Great/Interesting Finds

[Muirium]

Even the grey one is a seriously thick slab of kit. That picture hides how deep it is: go look at the side!

[mr_a500]

I think I actually had one of those back in the late 80's - or something very similar (blue 70's thing with separate dual floppy), but with colour monitor. I got it at a flea market for $10. The 8" floppy drive was unbelievably solidly constructed, thick metal parts. The whole thing was huge and heavy - something like 75 lbs. I put it on my balcony when cleaning my house and foolishly forgot about it. It rained for days. By the time I remembered, it was rusted and ruined and I had to trash it. It's the biggest regret in my computing history.

[seebart]

Yup, it's a tank. A beautiful tank.

[shreebles]

68EUR for that shiny thing.. no thanks

Thanks for validating that for me! When even photekq passes on a Cherry board I know it wasn't a great deal

I spent my money on this instead:

Nova Touch 140€ (ISO-DE and ANSI)

5€ coupon code: AW5XOJNU

At that price, shipping in Germany is free. other countries

Saw it on reddit but thought I'd share because not everyone lurks there (there's only so many pictures of granite sets and poker 2/3s you can look at before you get really bored of r/mk).

[Jimmy54669]

not cheap but really cool, nice look and maybe good for people who travel alot ?

http://www.banggood.com/OneBoard-Pro-Sm ... 66938.html

[seebart]

I hope you got that Keyboard Transmitter Teletypewriter DSGN AN/UGC-136BX VINTAGE NAVY ARMY US mr_a500!

[Muirium]

Unsold.

[seebart]

Unsold.

Really? Do we know the status? The seller killed the auction, that's for sure.

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[Muirium]

Says unsold on mobile:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/171800702433?_mwBanner=1

You expect waaaaaay too much from eBay, Seebart! Obfuscation is what they're for.

[seebart]

I agree absolutely with you. I don't expect anything from $bay except their endless greed to make more $$$...for a lack of competition. The only reason I even care in this case is that super nice vintage KB. The caps alone.

[kbdfr]

[…] The seller killed the auction, that's for sure. […]

No. "Killed" auctions read "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available."

An item has not been sold if it shows "0 bids". That of course works only for auctions, not for BuyItNow items.

If you want to know whether a BuyItNow listing was successful or just ended with no sale,
for example this Kinesis Advantage: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141669389902
paste this link in your browser: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=
and add the item no.
Result: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1669389902

[Muirium]

Eew. Kinesisesisesiaeeisis are worth that much? Goddamn overpriced ergos. If only they were more popular then they wouldn't be in such demand…

[kbdfr]

Someone got one of those already?
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 64-225-718 (IBM Model M SSK white Label, ANSI layout, 250€)
http://kleinanzeigen.ebay.de/anzeigen/s ... 84-225-718 (IBM Model M NIB, Nordic layout, 200€)

Both from the same seller in Flensburg

[seebart]

hmm an SSK in the Kleinanzeigen. Never thought I'd see that.

[Muirium]

Kleinanzeigen means "small ripoffs" presumably…

[hammelgammler]

That was already listed there a few months ago.

A user in another forum bought it through normal eBay but returned it because he said the condition was not as good as he described it.

Now it's up on Kleinanzeigen again.

[seebart]

Kleinanzeigen means "small ripoffs" presumably…

Very good Mu! No it simply means classifieds. Of course that platform is also owned by you know who...$$$ so technically you're right.

[DanielT]

Big thanks to HzFaq for all the help in getting this beauty

Spoiler:

[andrewjoy]

That is so clean. Shame its MX blue

[Muirium]

I wonder if Daniel is the kind of heartless soul who will steal them for a modern keyboard? Poor Dolches, left outside naked, with all the G81s!

[DanielT]

I wonder if Daniel is the kind of heartless soul who will steal them for a modern keyboard? Poor Dolches, left outside naked, with all the G81s!

No way!!!! This board will remain untouched, it's a classic. It will remain as is, no modding or other blasphemy. I have Dolch replica from Ivan's GB, nothing will leave this beauty

[seebart]

I wonder if Daniel is the kind of heartless soul who will steal them for a modern keyboard? Poor Dolches, left outside naked, with all the G81s!

nah...

[HzFaq]

Nice, I'm happy you're happy .

Just wish I could get the other one looking that good as well .

[Muirium]

Most honourable, all round. Very good, gentlemen!

So, uh, that wire on the back of the Dolch makes it usable?

[DanielT]

Dolch boards are PS/2, I will make some kind of RJ10 to PS/2 adaptor as I don't want to swap the original cable. I made a RJ11 adaptor expecting the board only to realize it's RJ10

[XMIT]

RAFI RS 76 C. AT hall effect board.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291478619152

[seebart]

That looks like the one you got from webwit XMIT.

[ramnes]

That shipping.

[hammelgammler]

Seems nice to me. Too bad that shipping is so expensive and that I prefer clicky switches...
But who likes linear switches and don't mind using ISO that seems like a good keyboard?

Does anyone have experience with that type of switch?

[gogusrl]

Dirty NEC APC-H412
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-APC-H412-Vi ... 1478610019?