Great/Interesting Finds

Muirium · 17 Apr 2015, 20:30

I like that jack. Phono? Symmetry makes even more sense in connectors than elsewhere. The world does not need plugs that can "go in wrong".

IvanIvanovich · 17 Apr 2015, 20:33

Hehe... yeah but we will have USB C standard now, so finally it can be resolved again after 30 years.

scottc · 17 Apr 2015, 20:35

photekq wrote: ↑He's already accepted an offer.. Don't suppose that was someone here? I'm curious how much it was.

->

kbdfr wrote: ↑
HzFaq wrote: ↑That Rohde & Schwarz board is amazing, shame it's so expensive.
For anybody interested, apparently the "best offer" for the one already sold was,
according to a tool which which I sometimes use and which has proven reliable in the past,
astonishing 100€.

seebart · 17 Apr 2015, 20:37

photekq wrote:He's already accepted an offer.. Don't suppose that was someone here? I'm curious how much it was.

it's overpriced either way at €100.

Muirium · 17 Apr 2015, 20:37

IvanIvanovich wrote: ↑Hehe... yeah but we will have USB C standard now, so finally it can be resolved again after 30 years.

I like round connectors even better than reversible ones. Every way is right vs. just a couple. Then asymmetrical connectors (FireWire 400 and USB B) better than false symmetrical ones (FireWire 800 and USB A). So much wrong!

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:38

Holy shit, I'd pay €100 for that...if I had €100....

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:41

I'm actually considering it..

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:41

Do eet.

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:43

I'm saving up for a RF 55g..

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:43

You can get one of those any day, how often do these come up!?

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:44

HzFaq wrote: ↑You can get one of those any day, how often do these come up!?

I will use the RF every day, how often will I use that!?

(This is just me trying to convince myself I don't want it)

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:45

I know, that's why I'm pushing back so hard.

Anyway, Topres suck.

Sayso · 17 Apr 2015, 20:47

photekq wrote: ↑
HzFaq wrote: ↑You can get one of those any day, how often do these come up!?
I will use the RF every day, how often will I use that!?

(This is just me trying to convince myself I don't want it)

Do it and go for both

seebart · 17 Apr 2015, 20:49

HzFaq wrote:
I know, that's why I'm pushing back so hard.

Anyway, Topres suck.

Haha very good. HzFaq dissing Topre. I like that.

hammelgammler · 17 Apr 2015, 20:50

What's so special about that keyboard? Just the rareness as a collector?

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:52

Pretty much, it's pretty as hell as well though.

dzhoou · 17 Apr 2015, 20:53

seebart wrote: ↑
HzFaq wrote:
I know, that's why I'm pushing back so hard.

Anyway, Topres suck.
Haha very good. HzFaq dissing Topre. I like that.

Who needs a flimsy topre when there's the F battleships

seebart · 17 Apr 2015, 20:56

I was really only joking. I do own a HHKB2 and like it. But it's not my favourite keyboard and Topre is not my favourite switch. Actually RF quality build is not flimsy.

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:59

I did some accounting and it turns out I have about £100 more than I thought I did..

That's justification enough for me. I don't really want to spend 100EUR though. I'll see if he'll go a bit lower.

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 21:01

Whey! Peer pressure ftw!

Also, topres are fine,; a little overpriced/overhyped, but fine as a switch.

Madhias · 17 Apr 2015, 21:23

photekq wrote: ↑I'm saving up for a RF 55g..

Your best investment for a long time! Especially for an every day board

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 21:30

Madhias wrote: ↑Your best investment for a long time! Especially for an every day board

I'll be getting a few nice every day keyboards from billnye soon.

He's proxying my NIB SSK, NIB '87 101 M, and soon the RF

Should be a mail day to remember..

Madhias · 17 Apr 2015, 22:14

Oh wow... A great mail day for sure!

Anticube · 18 Apr 2015, 00:35

I was considering it as an interesting vintage hardware (not only for the kb)
notebook Zenith ZFL-181-93
http://www.subito.it/informatica/notebo ... 032504.htm

it seems to have Alps SKFL
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_SKFL

after looking at this video the switches seems interesting,
but 80 EUR are not few...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8zELmSNq2M

somebody knows if it's worth 80 EUR?

Anticube · 18 Apr 2015, 01:22

so nice candies! and the color combination!...
fortunately I don't live in USA otherwise I would make a museum at home...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Vinta ... 6016.l4276

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gogusrl · 18 Apr 2015, 14:14

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ortek-MCK-84-MC ... 1625747629?

XMIT · 19 Apr 2015, 05:02

Anticube wrote: ↑so nice candies! and the color combination!...
fortunately I don't live in USA otherwise I would make a museum at home...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Vinta ... 1646218546

Key Tronic foam and foil. Linear (springs), not tactile (buckling rubber sleeves). I asked.

XMIT · 19 Apr 2015, 05:06

Preh Commander, mini layout point-of-sale.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PREH-COMMANDER- ... 1190467843

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(Now that I have "enough" keyboards I expect to do much less buying and much more sharing of neat finds. I have - seriously - about 40 eBay saved searches chugging along in the background.)

guk · 19 Apr 2015, 10:09

Pretty sure that preh is identical to a keyboard Nuum described as a terribly mushy rubberdome.

Anticube · 19 Apr 2015, 11:18

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Tasty coffee and cream preh, I could take seriously webwit food blog as a color scheme comparison.
Curious the functions disseminated here and there,
and the extension cable connector at the midway seems to be extrastrong watertight.

I thought Dasher 2 was in the 1970s but if it's keytronic f&f than it could be of the 1980s...
anyway... 40? too much delicatessen, would be interesting at least only just to have a look.