Great/Interesting Finds

ramnes · 27 May 2015, 11:39

Rafi
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271879664916?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Muirium · 27 May 2015, 13:09

Weeeeeird:

Someone in Germany go grab it! Ends in an hour. A dentist's board?

XMIT · 27 May 2015, 13:11

Well that's pretty neat! It may have Hall Effect switches. Someone should pick this up!

I would buy it but - no more keyboard purchases until the garage is looking more empty.

Khers · 27 May 2015, 13:40

Muirium wrote: ↑Weeeeeird:

Someone in Germany go grab it! Ends in an hour. A dentist's board?

That is awesome! Interesting tooth layout...

seebart · 27 May 2015, 13:58

Someone in Germany go grab it! Ends in an hour. A dentist's board?

I'm gonna keep my eye on that one...will I be bidding against any of you guys?

Muirium · 27 May 2015, 14:59

That's a real Seebarting. Old times!

The dentist's board has both the weirdest and the most useful function row I've seen in a long time. If you pay attention when they check your teeth you'll hear your dentist talking in numerical codes. Guess those keys match up to your mouth! Two rows. Symmetrically arranged around the middle.

seebart · 27 May 2015, 15:15

I got the Rafi for 12,50 and that portable IBM for 30. The Rafi will be interesting. Thanks for the links guys.

derzemel · 27 May 2015, 15:16

Highscreen for IBM PC XT/AT, it actually seems to be a Cherry G80 with DIP Switch:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Highscreen-Vobis ... 51d04b1a96

jou · 27 May 2015, 15:28

Highscreen G81-3000 SAD
http://www.ebay.de/itm/191588780302

Cherry GXX-XXXX HXD (the picture of the label is too blurred to see, but I think I can make out a "H" and "D")
http://www.ebay.de/itm/181748453319

Cherry G80-3000 HAD
http://www.ebay.de/itm/221783666764

XMIT · 27 May 2015, 15:46

seebart wrote: ↑I got the Rafi for 12,50 and that portable IBM for 30. The Rafi will be interesting. Thanks for the links guys.

Do let us know what switches they have! The Rafi could be anything.

seebart · 27 May 2015, 15:49

I'll do my regular writeup when I get it. What do you guys thick about that portable IBM? Not sure if that was worth it?

XMIT · 27 May 2015, 15:53

seebart wrote: ↑I'll do my regular writeup when I get it. What do you guys thick about that portable IBM? Not sure if that was worth it?

That could be anything. I don't think that is buckling spring. If it is then it is new to me. I have never seen buckling spring keys that look quite like that. My guess is some sort of Cherry MX board. I *have* seen stepped Cherry MX keys like that and the font looks Cherry-like. Plus the super sharp edges on the keys are a giveaway as well.

This board is not IBM branded is it? I was not able to see an IBM logo on it.

HzFaq · 27 May 2015, 15:56

It's got a similar layout to those real old Dolch boards that turn up every now and then.

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/is-th ... ml#p134963

Looking forward to the teardown

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Muirium · 27 May 2015, 15:57

Sure I've seen good pictures of IBM portables around here. Go sleuthing. They were surprisingly decent boards, if I remember right.

bhtooefr · 27 May 2015, 16:02

Wait, which IBM portable keyboard did you get? I'm not seeing the link.

The keyboard from the IBM Portable Personal Computer is a lightweight version of the XT Model F (aluminum used in place of steel on the internals, and it's the only plastic base Model F).

The keyboard from the IBM PS/2 P70 and 75 is Alps plate spring, 101/102-key layout.

The keyboard from the IBM PC Convertible is mostly Alps SKCM brown, with a compact variant of Alps SKCL green for the smaller keys.

Or is it that one in your link dump post? Because that's not IBM.

kbdfr · 27 May 2015, 16:03

XMIT wrote: ↑
seebart wrote: ↑I'll do my regular writeup when I get it. What do you guys thick about that portable IBM? Not sure if that was worth it?
[…] My guess is some sort of Cherry MX board. I *have* seen stepped Cherry MX keys like that and the font looks Cherry-like. Plus the super sharp edges on the keys are a giveaway as well. […]

I doubt they are Cherry caps, look at the "R" and the "Groß", and at the "nubs" on the "F" and "J" caps.

ramnes · 27 May 2015, 16:09

Glad you got the Rafi board seebart. I would have taken it myself if I had bought a bit less stuff lastly.

derzemel wrote: ↑Highscreen for IBM PC XT/AT, it actually seems to be a Cherry G80 with DIP Switch:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Highscreen-Vobis ... 51d04b1a96

I wonder how many tens of times this link has been posted here. I also wonder why it's still not sold. Someone local should definitely take it.

(PS: it's not a G80, but almost 100% sure a G81-3000SAD)

derzemel · 27 May 2015, 16:11

ramnes wrote: ↑
I wonder how many tens of times this link has been posted here

And I missed it every time

seebart · 27 May 2015, 16:11

Yes it is the keyboard in my post. The seller said it was IBM. We'll find out soon. I just scored some more, that telephone vintage Alps board and some NIB RAFI BTX decoder. I'm on a roll.

ramnes · 27 May 2015, 16:12

seebart · 27 May 2015, 16:14

Yup ramnes, but I'm not spending big bucks on all this. That's the really good thing. Here are the other two:

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Muirium · 27 May 2015, 16:17

Yup. Germany's a great place to be for many of these finds. That Rafi should be intriguing! Sorry, I mean those Rafis…

DanielT · 27 May 2015, 16:37

seebart wrote: ↑
German NCR XT Keyboard / Tastatur 1985 Vintage!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/German-NCR-XT-Ke ... 4196d7795d

This is a funny one

"Rauchen, Essen,Trinken am Geraet streng verboten!" This is so cool

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Somebody buy this one

seebart · 27 May 2015, 16:39

I hope whoever used it stuck to the rules...

That's the same one I own, but this one looks to be in better condition.

DanielT · 27 May 2015, 16:40

seebart wrote: ↑I hope whoever used it stuck to the rules...

Das hoffe Ich auch

seebart · 27 May 2015, 16:44

Well obviously it's in better condition because of that sticker. How many languages do you speak Daniel?

DanielT · 27 May 2015, 16:52

seebart wrote: ↑Well obviously it's in better condition because of that sticker. How many languages do you speak Daniel?

Well, English, German and French. In German and French I try to avoid writing unless I really have to, I really suck at that, especially French

seebart · 27 May 2015, 16:55

I have lost my basic French skills over the years. Both French and German are complicated languages compared to English.

gogusrl · 27 May 2015, 16:58

Ortek MCK-84

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ortek-MCK-84-Me ... 1566143488?

DanielT · 27 May 2015, 16:59

seebart wrote: ↑I have lost my basic French skills over the years. Both French and German are complicated languages compared to English.

You should see Romanian, it's a pain

I like German a lot, more than English. And French I've learned to be able to read French comics (BD)