£10 Olivetti G81-3011HBG (KBD 2812)

photekq · 19 May 2014, 12:24

Got this in the mail today, found it on a classified ad. It's a bit dirty, but after I've cleaned it up it should look great. Doubleshot keycaps with a tiny bit of shine. Some uneven yellowing, since it had stickers on some parts of the case.

I'll take nicer photos once it's all cleaned up, but for the mean time..

kbdfr · 19 May 2014, 13:01

Now that's a good catch, congratulations!

7bit · 19 May 2014, 13:07

Nice paint-job.

But how long will it last?

photekq · 19 May 2014, 13:19

7bit, the 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends seem to be doubleshot, unlike the very strange ones Grond found a while ago.

I'll post photos shortly.

kbdfr · 19 May 2014, 13:21

They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

photekq · 19 May 2014, 13:23

kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

I hadn't seen that one!

photekq · 19 May 2014, 13:29

As I thought.. The 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends are doubleshot. You can see there is a seam inbetween the layers of plastic. This just makes Grond's previous find with the painted legends even stranger!

Broadmonkey · 19 May 2014, 13:42

That is a nice catch and it's even with a UK layout!

photekq wrote:7bit, the 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends seem to be doubleshot, unlike the very strange ones Grond found a while ago.

I'll post photos shortly.

I think 7bit was referring to the splashes of blue paint on the table in the picture, makes it look like you painted the legends blue yourself

photekq · 19 May 2014, 13:45

Broadmonkey wrote:I think 7bit was referring to the splashes of blue paint on the table in the picture, makes it look like you painted the legends blue yourself

Ah right, I hadn't noticed those

I thought he was talking about an Olivetti board that Grond found before, where the 'CTRL' legends started to wear away and reveal regular German legends.

Broadmonkey · 19 May 2014, 13:55

Yeah, that board was a real weirdo! For anyone curios, here is the thread by Grond: http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... t2061.html

Josh · 19 May 2014, 14:40

oh! amazing find! congrats!!

002 · 19 May 2014, 15:19

Nice one! I'm just a little bit jelly

Dubsgalore · 19 May 2014, 15:21

Nice, nice find. Really happy it came out in such great condition!

fart_toast · 19 May 2014, 15:22

wow, very jealous. Lovely.

tinnie · 19 May 2014, 15:39

kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

That was the one I was going to bid, but someone.. *sigh*. Fuck.

Grond · 19 May 2014, 16:05

photekq wrote:As I thought.. The 'CTRL' and 'PRT SC' legends are doubleshot. You can see there is a seam inbetween the layers of plastic. This just makes Grond's previous find with the painted legends even stranger!

I'm not surprised, because I'd already seen such keyboard with proper doubleshot CRTL – I think 7bit owns it now. Indeed I've seen several versions of this same Olivetti keyboard, all made in 1990 and marked under the same product code: some had black MY switches, some had white ones; some sported a full doubleshot sets, some had dye subs, and then there was the frankenkeyboard of course.

P.S. Great find btw!

IvanIvanovich · 19 May 2014, 16:06

Quite lucky to get such a good deal. GB layout 3011 seem to be quite rarer than the IT or DE counterparts. It's no US though.

photekq · 19 May 2014, 16:09

IvanIvanovich wrote:Quite lucky to get such a good deal. GB layout 3011 seem to be quite rarer than the IT or DE counterparts. It's no US though.

I wouldn't call it luck, just me being persistant

I had been checking these classified ads once or twice a week for a year. This was the first good mech I came across.

strafe · 19 May 2014, 16:11

Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year

. Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago

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photekq · 19 May 2014, 17:19

strafe wrote:Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year . Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago .

Please do! Would love to see it

Where'd you find it?

Josh · 19 May 2014, 18:28

tinnie wrote:
kbdfr wrote:They seem to be rather cheap at the moment:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181383747224

That was the one I was going to bid, but someone.. *sigh*. Fuck.

even have a box
omg

phetto · 20 May 2014, 07:25

Very nice!

strafe · 20 May 2014, 15:36

photekq wrote:
strafe wrote:Around $100 cheaper than my ANSI G81 find last year . Which reminds me, I should take some nice photos of it since I cleaned the case up a few weeks ago .
Please do! Would love to see it Where'd you find it?

http://imgur.com/a/9rIlK

Was an ebay find

photekq · 21 May 2014, 01:48

Beautiful board strafe