Great/Interesting Finds

[seebart]

yeah that 's a nice one at a good price! I keep looking at it...

[Blaise170]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/191599841584 NIB Ortek MCK-142

Uuuu... what a beauty and full of white alps and with nice keycaps.

Some images from kbdfr's post here:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

I must stay away from it, I still have to find a Cherry G80-2000 series. Luckily, the seller ships only in DE

From what I'm reading it appears that they aren't Alps, but that they are Acer Accufeel switches or a different white Alps clone.

[guk]

From what I'm reading it appears that they aren't Alps, but that they are Acer Accufeel switches or a different white Alps clone.

kbdfr states they're white alps, might be that Ortek used different variants of alps switches or clones but I doubt they'd have used a completely different design, pcb <-> membrane (acer).

Those are a lot of cool keyboards but unfortunately most don't ship to the US.

It's kinda frustrating to search on ebay.com because there's so much nice/interesting stuff to be found but shipping will kill curiousity within a heartbeat usually.

Spoiler:

Apart from cheap wyse, ibm, apple stuff you can easily find in the vintage computers category:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261929712032

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371349421497

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151716645171

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161732006295

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281723142373

[kbdfr]

About the Ortek MCK-142Pro,

From what I'm reading it appears that they aren't Alps, but that they are Acer Accufeel switches or a different white Alps clone.

kbdfr states they're white alps, might be that Ortek used different variants of alps switches or clones but I doubt they'd have used a completely different design, pcb <-> membrane (acer).

I said they are white Alps because to me that's the way they looked. They might as well be any clone or similar switch

By the way, if someone is interested in mine, I am liable to accept a halfway reasonable offer.
I definitely have to get rid of quite a lot of stuff to make room for… new stuff

[guk]

Oh well, definitely Alps on your one if you took this pic yourself:

[Muirium]

I definitely have to get rid of quite a lot of stuff to make room for… new stuff

Branching out into IBM? Or Topre? Or out of keyboards entirely?

[guk]

I definitely have to get rid of quite a lot of stuff to make room for… new stuff

Branching out into IBM? Or Topre? Or out of keyboards entirely?

good one!

[Muirium]

If this doesn't get me savaged by sweet, sweet, angry chocolate, nothing will!

[kbdfr]

Oh well, definitely Alps on your one if you took this pic yourself: [pic]

Yes, my own pic of my own keyboard.

I definitely have to get rid of quite a lot of stuff to make room for… new stuff

Branching out into IBM?

Or Topre?

[seebart]

If this doesn't get me savaged by sweet, sweet, angry chocolate, nothing will!

That's grumpy chocolate...

[Muirium]

My pleasure!

[guk]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251991044309 sp keycaps, interesting layout (cherry mx?)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121676144842 Devlin pos, mx browns, doubleshots

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301645040693 Apple M0116

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311383524943 ds alps mount keycaps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161731818857 Fujitsu Leaf Spring

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111691042774 Alps clones, diy blank keycaps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351429173786 dunno, looks futaba~ish but probably something entirely different

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271746358769

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391089043656

[seebart]

So you're posting them in tiny because they're both gigantic?

I think we had that Navy Frigate Ops Room Keyboard here before?

[HzFaq]

That IIGS is an M0116 . It'd be a nice donor if the replacement cap can't be found, salmon alps are pretty nice.

[guk]

That IIGS is an M0116 . It'd be a nice donor if the replacement cap can't be found, salmon alps are pretty nice.

Oh, thanks, got that mixed up. Will fix it!

@Seebart Prices are gigantuous on those, chance they'll find a new home are tiny imho. Don't recall it being posted before but sorry if that's the case.

[gogusrl]

NEC APC-H410E
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-APC-H410E-M ... 1355056442?

[shreebles]

That Devlin POS keyboard looks a really nice cap donor. Is it a flat profile like DSA?

[guk]

That Devlin POS keyboard looks a really nice cap donor. Is it a flat profile like DSA?

Yup.

The profile is different the normal ones, they are all FLAT.

http://deskthority.net/f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f5 ... t1643.html

[Blaise170]

That M0116 looks to be more like Orange than Salmon, but it's hard to tell from the picture. The Toshiba will be Alps integrated dome from the looks of it.

[ramnes]

Mhhh, those Devlin boards are really tempting!

[HzFaq]

Mhhh, those Devlin boards are really tempting!

I was thinking the same thing, stick those piano keys on the bottom for thumb mods...

Not sure about the M0116, the picture is about as crap as the ones I usually take so I can't really tell. They do look a bit darker than the switches on mine now that I think about it and mine does have salmons...

[hypkx]

"Cherry G80-1502LQEDE0 Tastatur mit Chipkartenleser für KVK und eGK weiß / beidge" (̶c̶̶h̶̶e̶̶r̶̶r̶̶y̶̶ ̶̶m̶̶x̶̶ ̶̶c̶̶l̶̶e̶̶a̶̶r̶ cherry mx black):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/141690573140?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

"2 x Qtronix Tastatur Scorpius 83 Mini-Format" (Rubberdome but maybe for some collector, booth keyboards NIB):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/231593405501?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

AEKII:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/221800186905?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

"2 Stück Tastaturen für Appel PC mit 1 mal Kabel" (I think one AEKII and one clone AEKII [no apple logo, no apples on the keycaps, different on/off switch) maybe from Umax, I don´t know if its mechanicel):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/181772142264?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

[gogusrl]

That G80-1500 comes with black not clears. It's an exception to the rule. I got burned with one.

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_arti ... _variation

[hypkx]

thanks for correction

[guk]

Anyone from here who won the G80-0832H/09 auction?

[dzhoou]

NIB XT's and SSK claimed, bountiful days...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5-P ... 7675.l2557
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Personal-Sy ... 1c54eb7f84
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-1501 ... 1a01e19999

[chzel]

NIB SSK for 85...Someone got lucky!

[XMIT]

We truly do live in a golden age of keyboard hunting.

Sorry folks, I found a Space Invaders clicky board in ANSI layout today and couldn't help myself. Though I may sell it again here if I don't put it to good use.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252003159057

Look at that lovely layout. Teal legends, Ctrl in the right place, stepped keys, ANSI. I've never seen one like this before! Plus this seller looks like they knew what they were doing when they took these photos. I just hope it works as awesome as it looks.

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[gogusrl]

wow, that space invaders. so jelly

[XMIT]

I'll do it justice with a nice cleaning, maybe a de-yellowing of the top case, and lots of nice photos. I found this with an eBay saved search. Apparently I bought it two hours after it was listed.