Great/Interesting Finds

chzel · 23 Jan 2016, 19:37

I have contacted the seller, so we'll see. I offered...ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!

Muirium · 23 Jan 2016, 19:43

I'll bet you did.

photekq · 23 Jan 2016, 19:44

Safe to say I will be bidding on that one.

ARROW ONLY 2.25U SHIFT TOO! How unique can one board get?

EDIT : If anyone is thinking of bidding, please do let me know. Once I decide how much I'm going to bid we can maybe discuss things.. I'm certain that I'll be bidding far more than most people, but it would be nice if I didn't have to pay the full amount that I'm willing to pay

ohaimark · 23 Jan 2016, 19:50

Heh. This is going to be fun.

zuglufttier · 23 Jan 2016, 21:23

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... -225-17020

http://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze ... -225-17020

Two G80-3000 from one seller, price is OK, I think. Are those MX blacks?

gogusrl · 23 Jan 2016, 21:34

First one has thick lasered pbt, second one has thin lasered pbt. The thin one is not worth it unless you really need a standard 105key layout with mx blacks (there's g80-1800 with blacks and thin pbt for 5eur on cumb.de).

tentator · 23 Jan 2016, 21:57

kbdfr wrote: ↑
tentator wrote: ↑
seebart wrote: ↑[…] CHICONY E8H5IKKB-5161A

http://www.ebay.de/itm/VINTAGE-AT-XT-ME ... SwYHxWQybK […]
you think the chicony has cherry mx clears? […]
The last photo in the listing obviously shows Mitsumi switches.

wow would be nice to try them.. probably they feel very similar in the end..
but ok so definitely no source of clears

courtesi · 24 Jan 2016, 00:52

For various reasons I'm not getting into - I'm not a big fan of GeekHack but this listing in their classifieds is a pretty rare item:

Realforce 103UB 55g
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=78868.0

This is a pretty unique board and for whatever reason Topre hasn't put out another fullsize 55g since 2010/2011?

I would jump on it except I like my IBM KB-7953 better

bocahgundul · 24 Jan 2016, 01:12

photekq wrote: ↑Safe to say I will be bidding on that one.

ARROW ONLY 2.25U SHIFT TOO! How unique can one board get?

EDIT : If anyone is thinking of bidding, please do let me know. Once I decide how much I'm going to bid we can maybe discuss things.. I'm certain that I'll be bidding far more than most people, but it would be nice if I didn't have to pay the full amount that I'm willing to pay

I WILL TOTALLY GET MY FIRST DYESUB I WILL BID ON THIS AND WIN PHOTEKQ!

ohaimark · 24 Jan 2016, 02:05

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suntouch-K101-C ... 1986255452

Two SIIG Suntouches. White Alps.

photekq · 24 Jan 2016, 03:33

ohaimark wrote: ↑Cherry dyesub keycaps, perhaps, and MY (ew) switches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCHNEIDER-G81-3 ... 1790014488

Early bidders are the bane of my existence...

ohaimark · 24 Jan 2016, 03:35

My bidding style has improved significantly. I've started bidding once early to "announce my presence" and then I make my final, large bid later on.

Tuntematon · 24 Jan 2016, 03:49

I am of the opinion that it usually doesn't matter when you bid, especially on auctions with lots of interest. Snipers can't hurt you if you're willing to pay a good price and if you are the sniper the result will most likely be the same.

Blaise170 · 24 Jan 2016, 04:36

Of course you could start the auction with a very high bid, but if someone else with deep pockets gets in on the bidding then you are going to be starting a bidding war. If everyone sets a snipe at what they want to pay, everyone will pay less in the long run because people aren't going to be spending more than what they originally intend.

photekq · 24 Jan 2016, 04:45

Tuntematon wrote: ↑I am of the opinion that it usually doesn't matter when you bid, especially on auctions with lots of interest. Snipers can't hurt you if you're willing to pay a good price and if you are the sniper the result will most likely be the same.

I'm of the opinion that early bids do drive up the price. If the auction goes over someones limit early on, they will often reconsider and then decide to bid higher. I know this as I often do it myself..

ohaimark · 24 Jan 2016, 04:45

http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k207203584

Very likely Green Alps. Really cool cover.

Blaise170 · 24 Jan 2016, 05:31

It'll be SKCL Green but the X68K boards show up pretty often.

Tuntematon · 24 Jan 2016, 06:21

photekq wrote: ↑
Tuntematon wrote: ↑I am of the opinion that it usually doesn't matter when you bid, especially on auctions with lots of interest. Snipers can't hurt you if you're willing to pay a good price and if you are the sniper the result will most likely be the same.
I'm of the opinion that early bids do drive up the price. If the auction goes over someones limit early on, they will often reconsider and then decide to bid higher. I know this as I often do it myself..

In scenarios like this I guess you'd be right. No reason not to snipe really. The only real drawback I can think of is that you don't know if you're going to win until the end, which can be very disappointing. Sometimes it is nice to know you are out of the race early on. It spares you from the false hope of victory.

EDIT: I was going to add that it isn't too bad yet with the Cherry dyesub auction since the price is still low, but damn, that escalated fast.

bocahgundul · 24 Jan 2016, 10:22

ohaimark wrote: ↑http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k207203584

Very likely Green Alps. Really cool cover.

Can someone proxy this to me? I'm searching for a green alps

chzel · 24 Jan 2016, 10:26

photekq wrote: ↑
ohaimark wrote: ↑Cherry dyesub keycaps, perhaps, and MY (ew) switches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCHNEIDER-G81-3 ... 1790014488
Early bidders are the bane of my existence...

Well, that settles it then...It's already beyond my wallet's reach.
If anyone here want's me to proxy, I'll happily do it.

Blaise170 · 24 Jan 2016, 13:53

bocahgundul wrote: ↑
ohaimark wrote: ↑http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k207203584

Very likely Green Alps. Really cool cover.
Can someone proxy this to me? I'm searching for a green alps

I use J-Subculture since they take care of the bidding, paying, etc.

bocahgundul · 24 Jan 2016, 14:19

Blaise170 wrote: ↑
bocahgundul wrote: ↑
ohaimark wrote: ↑http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k207203584

Very likely Green Alps. Really cool cover.
Can someone proxy this to me? I'm searching for a green alps
I use J-Subculture since they take care of the bidding, paying, etc.

Thank you I will probably get this one cause I miss the ohaimark green alps

beltet · 24 Jan 2016, 16:56

chzel wrote: ↑
photekq wrote: ↑
ohaimark wrote: ↑Cherry dyesub keycaps, perhaps, and MY (ew) switches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCHNEIDER-G81-3 ... 1790014488
Early bidders are the bane of my existence...
Well, that settles it then...It's already beyond my wallet's reach.
If anyone here want's me to proxy, I'll happily do it.

Sorry to hear, understand that you would love that set in your possession. I haven't even seen a cherry dyesub in Swedish legends, but I would do almost anything to get one.

Muirium · 24 Jan 2016, 17:55

It's only at $200. With this kind of talk, I was expecting several times that number. You Cherry loonies aren't living up to your reputation!

chzel · 24 Jan 2016, 17:56

6 days to go Mu...

Muirium · 24 Jan 2016, 17:57

There is still hope!

Blaise170 · 24 Jan 2016, 23:49

The price isn't bad for everything, but it's a lot just for the board. Here is a Yamaha that looks like an odd mix of Fujitsu FM Towns and Dolch.

http://ebay.com/itm/321983855269

courtesi · 25 Jan 2016, 03:38

Symbolics Lisp poster

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SYMBOLICS- ... 1622254158

Muirium · 25 Jan 2016, 04:05

Oi, get off the damn computer! Don't you know how expensive that thing is?

I'm guessing someone at Symbolics, or their ad agency, really liked Star Trek IV.

Blaise170 · 25 Jan 2016, 06:26

White Alps, Mac.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DATADESK-1069-M ... Swf-VWVgD7