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Blaise170
ALPS キーボード

10 Dec 2015, 18:04

gogusrl wrote: found this : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73033.0 . it was the same seller and it seems he accepted a 50$ offer. If anyone from US wants the switches / case / etc for 20$, I'm willing to shell out 30$+shipping for the caps.

offtopic : my googling got me to this website : http://telcontar.net/KBK/Keycombo/keyboards.php with some info about different keyboards. haven't seen this one before.

edit : it's a perfect fit for my dream layout.
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I'll take you up on that offer.

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gogusrl

10 Dec 2015, 18:08

awesome, can you ask for a better pic of the caps first ? the one posted isn't helping much :)

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seebart
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10 Dec 2015, 18:20

guk wrote: Thats Daniel Beardsmore.
Good, he should come back.

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guk
1896 Vintage Reds

10 Dec 2015, 18:25

Maybe you're able to persuade him, now that there are other people working on the wiki and you being one of them.

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seebart
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10 Dec 2015, 19:01

guk wrote: Maybe you're able to persuade him, now that there are other people working on the wiki and you being one of them.
Well I should try at least once, that's true.

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E3E

10 Dec 2015, 19:08

HzFaq wrote: Sellers description says white alps. Not seen a layout like that before either, it's a strange one for sure.
+1 for the possibility of me being blind. :)
gogusrl wrote: found this : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73033.0 . it was the same seller and it seems he accepted a 50$ offer. If anyone from US wants the switches / case / etc for 20$, I'm willing to shell out 30$+shipping for the caps.

offtopic : my googling got me to this website : http://telcontar.net/KBK/Keycombo/keyboards.php with some info about different keyboards. haven't seen this one before.

edit : it's a perfect fit for my dream layout.
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Someone secret santa this man this keyboard, stat!

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Abstractions

10 Dec 2015, 20:11


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Halvar

10 Dec 2015, 20:25

Pah! Every granny deserves Cherry doubleshots!
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rddm

10 Dec 2015, 20:44


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E3E

10 Dec 2015, 21:00

I'm going to close my eyes and wish real hard for a vintage MX white board to pop up. :)

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Chyros

10 Dec 2015, 22:20

seebart wrote:
guk wrote: Thats Daniel Beardsmore.
Good, he should come back.
I doubt he'll ever come back :/ . I've spoken to him recently. He's a very nice chap, but to say he's bitter with DT at the moment would be an understatement Oo .

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XMIT
[ XMIT ]

10 Dec 2015, 23:01

Cherry Multiboard G80-8200LUAUS-2 POS Keyboard
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-Multiboa ... 1669261737
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Cherry MX Brown, PCB mount, lasered POM key caps, ANSI layout. May have some white paint splatter. May have some relegendable keys missing their clear covers.

Ships in original Cherry box with Cherry software CD and manual. A steal for $10. I paid more for shipping than I did for the board! :lol:

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HzFaq

11 Dec 2015, 12:21

Model M for reasonable...could probably do with a clean though :D.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-PS2-KEYBO ... Sw7FRWZLuQ

Pretty nice AEKII as well

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-PowerPC ... SwfZ1WaeMb

danielcepa

11 Dec 2015, 13:03

XMIT wrote: Cherry Multiboard G80-8200LUAUS-2 POS Keyboard
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-Multiboa ... 1669261737
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Cherry MX Brown, PCB mount, lasered POM key caps, ANSI layout. May have some white paint splatter. May have some relegendable keys missing their clear covers.

Ships in original Cherry box with Cherry software CD and manual. A steal for $10. I paid more for shipping than I did for the board! :lol:
Interesting because of the center stemmed (!) og cherry capslock key.

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derzemel

11 Dec 2015, 13:57


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gogusrl

11 Dec 2015, 14:00

what a gorgeous board.

andrewjoy

11 Dec 2015, 14:17

Something similar has been on Ebay UK before.

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E3E

11 Dec 2015, 15:31

derzemel wrote: Vintage Cherry keyboard:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-VINTAGE- ... 2516.l5255

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Wow! That board looks fantastic! You have to love the wood paneling. So classic.

...But those caps. Those caps are just lovely!

I just noticed the space bar is actually marked. Haha, well. That's the first time I've seen that actually!

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seebart
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11 Dec 2015, 15:53

andrewjoy wrote: Something similar has been on Ebay UK before.
I believe that our own guk owns something quite similair.

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ohaimark
Kingpin

11 Dec 2015, 20:11

These should have MX Blacks. They're red-backlit. They're USB. They're $15 + shipping. Need I say more?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Data911-RoboVu- ... 1456360858?

Edit: this one is more expensive and doesn't have a touchpad... I think it has blacks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TG3-Electronics ... 1525224838?

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Hypersphere

11 Dec 2015, 23:08

Ambra Model M:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ambra-label-IBM ... Swo6lWI9xA

It's just a Lexmark Model M, but a bit unusual, as it has been rebranded as an "Ambra".

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chzel

11 Dec 2015, 23:12

Aren't the Ambras supposed to have white keys? Or am I half asleep?

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Hypersphere

11 Dec 2015, 23:16

chzel wrote: Aren't the Ambras supposed to have white keys? Or am I half asleep?
I think that might pertain to the European ISO version. Looks like the ANSI version has the ivory/beige color scheme.

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Mikelittoris

12 Dec 2015, 03:17

Thats interesting about the ambra. Posted a few year(or months)s ago a NIB Swedish ambra with computer, not really in to those macish fonts or else I would have really wanted the keyboard at the time but for now my F122 will do :). Good luck everyonelse.

Edit: This keyboard does not have the macish fonts I was suggesting :). (Does not mean that im interested even though my F122 seem to be failing at handling simple commands like shift + * "key next to enter" on ISO. Please heöp hahaha..)

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gogusrl

12 Dec 2015, 10:46


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E3E

12 Dec 2015, 13:35

Chyros wrote:
E3Eves wrote: Any idea what switches this strange little guy has?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-Keyboa ... 1839065665

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White or blue Alps.

I just realized that the following must definitely be a rebrand of the aforementioned keyboard (Chicony KB-5170).

Having a blue alps board in this layout would be so neat! Super mega bonus points for natively containing blue alps and not requiring a switch swap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndCXP0ZkOQ

I've seen this video before when I had just begun my search for blue Alps many months ago, but I had forgotten about it until now. Stumbled upon it, then had a "heeey, that looks pretty familiar" moment.

:P

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Chyros

12 Dec 2015, 14:31

E3Eves wrote:
Chyros wrote:
E3Eves wrote: Any idea what switches this strange little guy has?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-Keyboa ... 1839065665

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White or blue Alps.

I just realized that the following must definitely be a rebrand of the aforementioned keyboard (Chicony KB-5170).

Having a blue alps board in this layout would be so neat! Super mega bonus points for natively containing blue alps and not requiring a switch swap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yndCXP0ZkOQ

I've seen this video before when I had just begun my search for blue Alps many months ago, but I had forgotten about it until now. Stumbled upon it, then had a "heeey, that looks pretty familiar" moment.

:P
Note that that is a slightly different model so blue Alps aren't guaranteed, but it might definitely be worth a shot :) .

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Hypersphere

12 Dec 2015, 14:36

SGI AT-101 Part Number 9500900 Bigfoot Granite
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Gra ... SwT5tWOqXj

@E3Eves: According to the description, the PC-III board you were asking about has white Alps switches.

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seebart
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12 Dec 2015, 14:42

Hypersphere wrote: SGI AT-101 Part Number 9500900 Bigfoot Granite
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Gra ... SwT5tWOqXj
That's a pretty good price for an SGI, this one in Holland is slighty more expensive with free shipping within the EU:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/silicon-graphics ... Sw0HVWEn9p

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E3E

12 Dec 2015, 15:23

Hypersphere wrote: SGI AT-101 Part Number 9500900 Bigfoot Granite
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Gra ... SwT5tWOqXj

@E3Eves: According to the description, the PC-III board you were asking about has white Alps switches.
Thanks Hypersphere. I had originally missed that, but I figured that out before that last post. Just thought I'd share a blue alps example. :) A little off topic, I know. :o

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