the same, the Keyboard Co was created in 1989, and Apple II was in production up to 1993!

Muirium · 16 Mar 2015, 14:55

True. But that brochure's logo looks as American as the TV spots for a used car dealer in Mobile, Alabama. The Keyboard Company that's around today is English, and doesn't manufacture keyboards (or commission them for all I know), they're just a shop.

ramnes · 16 Mar 2015, 15:17

NCR thing:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NCR-Keypad-small ... 2ed0208514

andrewjoy · 16 Mar 2015, 17:02

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Extende ... 4ae3042ad4

Stabilized · 16 Mar 2015, 17:17

Saw that AEK a little while ago, not worth 80 pounds in my opinion!

andrewjoy · 16 Mar 2015, 17:30

There is an AEK1 somewhere on USB eBay at the moment , i do want one at some point however i want an original mac before that, would convert it and use it in work in place of my SSK, would send all the Mac fantasy in work crazy

guk · 17 Mar 2015, 13:08

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinesis-Ergon ... 1507739281

Stabilized · 17 Mar 2015, 13:16

Good find, but oh man is that thing dirty!

Would really like to try one, but I don't see myself using it day to day; just to big and bulky...

andrewjoy · 17 Mar 2015, 13:29

same i want to try but will never use it full time ( unless i like it)

I like it dirty i have fun cleaning it !

60 quid tho . I guess we could all club together for a euro tour

Muirium · 17 Mar 2015, 13:46

I'll open signups for the Matias Ergo Pro tour, once I've actually got my hands on the keyboard.

Stabilized · 17 Mar 2015, 13:48

andrewjoy wrote: 60 quid tho . I guess we could all club together for a euro tour

Think about the shipping for that thing though

dmoon · 17 Mar 2015, 17:48

guk wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinesis-Ergon ... 1507739281

Thanks! I just ordered it

I was with the kinesis freestyle but couldn't resist, it seems coming from an old William Gibson novel.

Thanks to @ramnes for telling me !

ramnes · 17 Mar 2015, 17:53

You're welcome! I'm happy that you'll finally get a mechanical ergonomic keyboard.

Welcome to DT also, by the way.

SL89 · 17 Mar 2015, 17:55

kinesis are so cool, i always think of Kay using it in Men in Black

andrewjoy · 17 Mar 2015, 17:56

dmoon wrote:
guk wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinesis-Ergon ... 1507739281
Thanks! I just ordered it
I was with the kinesis freestyle but couldn't resist, it seems coming from an old William Gibson novel.

Thanks to @ramnes for telling me !

please post photos of it during the cleaning .

I love to see the grime

guk · 17 Mar 2015, 18:14

dmoon wrote: Thanks! I just ordered it

Glad someone got it, and welcome to DT!

seebart · 17 Mar 2015, 19:38

That picture is a classic andrew! The cigarette keyboard tray. I never noticed it was from germany before though.

scottc · 17 Mar 2015, 20:05

That picture is incredible...