Price Check: How much is my _____ worth?

[sixty]

If you are trying to find out the price for one of your boards and want an honest opinion, feel free to ask here.

Post pictures too if needed.

The answers should be honest and based on experience, not greedy intentions. I keep a personal database of average board prices across eBay and various other places and might be able to help. Otherwise - any user if course free to help out, as long as you keep rule one in mind! No "I'll take it off you for ___" type of posts. Price checks only, no deals in it his thread.

[lowpoly]

Not sure if this fits here, but...

I have an MX-5000 that I'm going to put up for sale. One half is slightly (more?) yellowed, probably because it has been sitting near a window and has been used in the roof position.

I ask myself if I should retrobrite it. Would this add to the value or distract?

[sixty]

I think that depends entirely on the outcome... how yellow is it right now? Got a pic?

[lowpoly]

It was really dark today. I'll try to take one tomorrow.

[ynih]

How much would a modded 86U be worth? I've turned the entire A-Z keys area to 45g even weighted, the Insert/End/Del/PgUp/PgDn/Home, Print Screen/ Scroll Lock/ Pausebreak buttons are all 35g, and the Up/Down/Right/Left arrows are of course the left over 30g...

[sixty]

Thats hard to judge. I think a lot of people would love to have an all 45g board. How did you manage this anyway? Right now I can't recall which keys are weighted on the Realforce by default... were there enough domes to make the mod from one board?

[ynih]

It wasn't hard to do, just followed a guide from GH to replace the 30g pinkies and I decided to go all the way. I only used one board, didn't destroy any more "one cup goodness" of other boards. hehe

I've owned the all 103UB all 55g board prior to this 86U and I'd have to say, it's not that pleasant to type on for long periods of time. My fingers get tired of the extra-snappy feel and the short travel distance.

The 45g seems really good for me and I feel very comfortable typing on them.

[Ascaii]

can i please get an approximate quote on this model m:
Model M 1390133
16-12-1986
made in UK
aluminium square Right
SDL-AT cable
good, used condition
german layout

[webwit]

I think Sixty mentioned something about Model Ms going on eBay Germany for EUR 50. But yours has the alu label and extra old date bonus, you should get more. Clickykeyboards would put it on his site for $150 and wait and wait and sell it.

[webwit]

Btw, sixty..check this out:
http://twitter.com/clickykeyboards

Long live the model M. Thanks for the support of our customers. 12 months = sold 1470 model M keyboards & parts to 1283 US / 187 intl

I don't think this is how many he sold

[daedalus]

Note the "and parts". One of those was my order of 3270 keycaps and a 'silver bullet' AT adapter.

[laden3]

G80-8200LUBUS.

[Ascaii]

Note the "and parts". One of those was my order of 3270 keycaps and a 'silver bullet' AT adapter.

silver bullet...do you mean the full metal sdl-at cable? My M has that.

[sixty]

Btw, sixty..check this out:
http://twitter.com/clickykeyboards

Long live the model M. Thanks for the support of our customers. 12 months = sold 1470 model M keyboards & parts to 1283 US / 187 intl

I don't think this is how many he sold

Lol, yeah but not like anyone else but you has that mighty database
That was the greatest bug ever, I wish more companies had things like that happen.

G80-8200LUBUS.

$40~70 on eBay I would say.

[turbocharged]

I have a set of double shot key caps that are kind of a weird layout and don't think I will end up using them...not sure what to ask for them.

First off, the red "turbo" key is not included.





Spacebar with stabilizer



Modifier keys front and back

[sixty]

Random comment: It looks like that spacebar is compatible with both Cherry and ALPS stabilizers, what the heck! Also that turbo key is nice, where is it from?

Anyway, don't think these will go for much. It seems to be the MX variant to the Focus ALPS keycaps.

[Peter]

Actually, since the set has the BIGASS enter-key I'm interested, it will probably fit on my 6Gv2..
How much are you asking for the set ?

[Minskleip]

Is $50 good for a new G81-1800 HPU?

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=180

[intealls]

Figured I'm gonna get rid of my ALPS boards. Too stiff for me. Anyone know how much these are worth? It's an SGI-board with dampened yellow ALPS. It's in good condition, and I know it hasn't been used much. ANSI layout.

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FK-5001. Case and some keys are yellowed, the calculator works though. German layout.

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[sixty]

Is $50 good for a new G81-1800 HPU?

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=180

Decent price, considering they are new. The board of course is terrible, like a dead octopus. The keys are good.

[turbocharged]

Random comment: It looks like that spacebar is compatible with both Cherry and ALPS stabilizers, what the heck! Also that turbo key is nice, where is it from?

Anyway, don't think these will go for much. It seems to be the MX variant to the Focus ALPS keycaps.

They are from some really old keyboard a neighboring business had in storage. The only reason I took it was for the turbo key, then found out that it had doubleshots.....so double win for me.

Also, the turbo key had to do with super old like 33MHz processors that when you set the computer to "turbo mode"...it would double the cpu frequency....or something like that.

[daedalus]

silver bullet...do you mean the full metal sdl-at cable? My M has that.

One of these beauties

Also, the turbo key had to do with super old like 33MHz processors that when you set the computer to "turbo mode"...it would double the cpu frequency....or something like that.

Rather ironically, the point of a turbo button was to slow down the processor. In the days of yore, timing elements in software (particularly in video games) were done by counting CPU clock cycles, and thus would fail hard if you ran the software on a CPU with a higher clock frequency than the software was designed for. By the time the original Pentium came out, this was a sufficiently serious problem that manufacturers installed buttons to dial down the motherboard's clock frequency so that timings would work as expected.

Thankfully, timing has ever since been done in a way that is unrelated to CPU frequency, so we no longer need a button to slow down our computers in order to play games on brand new CPUs.

[Peter]

Yeah, it's hilarious to see all your little men run around with 800 mph ..

Thank God, you don't need a 'Turbo'-button, there is actually software
that can slow down your computer all the way to a few Mhz :
Mo'Slo : When speed kills old software…
http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/

It can even slow down your keyboard !!
Great for a nasty prank btw ....

[webwit]

How much is my nib Cherry "Ricercar" MX SPOS worth?

[sixty]

Depends. Used to sell really fast for up to $100. Recently no one seems to be interested and they sometimes slip through for $30-40. Koreans might be interested on that one though.

[Minskleip]

Is $50 good for a new G81-1800 HPU?

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=180

Decent price, considering they are new. The board of course is terrible, like a dead octopus. The keys are good.

They are double shot vintage H right? Do you know any other boards with those on ebay now?

[sixty]

Yeah, double shots. Though some keys have a slightly different profile compared to a fullsize board. Page Up/Down and those..

Also you lack a proper right shift and the numpad 0 and + key.

No others with double shots on eBay right now I think. At least not beige. Blacks there are a bunch.

[Minskleip]

Ah yes I forgot about pgup/down etc. Are you sure they are not the same profile as on refular boards?

[sixty]

Yup. They are different, not by much though.

[Minskleip]

I bought a board; shipping ended up the same! Now I definetely need a small board to put them on.