Great/Interesting Finds

[snoopy]

I was sadly overbid...

[Muirium]

Nice one! I'm pissed off I didn't know about it until too late. But it went to a good DTer!

[BobMoz]

Can we say "The princess has been spotted"? ^_^
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Tastiera-CHERRY- ... fe=sidebar

[crunch]

IBM keyboards for those who live in UK.

Model M, 1394428
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibm-1 ... 1073934006

3 Model M 122 key, 1394324
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/ibm-1 ... 1073933862

[urbancamo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-1 ... OARD-USED-

[scottc]

That link looks broken to me. Was the item taken down?

[Halvar]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-1 ... 35d93a8e67

Also:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-1 ... 1c3c9e0a4c

[Daniel Beardsmore]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-1 ... 35d93a8e67

Also:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALLEN-BRADLEY-1 ... 1c3c9e0a4c

The first one looks to be a standard Key Tronic foam and foil, probably tactile.

[Monster-Toys]

T_T
Hey Hypersphere, please put me onto the waiting list if Muirium does not want it. (have no chance, i know)
Bah... da durchkämme ich täglich ein paar mal die Ebaykategorie Computerklassiker und irgend ein Idiot stellt was ich such in die Hauptkategorie *Haare rauf*.

[Halvar]

I luckily got the beam spring on ebay.de. It was only up for 24 hours I think, so it was really easy to miss.

Which means I will have two beam spring boards when it arrives. I don't really need two -- will decide on what to do when I have taken a good look at it.

[Muirium]

Congratulations! That one's a beaut… once you scrub the caps!



First beam spring I've seen that was made in Greenock. (The local one here is Italian made, but UK layout.) Now I'm beginning to feel like Mr. A500: bring those beam springs home!

[Halvar]

I wonder if someone knows what the black part above the board does -- it seems to have its own cable, and the design of the square buttons (?) looks vaguely familiar from old IBM manual or software, but I can't place it, and I can't read everything on the photo either.

[mr_a500]

Here's a higher resolution photo:

[Muirium]

Believe me, I have drooled over that very photo before today! The tightest, most symmetrical beam spring of them all. You're a lucky man, Halvar.

[webwit]

That's a really nice board.

Two other beam spring boards:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/m829140218

[mr_a500]

That's a really nice board.

Two other beam spring boards:
http://link.marktplaats.nl/m829140218

I could go for a 5110, but I'd prefer the 5100:



I made an offer to a seller for one last year, but then he mysteriously vanished without trace.
(perhaps I just imagined it...)

[Muirium]

Another nice schema for Round 5!

[Hypersphere]

I luckily got the beam spring on ebay.de. It was only up for 24 hours I think, so it was really easy to miss.

Which means I will have two beam spring boards when it arrives. I don't really need two -- will decide on what to do when I have taken a good look at it.

Interesting auxiliary controls and indicator lights on the top panel.

[mr_a500]

Anybody want a Heathkit H9? Only $62.99 Buy it Now.



http://www.ebay.ca/itm/VINTAGE-Heathkit ... 1292425815

Shipping is way too high for me. It would be interesting to see the switches (probably Stackpole). The keycaps look weird - either labels stuck on or separate pieces snapped into the keycap.

Not sure if anybody cares... but I found details on this terminal keyboard. It seems that the keycaps are stuck on labels. They talk about soldering the individual switches, so it must not be Stackpole (which is usually a big grid).

BYTE 10-1978.jpg

[Muirium]

The article text reads more like this was one piece of a home computer enthusiast's DIY computer kit than a terminal board. Also, the bit about "inserting the logos onto the top of each key", and the look of them in the ebay photo, says relegendables to me. The lighting on the arrow keys is the best to see this: those look like snap on transparent tops, for holding your flat printed legend inserts.

[Hypersphere]

Interesting little keyboard. Nice layout with Control to the left of "A" and Delete immediately above Return. And a "Who Are You" key.

3M_WhisperWriter.JPG (179.72 KiB) Viewed 5615 times

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-Whisper-Writ ... 233daf2299

[Muirium]

A little beaut, that! The Who Are You key is best scripted to play this.

A search for the "1445 BC Keyboard" shows that it turned up on DT a year ago. My only disappointment (besides the traditional lack of mods either side of the dang space bar…) is that, with a name like that, the legends aren't cuneiform or hieroglyphic!

[seebart]

Filco Majestouch 2 Mechanical Keyboard with Cherry MX Red Switches
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Filco-Majestouch ... 233db7e93d

Apple Standard Keyboard
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Tastatur-K ... 20e8ce9437

PS/2 IBM Keyboard 1391403 Model M
http://www.ebay.de/itm/PS-2-IBM-Tastatu ... 1e8ef0fe91

2 x IBM 1394312
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-DIE-Tastatur ... 233db87340

AMIGA KKQ-E96YC Commodore
http://www.ebay.de/itm/AMIGA-Tatatur-KK ... 3a9421595c

[Muirium]

I like the way they have the Apple Keyboard Pro posed on an Apple Extended Keyboard II's box. I paid a third as much for the genuine article, in better condition!

[seebart]

I guess it´s the discription that counts, but you´r right that´s not really a great find for that price. And the discription is not really correct either. I´d like to own orange or salmon ALPS though. They don´t show up that often.

It really seems like sellers have more recently caught on to the fact that there are keyboard collectors like us.

Really good stuff like that beam spring Halvar caught are rare.

[Daniel]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/171392398174

US ANSI Model M for 75€ incl. shipping in Germany

[scottc]

That is an interesting right ctrl keycap on that Model M. It also seems to have have green alts.

[Hypersphere]

IBM Selectric Tester and IBM Disk Analyzer:

Imagine getting these carry-on items through airport security....

IBMtester.JPG (343.84 KiB) Viewed 5467 times

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960s-I ... 3ce4e5176d

IBM-disk-analyzer.JPG (312.41 KiB) Viewed 5463 times

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960s-I ... 3ce4e3eabd

[sth]

A little beaut, that!

my words approximately!

[Nuum]

Does anyone know what switch type this uses? http://www.ebay.de/itm/SIGMA-EKB-100-AL ... 0998315940
Probably rubber dome.