Heath Zenith ZTA-1

HaaTa · 11 Dec 2015, 03:56

I finally have one. A keyboard with the (almost) same keyboard as all those NIB Alps keyboards I got a few years back (around 130 of them, complete with original Alps shipping boxes). Yes there's a keyboard in the works, but I want it to be worth...the 36 years wait

For those wondering the differences, there are additional holes drilled in the pcb, otherwise the same afaict.

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Chyros · 11 Dec 2015, 10:35

Ah, so you're the one who got it! I saw it on international eBay a while ago. Nice find!

Engicoder · 11 Dec 2015, 14:41

I think I lost this auction to you

XMIT · 11 Dec 2015, 15:11

Is this the famous b***a perhaps?

We should not bid against each other!

E3E · 11 Dec 2015, 15:29

XMIT wrote: Is this the famous b***a perhaps?

We should not bid against each other!

Oh my, b**a really is infamous, isn't he? Hahaha.

Engicoder · 11 Dec 2015, 18:54

XMIT wrote: Is this the famous b***a perhaps?

We should not bid against each other!

If this is the same one, I didn't realize I was bidding against anyone from here, plus my bid wasn't very enthusiastic. He got a good deal. One the plus side. I now know Haata's ebay short name. I can avoid bidding against him in the future.

HaaTa · 11 Dec 2015, 22:59

I don't bid as much as I used to, but once and a while I see something I think is interesting.
On irc I tell people to let me know if they are thinking about bidding and I'll usually lay off (if I hadn't found it first

).

Engicoder · 11 Dec 2015, 23:05

The was another one of these recently that had the box and documentation. I lost that one too

I guess I am too cheap.

Engicoder · 11 Dec 2015, 23:16

BTW, I am in for whatever you are planning to do with all those keyboards.

XMIT · 11 Dec 2015, 23:41

I never post these, but I could't help myself:

REVENGE · 12 Dec 2015, 00:15

Nice cap! The ones on the front aren't so bad either.

Are these the same linear switches as those used in the Asian market IBM financial keyboards?

HaaTa · 12 Dec 2015, 00:33

Yep, same switches.

terrycherry · 14 Dec 2015, 12:40

Excellent shared! It should be the most early Zenith brand keyboard.
What the hell of the big blue electrolytic?

jacobolus · 17 Apr 2016, 07:52

terrycherry: this one is earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Z-89

terrycherry · 24 Apr 2016, 13:03

Good response,jacobolus! What is the switch inside the keyboard?

Engicoder · 24 Apr 2016, 14:31

Hi-Tek linears