Great/Interesting Finds

[Blaise170]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Keyboar ... 1933137057

Switch testing set. I'd pay $30 and not a penny more if I were just branching out into the hobby.

Man he has some switches I don't have and that I've been looking for... But it's too expensive.

[ohaimark]

Ask him to lower his price. I doubt he'll get a bunch of sales unless he lowers it to $35 or so.

[pcaro]

I gotta admit those G81-HADs come with a very neat keycap holder for the dish washer / hydrogen peroxide bath
400€ isn't enough !

[Crazy Canadian XXIV]

Just a heads-up, after doing some digging, I'll be passing on the green SKCC IBM. Beautiful keyboard, but linear switches aren't my thing. They're all yours if you're doing a group buy

[Blaise170]

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[Scottex]

Green SKCC are tactile and not linear.

wiki/Alps_SKCC_Green

[Wodan]

I want to give something back

Little Alps SKFL treat:
http://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/371552448393

[Halvar]

If you need a lot of MX black switches or want to build the widest keyboard ever:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/15x-Tipro-Kassen ... 2516.l5255

[ohaimark]

Blue Alps. Original owner. One broken switch as a tax for stupidity.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Focus-F ... 1521971642

[seebart]

Blue Alps. Original owner. One broken switch as a tax for stupidity.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Focus-F ... 1521971642

I own that exact Focus, one of my all time favorite keyboards. The early revisions are rare. Nice find.

[mastermachetier]

Blue Alps. Original owner. One broken switch as a tax for stupidity.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Focus-F ... 1521971642

I own that exact Focus, one of my all time favorite keyboards. The early revisions are rare. Nice find.

I really love orange alps, never tried blue though and I am hesitant to pay the blue premium without actually having tried it haha.

[ohaimark]

It was an easy find, but thanks for the compliment.

It practically blew my search filter out of the water. No subtlety or obscurity at all.

[Blaise170]

Even despite the rusty plate and dirtiness I bet it still ends up at over $200.

[Wodan]

If you need a lot of MX black switches or want to build the widest keyboard ever:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/15x-Tipro-Kassen ... 2516.l5255

Thanks, I won't need them all so if anyone is interested in half a dozen, pm me.

[scottc]

If you want MX blacks, I'd recommend getting a €3 1800, not this!

[Blaise170]

If you want MX blacks, I'd recommend getting a €3 1800, not this!

Do you know of someone able to proxy those to the US? I'd love to get some G80s to mess around with but the cheapest I can find in the US is $35.

[Khronokrator]

I really love orange alps, never tried blue though and I am hesitant to pay the blue premium without actually having tried it haha.

Blue Alps are not just in vogue right now, I'd say there's a buying hysteria for them. Anything found on eBay and posted here or on GH quickly goes for hundreds of dollars.

You can definitely find them, you just need to know where to look, and don't rely on eBay. I say this as someone who was whining about that very same thing just a month ago.

Even despite the rusty plate and dirtiness I bet it still ends up at over $200.

At least $250 is my guess, quite possibly more. The Datatech from last month wasn't in spectacularly better material condition and still sold for $350 or so, especially after the link was cross-posted all over the internet.

Personally, even though it is Blue Alps, I wouldn't bother. Rusty plate syndrome is huge turn-off for me these days.

[Wodan]

If you want MX blacks, I'd recommend getting a €3 1800, not this!

Got a box of those already. Wanna try some "ortholinear" stuff with them. I hope that doesn't sound sexual ...

[scottc]

If you want MX blacks, I'd recommend getting a €3 1800, not this!

Do you know of someone able to proxy those to the US? I'd love to get some G80s to mess around with but the cheapest I can find in the US is $35.

Ask a nice German to proxy for you. Deskthority has an abundance of them!

[ohaimark]

Shhhhh. Don't stop the hysteria. Once I measure my near-mint DC-3014's switches I'm selling it, and I want $475 for my near ANSI stock Blue Alps layout with NKRO.

Wodan... Why did you have to make it sexual? --------- = ortholinear. Open wide, gents.

[photekq]

and I want $475 for my near ANSI stock Blue Alps layout with NKRO.

[Wodan]

And if you go through the trouble of shipping crates of 1800s to the US, make sure you get the 5€ USB version instead of the 3€ PS/2 version.

[scottc]

I want $475 for my near ANSI stock Blue Alps layout with NKRO.

The worst part is that I believe you...

[u-ra]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/322005437786?eu ... 0d896&cp=1

Pretty sure this has SKCL greens.

[ohaimark]

I'm mostly kidding (but I recognize that it might happen). I plan to list it on eBay, auction style, starting at $75 when I sell the bugger. I think $100 is a fair price for a Blue Alps board, but if the market wants to up the cost I'll happily rake in the $$$.

Edit: I think u-ra is right. Similar KB:

http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/Dataware-XT ... 1150390028

[Redmaus]

I want $475 for my near ANSI stock Blue Alps layout with NKRO.

Maybe I need to stop and reconsider before I sell my blue alps as well.

Elliptical prices incoming

[Halvar]

What can I say, I gifted my Blue Alps to the Surprise Box ...

[seebart]

What can I say, I gifted my Blue Alps to the Surprise Box ...

But I happen to know you don't even like any Alps so it's very nice of you...

[Blaise170]

Does this look like Blue Alps? If so I can take messages from interested people in order to keep the price down.

[Halvar]

I do like blue Alps, but apparently not as much as others... I wouldn't have desoldered them all you know...