Yup. Anyone cheeky enough to be thinking of harvesting its switches needs an instructive slap. With the keyboard!Chyros wrote: ↑That's good value actually, those Ortek battlecruisers don't come along that often, and they never come cheap. That one is NOS though!u-ra wrote: ↑Lots of Alps whites for lots of money:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-142 ... Swa-dWm2Yq
I've seen a few Ortek MCK 142Pro sold here on DT for less than 50 EUR. Not NOS, of course, but still.Chyros wrote: ↑That's good value actually, those Ortek battlecruisers don't come along that often, and they never come cheap. That one is NOS though!u-ra wrote: ↑Lots of Alps whites for lots of money:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-142 ... Swa-dWm2Yq
If I wanted to own one again, I'd pay that for a new one. But it might be just theoretical me that thinks like that.kbdfr wrote: ↑I've seen a few Ortek MCK 142Pro sold here on DT for less than 50 EUR. Not NOS, of course, but still.
What a case! I wonder what's going on inside it. I'll be very surprised if I don't end up with one of these eventually! Thank you for the link!ohaimark wrote: ↑Aaaaaand here's what appears to be a Cherry MX Clear battleship. Featuring abuse and missing caps.
I actually agree. I was just being a smartass about the huge number of keys.Muirium wrote: ↑Yup. Anyone cheeky enough to be thinking of harvesting its switches needs an instructive slap. With the keyboard!
I stand corrected! I had found two on eBay that sold for around $100 a while ago as I recall, but I didn't know about ones from herekbdfr wrote: ↑I've seen a few Ortek MCK 142Pro sold here on DT for less than 50 EUR. Not NOS, of course, but still.Chyros wrote: ↑That's good value actually, those Ortek battlecruisers don't come along that often, and they never come cheap. That one is NOS though!u-ra wrote: ↑Lots of Alps whites for lots of money:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-142 ... Swa-dWm2Yq
. It feels weird to nearly share a name with a brand of keyboards xD .Blaise170 wrote: ↑Yeah a lot of Chyrons have Cherry switches, the Max and Maxine both have Clears if IIRC.
Does anyone happen know if these are SKCM White Alps, or simplified ones?u-ra wrote: ↑Lots of Alps whites for lots of money:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-142 ... Swa-dWm2Yq
We call it the Alps Vortex of Doom for good reason you know. The deeper you delve within it, the more you can appreciate how little you understand!Khronokrator wrote: ↑Particular Alps switches can be notoriously hard to visually identify because they had so many stylistic variations, even between the same models of switch.
Eh, I don't think 45 bucks is particularly terrible, especially considering the caps. Does anyone even use print screen anymore?ohaimark wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.com/itm/Epson-Q503A-Mec ... 1818940155
Fujitsu linear (Gen 3, I think) board that's overpriced. Should be $25 or less with broken keyswitches. But the thickness of those keycaps... Jesus H. Christ on a cracker.
The description may as well read:
Very vintage
Much rare
Such linear
Wow
Well that's a shame. Guess it really was too good to be true.XMIT wrote: ↑My Lynk board arrived today. It is very yellow, definitely not the one photographed.Spoiler:
Actually, it get's use in recent Windows versions and many other desktops to take screenshots. So, I happen to use it now and thenCrazy Canadian XXIV wrote: ↑Does anyone even use print screen anymore?
Bummer. I was hoping you made out better than I did, but sounds like my Key Tronic might be less distasteful. My Key Tronic also has a non-standard connector (appears to be DIN-240-7 i.e. 7 pins with 240 degree spread)XMIT wrote: ↑My Lynk board arrived today. It is very yellow, definitely not the one photographed.
It has yellowed double shot ABS key caps with a Cherry MX mount. The caps are also yellowed, and not uniformly. The keyboard itself uses some sort of slider-over-dome. The domes are not the worst I've tried but not amazing. There is a crack at the back of the board. The right Shift key's dome is worn from use and the key does not pop back up.
I don't think this is foam and foil, unless there are foil pads underneath the domes. I can't really be bothered to open it up.
"meh"
Oh - and it has some odd DIN connector that is neither XT/AT or IBM terminal. Same connector size, different pin arrangement.
All things considered I'd rather have the money I spent on this keyboard than the keyboard itself. Granted, I got the seller to accept an offer that was less than shipping, but no one will want to buy this and I don't have much use for it. Maybe if I lighten the key caps I can do something with them.
I remap "Pause" to "lock screen" on my systems.shreebles wrote: ↑Definitely more important than Pause, Scroll Lock, stupid insert and stupid capslock
Although, I need Insert sometimes to press CTRL+ALT+INS in remote or virtual machine sessions instead of CTRL+ALT+DEL (which would trigger on the host machine).
I'm calling either shenanigans or desperation on this one.ohaimark wrote: ↑HOLY ****. That Blue Alps keyboard sold for over $300.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121864530186
Being rubberdome gives it zero value. Stay far, far away from it.mars wrote: ↑Should I buy an IBM (rubberdome) spacesaver for 25€?
Ideally I would resell it as I am perfectly happy with my hhkb, but I wonder if the italian layout means it has close to zero resell value.
Opinions?
Thanks
Just MX blacksBlaise170 wrote: ↑According to a post I found by XMIT, this should be MX mount magnetic valve.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/221884939529
