You think I'm greedy looking for my second beam spring - Hypersphere is now attempting to get his fourth! Now that's greed. How many pairs of hands does he have anyway? Is he some kind of octopus or something?Muirium wrote: ↑The beam spring you've already got is pretty damn fancy. Can't quite put my finger on any reason for you to choke down any others… besides greed, of course!
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- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
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"Versand nach: Deutschland" means "Ships to: Germany." So you'll need a proxy.
Piano keyboards are the opposite of computer keyboards: more is always more.
I know a place where that would come in handy.mr_a500 wrote: ↑You think I'm greedy looking for my second beam spring - Hypersphere is now attempting to get his fourth! Now that's greed. How many pairs of hands does he have anyway? Is he some kind of octopus or something?Muirium wrote: ↑The beam spring you've already got is pretty damn fancy. Can't quite put my finger on any reason for you to choke down any others… besides greed, of course!
Piano keyboards are the opposite of computer keyboards: more is always more.
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- Location: NZ
- Main keyboard: IBM 3727 beamspring (converted to USB)
- Main mouse: What's a mouse for?
- Favorite switch: Beamspring
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No, I think it applied to typing keyboards too---why was there no 122-key beam spring?! If it wasn't so sacrilegious I'd Frankenstein my 5251 and 3727... Maybe 3D printing will get there soon
- CeeSA
- Location: Westerwald, Germany
- Main keyboard: Deck 82 modded
- Main mouse: MM711
- Favorite switch: Cherry MX Blue
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- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Didn't beam springs cost something like $10 per key? Cost might have had something to do with it.xwhatsit wrote: ↑No, I think it applied to typing keyboards too---why was there no 122-key beam spring?! If it wasn't so sacrilegious I'd Frankenstein my 5251 and 3727... Maybe 3D printing will get there soon
Of course, you know who'd be interested in those dinky ones too small for your tastes! Dinkier the better.
- urbancamo
- Location: Windermere, UK
- Main keyboard: HHKB PRo 2
- Main mouse: Kensington Pro
- Favorite switch: Topre
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Looks interesting: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-Tandy ... 1505096958 - is that bucking spring, a rebadged Model M?
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
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The similarities are striking, actually. The case looks somewhat like that of a terminal M - no LEDs. The feet on the bottom are rotated from their usual position, though. In fact, the whole bottom of the case looks completely different, come to think of it!
The / and \ legends are noticeably longer than the normal IBM legends. Is that just me?
The caps lock and scroll lock windowed keys are also quite strange. Would be interesting if it were buckling spring after all!
Custom made for Digital by Tandy Corporation? Very odd!
The combination of USA and 1991 seems odd to me - can anyone with some IBM knowledge remind me when operations were moved over to the US from Greenock?
The / and \ legends are noticeably longer than the normal IBM legends. Is that just me?
The caps lock and scroll lock windowed keys are also quite strange. Would be interesting if it were buckling spring after all!
Custom made for Digital by Tandy Corporation? Very odd!
The combination of USA and 1991 seems odd to me - can anyone with some IBM knowledge remind me when operations were moved over to the US from Greenock?
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- Location: US
- Main keyboard: Omnikey 102 Blackheart
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse
- Favorite switch: White Alps
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The LED keycaps and large bottom area make me think Fujitsu FKB4700 series with Peerless switches.
I know some of the Tandy machines did come with Peerless boards.
The weird thing is the relationship. Made for DEC by Tandy is weird, like saying "the new Volvo, subcontracted out to Hyundai."
I know some of the Tandy machines did come with Peerless boards.
The weird thing is the relationship. Made for DEC by Tandy is weird, like saying "the new Volvo, subcontracted out to Hyundai."
- shreebles
- Finally 60%
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Main keyboard: FaceW 45g Silent Red /NerD60 MX Red
- Main mouse: Logitech G303 / GPro (home) MX Anywhere 2 (work)
- Favorite switch: Silent Red, Old Browns, Buckling Spring,
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BUT it seems to have the old doubleshots, which are usually winkeyless, but this one has winkeys, and a context menu key! So it's got that going for it, which is nice...kbdfr wrote: ↑
It is simply a Cherry G80-1800 mounted in a rack drawer, similar to the Cherry G80-0778 shown in the wiki:
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-0778
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
I have a G80-1800 HPMDE. Doubleshots (except, as Nuum notes, for the Menu and Window keys), 1u mods and 6u spacebar.
Same as the one offered on eBay, except it is German ISO instead of ANSI.
Same as the one offered on eBay, except it is German ISO instead of ANSI.
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- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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That's what I was thinking. Also, if you look at the bottom right, you can see, under the numeric keypad enter key, the type of clip-in stabiliser piece used in the FKB4700. If you look at the wiki photos of the FK4700 you can see the same part in the same place.Hak Foo wrote: ↑The LED keycaps and large bottom area make me think Fujitsu FKB4700 series with Peerless switches.
- scottc
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- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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Interesting! I need just a handful of keycaps from a similar board (the pad-printed keys, spacebar and shift key) to complete another board of mine. Sometimes I think that it would be easier to just buy a winkeyless ISO PCB instead of trying to complete the awkward bottom row.kbdfr wrote: ↑I have a G80-1800 HPMDE. Doubleshots (except, as Nuum notes, for the Menu and Window keys), 1u mods and 6u spacebar.
Same as the one offered on eBay, except it is German ISO instead of ANSI.
- photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
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I hadn't actually seen a beige 1800 with the 'modern' bottom row before, which is why I said the bottom row was rare. I don't know much about 1800s..kbdfr wrote: ↑I have a G80-1800 HPMDE. Doubleshots (except, as Nuum notes, for the Menu and Window keys), 1u mods and 6u spacebar.
Same as the one offered on eBay, except it is German ISO instead of ANSI.
- scottc
- ☃
- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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Yeah, just before kbdfr promptly pointed out his suspicions of the seller shill-bidding. Doesn't surprise me that it didn't go nearly as high this time.
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
Suspicions? It was more than just suspicions
http://deskthority.net/help-f53/price-c ... ml#p174322
See here how the only real bidder on one of his other items gets tricked into a bidding war
by the seller’s "little helper" h***t (2) and in the end pays 60.60€ instead of 49€:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
That "little helper" h***t (2) is the very same who had "bought" the (very same) G81-3000 SAU for 424€ before it was put for sale again:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
If he hadn’t tricked that first time (in fact using two shill-bidders), he would have sold the keyboard for 371€
instead of not even hitting his reserve price the second time
http://deskthority.net/help-f53/price-c ... ml#p174322
See here how the only real bidder on one of his other items gets tricked into a bidding war
by the seller’s "little helper" h***t (2) and in the end pays 60.60€ instead of 49€:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
That "little helper" h***t (2) is the very same who had "bought" the (very same) G81-3000 SAU for 424€ before it was put for sale again:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565
If he hadn’t tricked that first time (in fact using two shill-bidders), he would have sold the keyboard for 371€
instead of not even hitting his reserve price the second time
- scottc
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- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
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Poor phrasing on my part, you're absolutely right. In any case, I'm glad to see that the shill-bidding is getting him nowhere now.
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
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IBM 1397681 / 1397685 Model M Space Saver Clicky Keyboard 1992 New In Box! PS2
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-1397681-1397 ... 2c87d0a295
IBM Model M for EUR 28,00 !! That´s a good price if it´s ok.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-key ... 27e84ada61
ATARI 800 XL
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ATARI-800-XL-Kel ... 2c879dbadf
Cherry MX 3000 G80-3000LPCDE-0
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-MX-3000-U ... 3ce54be9cf
Atari Mega ST2
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Atari-Mega-ST2-m ... 233dc8f09c
CHERRY Classic Line G81-3000 LACDE/00
http://www.ebay.de/itm/CHERRY-Classic-L ... 3f3a179430
AEK 2 QWERTZ quite yellow
http://www.ebay.de/itm/apple-mac-Tastat ... 2a40c2d56d
DELL AT102DW AT101 QWERTZ
http://www.ebay.de/itm/TOP-gereinigt-DE ... 233e2649f7
Zowie Celeritas MX Brown QWERTZ
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Wie-neu-Zowie-Ce ... 233e2586c0
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-1397681-1397 ... 2c87d0a295
IBM Model M for EUR 28,00 !! That´s a good price if it´s ok.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-key ... 27e84ada61
ATARI 800 XL
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ATARI-800-XL-Kel ... 2c879dbadf
Cherry MX 3000 G80-3000LPCDE-0
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-MX-3000-U ... 3ce54be9cf
Atari Mega ST2
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Atari-Mega-ST2-m ... 233dc8f09c
CHERRY Classic Line G81-3000 LACDE/00
http://www.ebay.de/itm/CHERRY-Classic-L ... 3f3a179430
AEK 2 QWERTZ quite yellow
http://www.ebay.de/itm/apple-mac-Tastat ... 2a40c2d56d
DELL AT102DW AT101 QWERTZ
http://www.ebay.de/itm/TOP-gereinigt-DE ... 233e2649f7
Zowie Celeritas MX Brown QWERTZ
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Wie-neu-Zowie-Ce ... 233e2586c0
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- Hypersphere
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Silenced & Lubed HHKB (Black)
- Main mouse: Logitech G403
- Favorite switch: Topre 45/55g Silenced; Various Alps; IBM Model F
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- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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Interesting — that looks nothing like a [wiki]Sejin Electron SKM-1040[/wiki].
That one on eBay uses this photo:
http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/lef ... -t205.html
That photo is from here:
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/beig ... nd-usb.asp
That is the now discontinued beige/white version of this:
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/blac ... nd-usb.asp
That is a confusing product, but currently it's made by Datacomp as I understand it. It was also made by Strong Man — IIRC Datacomp bought out Strong Man's assets, and Strong Man itself was founded by an ex-Datacomp employee, the mysterious Mr Wang. Something like that, anyway.
Not only that, but the SKM-1040 is supposed to be linear! This report has never been independently verified.
The real irony is that the auction listing actually contains the infobox off the SKM-1040 wiki page (including where I recorded the switch as linear), yet he's used the wrong photo! Either that, or Sejin and Strong Man/Datacomp got together at some stage … The Strong Man/Datacomp design looks a lot nicer than Sejin's!
That one on eBay uses this photo:
http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/lef ... -t205.html
That photo is from here:
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/beig ... nd-usb.asp
That is the now discontinued beige/white version of this:
http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/blac ... nd-usb.asp
That is a confusing product, but currently it's made by Datacomp as I understand it. It was also made by Strong Man — IIRC Datacomp bought out Strong Man's assets, and Strong Man itself was founded by an ex-Datacomp employee, the mysterious Mr Wang. Something like that, anyway.
Not only that, but the SKM-1040 is supposed to be linear! This report has never been independently verified.
The real irony is that the auction listing actually contains the infobox off the SKM-1040 wiki page (including where I recorded the switch as linear), yet he's used the wrong photo! Either that, or Sejin and Strong Man/Datacomp got together at some stage … The Strong Man/Datacomp design looks a lot nicer than Sejin's!
- Hypersphere
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Silenced & Lubed HHKB (Black)
- Main mouse: Logitech G403
- Favorite switch: Topre 45/55g Silenced; Various Alps; IBM Model F
- DT Pro Member: 0038
Wow! What a confusing pedigree! I naively thought that eBay sellers were required to post an actual photo of the item that was up for auction or sale.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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I suspect they are, but as previously mentioned, eBay are more interested in profits than the integrity of the service that bears their name. eBay is a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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- Location: geekhack ergonomics subforum
- Favorite switch: Alps plate spring; clicky SMK
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It’s the kind with Hi-Tek/Stackpole switches. You don’t want that one.
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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Could be useful for research purposes ;-)