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guilleguillaume

04 Dec 2013, 05:48

IBM Tandon Tastatur Cherry G80-1251

This computer sale has a Cherry G80-3000HAD if I'm not mistaken:

Cherry G80


Triumph Adler typwriters with Dye Sub:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Elektrische-Schr ... 3388359b50

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Schreibmaschine- ... 20dc167aff

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

04 Dec 2013, 11:21

guilleguillaume wrote:[…] This computer sale has a Cherry G80-3000HAD if I'm not mistaken:
Cherry G80
[…]
It is quite certainly lasered, the original size pic shows the pale lettering and the bar on the Num5 key:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/00/s/MTQ4MlgxNjA ... W/$_10.JPG

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kint

04 Dec 2013, 11:36

kbdfr wrote: It is quite certainly lasered, the original size pic shows the pale lettering and the bar on the Num5 key:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/00/s/MTQ4MlgxNjA ... W/$_10.JPG
Thin PBT too, hence the bars, not sculptured keys on "F" and "J" and no nub on "5".
Funny though I do have a so branded current modern Cherry G80 from the manufactuer of the PCs case, THEIS computer. Big lasered logo on the cases top above the NUMpad.

IvanIvanovich

04 Dec 2013, 17:12

I think the Tandon should be 1251SAD.

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guilleguillaume

04 Dec 2013, 18:51

kbdfr wrote:
guilleguillaume wrote:[…] This computer sale has a Cherry G80-3000HAD if I'm not mistaken:
Cherry G80
[…]
It is quite certainly lasered, the original size pic shows the pale lettering and the bar on the Num5 key:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/00/s/MTQ4MlgxNjA ... W/$_10.JPG
Uups! I thought so because I couldn't zoom the picture. How did you zoom?

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

04 Dec 2013, 19:18

guilleguillaume wrote:[…] How did you zoom?
A fellow DT member (sorry for being unable to give him the credit, I completely forgot who it was ) posted the trick some time ago.
On the auction page, do a right klick on the pic and in the context menu select "View Image".
In the URL, replace the value just preceding .jpg with 10.
If the seller used a bigger pic, the original size will be shown.

Unnecessary to say that the whole procedure is programmed on a single key of my Tipro keyboard :mrgreen:

mr_a500

05 Dec 2013, 20:13

Game Theory wrote:
mintberryminuscrunch wrote:http://www.ebay.de/itm/291027040274
:o
7bit wrote:Just an old, used, obsolete keyboard. Nothing to worry about.
:roll:
Might be looking for a German proxy to see if I can lose a bidding war on two of these in a week :cry: :lol:
Did you lose?

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Game Theory
Mr. Despair

05 Dec 2013, 20:53

mr_a500 wrote:
Game Theory wrote:
mintberryminuscrunch wrote:http://www.ebay.de/itm/291027040274
:o
Might be looking for a German proxy to see if I can lose a bidding war on two of these in a week :cry: :lol:
Did you lose?
Didn't ask anyone to proxy. [Thank You for the offer kbdfr!!!!!] Thought it'd go for much more than that. Congrats to the winner! Though I am now starting to feel a bit sad :lol:

mr_a500

06 Dec 2013, 10:19

I was watching this thing:
Image
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321263011258

..but with a couple hours to go, the seller stopped the auction. I thought they couldn't end an auction when there are bids on it. I probably couldn't have gotten it anyway with the extreme shipping, but still...

nourathar

06 Dec 2013, 13:39

I was watching this thing:
wow, what a beauty...

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Muirium
µ

06 Dec 2013, 13:41

mr_a500 wrote:..but with a couple hours to go, the seller stopped the auction. I thought they couldn't end an auction when there are bids on it.
I think there's a way out if an item you're selling has just vanished, or if you damaged it so it no longer matches the description, etc. "Sorry, my dog ate the green screen."

mr_a500

06 Dec 2013, 13:51

This happened to me before when a seller cancelled an auction for a 1964 Astro (lava) lamp, just a half hour before it ended. They claimed their dog broke the lava lamp. I didn't believe it, but I did see a picture of their dogs. I convinced them to sell me the bits that didn't break. Damn dogs.

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Muirium
µ

06 Dec 2013, 14:00

Dogs and smokers: two of my least favourite things, when you discover that you've just wound up with their stuff. It only takes a moment to know…

mr_a500

06 Dec 2013, 14:16

Smoking dogs are even worse.

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photekq
Cherry Picker

07 Dec 2013, 19:35

this guy has quite a few dyesub sets for sale, and one very interesting one..

http://shop107253296.taobao.com/categor ... %E0&v=1#bd

the one that caught my attention, Czech/US set from Peacock G81-3004SAT (identified by ivan) :
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z ... 6091150935

also some nice ansi sets that i'm considering..

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Josh

07 Dec 2013, 19:53

photekq wrote:this guy has quite a few dyesub sets for sale, and one very interesting one..

http://shop107253296.taobao.com/categor ... %E0&v=1#bd

the one that caught my attention, Czech/US set from Peacock G81-3004SAT (identified by ivan) :
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z ... 6091150935

also some nice ansi sets that i'm considering..
some stuff sold were more interesting, these are not original set.
i dont think there are in good condition

mm87

07 Dec 2013, 20:22

Josh wrote: some stuff sold were more interesting, these are not original set.
i dont think there are in good condition
This set looks like the original set:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=36017808586

The one photekq linked ( http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=36091150935 ) seems the same but turned into ANSI with few extra caps.

I asked tinnie if these 2 are what he talked about when he made this thread a while ago, but didn't get a reply. I assume they are and thus aren't actually in stock, feel free to correct me though.

I really want a set of these (czech is my language), but it just seems impossible to get :/

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Josh

07 Dec 2013, 20:38

mm87 wrote:
Josh wrote: some stuff sold were more interesting, these are not original set.
i dont think there are in good condition
This set looks like the original set:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=36017808586

The one photekq linked ( http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=36091150935 ) seems the same but turned into ANSI with few extra caps.

I asked tinnie if these 2 are what he talked about when he made this thread a while ago, but didn't get a reply. I assume they are and thus aren't actually in stock, feel free to correct me though.

I really want a set of these (czech is my language), but it just seems impossible to get :/
possible if u want, but, as I said, I think this ansi layout set is not original, the seller maybe put 2 set together to get those, cause I have never seen ansi layout peacock keyboards

mm87

07 Dec 2013, 21:05

Josh wrote: possible if u want, but, as I said, I think this ansi layout set is not original, the seller maybe put 2 set together to get those, cause I have never seen ansi layout peacock keyboards
Yes I agree about the ANSI one, thats exactly what I meant. The ISO one in the first link seems like just the original set tho.

And by "possible" do you mean you think the seller actually does have either of these 2 in stock? Because I sure can't tell by just looking at the taobao listings, the stock amount it says just seems like bullshit most of the time.

And yeah they look quite used/dirty, I can't really tell from those crappy pictures if they are shiny though.

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photekq
Cherry Picker

07 Dec 2013, 21:34

I hadn't noticed the iso set until now. That definitely seems like the original set. Might be worth taking a gamble on them considering the price..

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Josh

07 Dec 2013, 22:27

mm87 wrote:
Josh wrote: possible if u want, but, as I said, I think this ansi layout set is not original, the seller maybe put 2 set together to get those, cause I have never seen ansi layout peacock keyboards
Yes I agree about the ANSI one, thats exactly what I meant. The ISO one in the first link seems like just the original set tho.

And by "possible" do you mean you think the seller actually does have either of these 2 in stock? Because I sure can't tell by just looking at the taobao listings, the stock amount it says just seems like bullshit most of the time.

And yeah they look quite used/dirty, I can't really tell from those crappy pictures if they are shiny though.
it's in stock now, I asked the seller just few days before. But I guess the condition maybe can't satisfy you

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Half-Saint

08 Dec 2013, 22:14

Prices on taobao have gone sky high in the last year or so. They also sell more and more frankensteined stuff...

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Game Theory
Mr. Despair

11 Dec 2013, 13:56

Just an FYI, that QWERTZ 3278 Beam Spring was won by 127001 http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=493 ... msg1153127


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kbdfr
The Tiproman

11 Dec 2013, 19:32

mintberryminuscrunch wrote:[…] PS:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Rar-Selten-Tasta ... 1113789511
MX5000
That's a German G80-5000 together with its numpad G80-5700.
It will be interesting to see for how much it sells, since I have the exact same configuration :mrgreen:

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ماء

13 Dec 2013, 12:08


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kint

14 Dec 2013, 18:14


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matt3o
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14 Dec 2013, 19:11

look at those keycaps and that font!

http://www.ebay.it/itm/RETROCOMPUTER-Cp ... 663&_uhb=1

theGagne

15 Dec 2013, 06:20

Anyone interested in my DEC VT52? There's an issue with the CRT, the vertical has gone out. Might be fixable/adjustable (there's a hefty repair manual).

Has sweet doubleshot stackpole keys...
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Found it on Craiglist for free :)
Shipping from US - pretty hard to ship :(

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Game Theory
Mr. Despair

15 Dec 2013, 13:40

Cool find! I see that you already posted over at the vintage computer museum.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum ... 7-Dec-vt52

I'm tempted [but a bit wary of increasing the hobby's space requirements :) ] and likely heading down to Missouri (but the wrong side of the state though) for the Holidays.

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