Great/Interesting Finds

[gogusrl]

if a third spanish dude posts here that he doesn't want it, i'll take it (before photekq does)

did you get it?

nope

[E3E]

I've found this looking for a BIG keyboard...

http://www.ebay.es/itm/391339830878?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

Is this Ettasian's G80-0081, or did lightning strike twice in the same spot?

[E3E]

http://www.geekkeys.com/geekkeys-dark-g ... ll-keyset/

Sooo IMSTO and geekkeys are getting these before Ivan has for his GB? Jeez.

[ettasian]

I've found this looking for a BIG keyboard...

http://www.ebay.es/itm/391339830878?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

Is this Ettasian's G80-0081, or did lightning strike twice in the same spot?

Nah, I do not confirm. It's one of those Cherries with annoying stickers you can't read.

[E3E]

I've found this looking for a BIG keyboard...

http://www.ebay.es/itm/391339830878?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

Is this Ettasian's G80-0081, or did lightning strike twice in the same spot?

Nah, I do not confirm. It's one of those Cherries with annoying stickers you can't read.

Oh, haha. I'm now noticing that it's quite different. MUCH DIFFERENT. Whoops.

[ettasian]

Polish stuff again.
http://allegro.pl/monitor-i-klawiatura- ... 64960.html

Spoiler:

Some good looking HP keyboard with unconfirmed mechanism. And a really nice monitor.

[ramnes]

Rubber domes

[Blaise170]

Can confirm rubber dome

[Crazy Canadian XXIV]

cyrillic alps ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Clicky-Mech ... Sw5IJWdLn8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-VTG-Clicky- ... 1920720911

Asked the seller to pull a cap, let's see what happens.

The keyboard seems too thin to have switches (see the images from the back). It looks more like rubber dome. But it may have alps/cherry compatible keycaps

UPDATE: the image wasn't added to the auction, but the seller DID pull a keycap!



Alps-compatible, at the very least. He says both keyboards have identical switches.

[itzmeluigi]

cyrillic alps ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Clicky-Mech ... Sw5IJWdLn8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-VTG-Clicky- ... 1920720911

Thank you so much for posting these I bought the first one, it looks exactly like the TaiHao Cyrillic caps i have on my Filco. My V60 is using the stock caps and these will be perfect for it

I wonder if TaiHao makes the caps on the second board, the Cyrillic print looks smaller.

[Crazy Canadian XXIV]

cyrillic alps ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Clicky-Mech ... Sw5IJWdLn8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-VTG-Clicky- ... 1920720911

Thank you so much for posting these I bought the first one, it looks exactly like the TaiHao Cyrillic caps i have on my Filco. My V60 is using the stock caps and these will be perfect for it

I wonder if TaiHao makes the caps on the second board, the Cyrillic print looks smaller.

Kickass! Be sure to keep us posted on what the switches actually are - Alps, slider over dome, Alps clone, or what.

[Blaise170]

I'll be getting some nice doubleshot Alps caps of my own, though I may end up just converting this board: should be green Alps! Nabbed it from Yahoo JP Auctions.



As for some deals:

Dell AT101s, not a great price but you can offer: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121838169353

Not sure what switches but the LED switches have to be Green or Yellow unless they are clones: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221967941909

I sent an offer of $20 for this, old KPT switches with Cyrillic lettering: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181947469212

[itzmeluigi]

cyrillic alps ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Clicky-Mech ... Sw5IJWdLn8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-VTG-Clicky- ... 1920720911

Thank you so much for posting these I bought the first one, it looks exactly like the TaiHao Cyrillic caps i have on my Filco. My V60 is using the stock caps and these will be perfect for it

I wonder if TaiHao makes the caps on the second board, the Cyrillic print looks smaller.

Kickass! Be sure to keep us posted on what the switches actually are - Alps, slider over dome, Alps clone, or what.

Sure thing, ill be opening up the board to inspect it and will take some pictures. I have a feeling it will be slider over domes though

I'll be getting some nice doubleshot Alps caps of my own, though I may end up just converting this board: should be green Alps! Nabbed it from Yahoo JP Auctions.

Spoiler:

As for some deals:

Dell AT101s, not a great price but you can offer: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121838169353

Not sure what switches but the LED switches have to be Green or Yellow unless they are clones: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221967941909

I sent an offer of $20 for this, old KPT switches with Cyrillic lettering: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181947469212

Nice find greens are amazing, i like them equally to blues. Are you going to use the board as is or desolder the switches and install them in another board?

Was thinking about buying that board a week ago, but it had Bulgarian layout Cyrillic so i decided not to.

I sent a message asking the seller to remove a cap, hopefully there real Greens and not clones.

[E3E]

I'm definitely in the same camp as luigi: I find blues and greens are my favorites in the Alps world. Lately, I've been finding tactile Alps to not be my cup of tea all that much. I do like orange Alps, but salmons... They're okay. Just got brown tactile Alps in and meh. They're alright too.

They're just not very interesting to me, I suppose.

[Blaise170]

Are you going to use the board as is or desolder the switches and install them in another board?

I sent a message asking the seller to remove a cap, hopefully there real Greens and not clones.

I'll probably try converting it with a Teensy first but I'm not totally sure yet.

Don't get your hopes up too much, Greens are unlikely. I also forgot that Gray and Brown Alps can be fitted with LEDs too.

[Scottex]

I'm definitely in the same camp as luigi: I find blues and greens are my favorites in the Alps world. Lately, I've been finding tactile Alps to not be my cup of tea all that much. I do like orange Alps, but salmons... They're okay. Just got brown tactile Alps in and meh. They're alright too.

They're just not very interesting to me, I suppose.

you should try cream damped if you have the chance

[Hypersphere]

Regarding various types of Alps switches, I agree with others who have reported that the sound and feel of the switch is highly dependent on the particular keyboard, whether or not the switches are dirty, and how much use they have had. Overall, I have had the best luck with complicated white Alps. I have a Suntouch Jr. with white Alps; this board provides a superb typing experience.

[gogusrl]

FFFFUUUU

forgot about the spaceball. hope one of us got it, it's the ultimate desk ornament (and you can probably stash your weed in there also).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-694 ... 7675.l2557

[Ludovician]

I have a Suntouch Jr. with white Alps; this board provides a superb typing experience.

I just looked that up, looks like a great layout. I personally would prefer ANSI enter and the backslash above it, but eh... I've got a Minitouch with Alps clones and will soon have one of those NTC boards from the other thread that was up this week. I think I'd prefer the Suntouch over both of them to be honest.

[Blaise170]

Nice BOS Model M with blue sub legends.

http://www.recycledgoods.com/bos-ibm-st ... 69969.html

[Blaise170]

Also these, though unsure of switches:

http://www.recycledgoods.com/aydin-cont ... -0000.html
http://www.recycledgoods.com/aydin-cont ... 2-000.html
http://www.recycledgoods.com/cado-beige ... board.html

Out of stock, but an AEK II with some tasty keycaps.

http://www.recycledgoods.com/apple-m350 ... -keys.html

[E3E]

I'm definitely in the same camp as luigi: I find blues and greens are my favorites in the Alps world. Lately, I've been finding tactile Alps to not be my cup of tea all that much. I do like orange Alps, but salmons... They're okay. Just got brown tactile Alps in and meh. They're alright too.

They're just not very interesting to me, I suppose.

you should try cream damped if you have the chance

I've always shied away from these, but it might be a good idea to try them out. Perhaps I should also give brown tactiles another chance too. I felt the same way about some Amber Alps I've tried , that they were much too tactile (and also had a click that was much less satisfying than blue Alps).

It's so strange. The tactility is soft alone, very -rounded-, if I can put it in to words. It's quite the ramp up, as you can see in the tactile dummy plate, the way the leaf is. Then, it drops. You don't feel it much with a deliberate, light press. This is unlike MX clears or ergo clears, where every press always has a distinct bump.

Brown tactile Alps has a very tactile feedback when combined with the bottom out. Tactility with Alps has always been so perplexing to me.

Salmon Alps are, ime, the closest to MX clears in that they do have that distinct tactility no matter how light or deliberate the press.

Oranges have a much lighter bump, but like browns, it's amplified by the bottom out.

IME, bottoming out is a huge aspect of the typing experience with Alps. Blue Alps sound better, tactile Alps feel more tactile, etc. For example, the click alone in a blue Alps switch, I think, is only part of the great sound and feel it has. The bottoming out gives the metallic click a very solid feel and bassier sound. Also, since it's practically impossible NOT to bottom out on Alps, it's almost an integral part of the typing experience!

[ohaimark]

Also these, though unsure of switches:

http://www.recycledgoods.com/aydin-cont ... -0000.html
http://www.recycledgoods.com/aydin-cont ... 2-000.html
http://www.recycledgoods.com/cado-beige ... board.html

Out of stock, but an AEK II with some tasty keycaps.

http://www.recycledgoods.com/apple-m350 ... -keys.html

The Cado has Fujitsu Linears. 3rd gen, I think.

[ettasian]

More Polish stuff

Reuters branded ANSI Keytronic KB101(?). Keytronic foam and foil. Thin doubleshots.
http://allegro.pl/show_item.php?item=5877645202

Spoiler:

[Blaise170]

Pretty much any foam and foil board isn't worth anything.

[andrewjoy]

Thats not true ! I have a Foam and foil board with tripleshots ! Or at least they look like tripleshots.

[pcaro]

I like this 60% a lot:

http://www.ebay.es/itm/141858317168

But I am not going to pay 740€!

[Hypersphere]

E3E: It would perhaps be helpful and instructive to compile force-displacement curves for the various types of Alps switches and clones.

[seebart]

Pretty much any foam and foil board isn't worth anything.

Thats not true ! I have a Foam and foil board with tripleshots ! Or at least they look like tripleshots.

Preference is what it is. Not my favorite switch either though. What's it's worth in $$$ is relative of course.

KBT PURE PRO 60% DE cherry mx BROWN

http://www.ebay.de/itm/KBT-PURE-PRO-60- ... SwhkRWdxWw

Topre Realforce 87UB SE17T0

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Topre-Realforce- ... SwCQNWdsCh

IBM XT

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-fur-IBM ... SwUdlWdsoR

Focus 2000 Plus

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Alte-Tastatur-mi ... SwJcZWcpEh

Cherry G80-1000 HAD

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... 8-225-3486

[rddm]

Maybe alps, or rubber dome? New in the box.

btw how much worth a btc mini (5100) layout pt new?