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scottc

13 Jan 2016, 18:58

That Acorn Electron is beautiful! I don't suppose the keycaps are Cherry-compatible, are they? Shame it's not working or else I'd get it regardless.

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ohaimark
Kingpin

13 Jan 2016, 19:03

They can be hacked into Cherry compatibility.

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/ibm-s ... t2806.html

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Chyros

13 Jan 2016, 19:39

ohaimark wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-Microsystem ... 2061016574

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Headstart-LX-Co ... 2238504993

1st one is a teensy convert with Oak Linears. 2nd is an unknown quantity that I didn't investigate deeply.
Looks like NMB Hi-Tek to me.

Engicoder

13 Jan 2016, 21:19

Chyros wrote:
ohaimark wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sun-Microsystem ... 2061016574

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Headstart-LX-Co ... 2238504993

1st one is a teensy convert with Oak Linears. 2nd is an unknown quantity that I didn't investigate deeply.
Looks like NMB Hi-Tek to me.

Case does, but caps look more alpsy.

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guk
1896 Vintage Reds

13 Jan 2016, 21:40

Dished F+J+5, Chyros should be right, NMB RT101.

Engicoder

13 Jan 2016, 22:12

Still skeptical. I've never seen an NMB RT101+ without a stepped caps lock and the shift arrow symbol is wrong. The NMB shift symbol is tall and thin. This one is more IBM like.

Edit: Someone buy it an make me a fool :D
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Blaise170
ALPS キーボード

13 Jan 2016, 22:15

Someone buy it so we can find out. :D

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seebart
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13 Jan 2016, 22:17

Engicoder wrote: Still skeptical. I've never seen an NMB RT101+ without a stepped caps lock and the shift arrow symbol is wrong. The NMB shift symbol is tall and thin. This one is more IBM like.

Edit: Someone buy it an make me a fool :D
A better picture from another auction, not that I can tell you what it is, or even if this is even the same?
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guk
1896 Vintage Reds

13 Jan 2016, 22:23


Engicoder

13 Jan 2016, 22:34

Ah rubber dome. Mystery solved. I was too focused on Space Invaders.

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Redmaus
Gotta start somewhere

14 Jan 2016, 08:05

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Crazy Canadian XXIV

14 Jan 2016, 08:12

Wow, you can even see the rubber sheet between the caps! :lol:

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Redmaus
Gotta start somewhere

14 Jan 2016, 08:15

Yeah, but the main reason it made me laugh is because someone is basically asking 300$ for a speckled case

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Halvar

14 Jan 2016, 09:44

Crazy Canadian XXIV wrote:
Wow, you can even see the rubber sheet between the caps! :lol:
No. that's an Alps board, you can look it up in the wiki. What you see is the aluminium plate. The price is still ridiculous of course, but did I mention that Alps are hyped to the max at the moment? :D
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derzemel

14 Jan 2016, 09:45

Redmaus wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chicony ... SwFnFV9Kas

Chicony with clears for 55$ with ship
hmm... are those really Cherry Clears or Omron copies?

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Chyros

14 Jan 2016, 09:48

derzemel wrote:
Redmaus wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chicony ... SwFnFV9Kas

Chicony with clears for 55$ with ship
hmm... are those really Cherry Clears or Omron copies?
I thought they were Aristotle clones Oo .

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derzemel

14 Jan 2016, 09:49

Chyros wrote:
derzemel wrote:
Redmaus wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Chicony ... SwFnFV9Kas

Chicony with clears for 55$ with ship
hmm... are those really Cherry Clears or Omron copies?
I thought they were Aristotle clones Oo .
Or Aristotle clones :P

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Halvar

14 Jan 2016, 09:50

No Cherry logo in any case, so no Cherry.

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HzFaq

14 Jan 2016, 10:47

Aristotles have a little slot at the front as well where Cherry switches would have a space for an LED.

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klikkyklik

14 Jan 2016, 12:05

I happen to own one of these. The typing experience is less than memorable, but of course that's highly subjective. Let me know if you have any questions I can answer.

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Ray

14 Jan 2016, 17:25

You took that photo upside down, so that the keycap fell off the picture? :D

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klikkyklik

14 Jan 2016, 17:30

The keyboard isn't upside down, that's how I normally type on it. :)

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ohaimark
Kingpin

14 Jan 2016, 19:49

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NEC-apc ... 1909222271

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ABEKAS-A53-D-KE ... 2104996437

NEC Blue ovals and something else that I see posted everywhere but never learned about.

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klikkyklik

14 Jan 2016, 21:27

That's a pretty good price for the APC-H412.

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gogusrl

15 Jan 2016, 10:01


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Chyros

15 Jan 2016, 10:20

I have NO IDEA what this is but it looks fairly amazing.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-Pin ... Sw-zxWmJtd

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Crazy Canadian XXIV

15 Jan 2016, 10:23

Chyros wrote: I have NO IDEA what this is but it looks fairly amazing.
Spoiler:
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-Pin ... Sw-zxWmJtd
I've seen that before! Posted it either here or in the identify the keyboard thread a while ago, can't remember anything about it though, what switches it has etc.

I'd dig through the threads to try to find it, but... that's a lot of pages to sort through :? Maybe tomorrow when I'm not deathly tired.

andrewjoy

15 Jan 2016, 10:30


So tempting to bid on that. I need the switches for a custom alps board. Its just too expensive to ship.

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ohaimark
Kingpin

15 Jan 2016, 17:44

Chyros wrote: I have NO IDEA what this is but it looks fairly amazing.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-Pin ... Sw-zxWmJtd
It's Fujitsu Leaf Spring Generation 3. I checked the ID this KB thread.

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seebart
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15 Jan 2016, 18:23

ohaimark wrote: It's Fujitsu Leaf Spring Generation 3. I checked the ID this KB thread.
Yeah looks like a Fujitsu Leaf Spring. Slighty expensive but nice looking, way nicer than mine.

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