Great/Interesting Finds

shreebles · 07 Mar 2016, 13:13

Muirium wrote: Bastards. How are we meant to pun with that!?

Just make jokes about silly membranes and rubber dome keyboards. (Model M and Topre, respectively)

Very low hanging fruits

Nuum wrote: Winkeyless lasered PBT actually is LAD!

Aah, there you go. And LAMDE is thick, winkeyed, lasered PBT, correct?

Nuum · 07 Mar 2016, 13:16

Not necessarily, but can be if it has scooped F&J.

shreebles · 07 Mar 2016, 13:31

Aye. I have never seen a scooped Cherry keycap that was not thick material (PBT or POM).

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 13:48

Some training material. Thick PBT Lasered:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Cherry- ... SwT6pVmVkO

Think PBT Lasered:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-G81-3000L ... SwL7VWtOT0

And here's the f'ckng LAD - nice and thick.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Keyboard-Tastatu ... SwvgdW2w3f

Come one someone get that LAD.

quochung1989 · 07 Mar 2016, 13:50

How do you think about bidding?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MX-1800-Cherry- ... 1702360014

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 13:57

quochung1989 wrote: How do you think about bidding?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MX-1800-Cherry- ... 1702360014

What a piece of trash. The best caps have been salvaged ... that's almost a scam. The missing caps are even covered with fugly covers or crap caps to conceal they fact they're missing.

It's worth considering if you have a Cherry profile bottom row and look for the rest to fill the keyboard. Can't imagine that to be worth 125$ plus since you can get a brand new set of GMK caps (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79061.0) for that price.

Chyros · 07 Mar 2016, 14:03

shreebles wrote: Aye. I have never seen a scooped Cherry keycap that was not thick material (PBT or POM).

Thick ABS is also possible

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Muirium · 07 Mar 2016, 14:06

Aw!

I'd take thick lasered PBT over ABS doubleshots. Just don't like that ABS feel, the shine rot, or the need to hide them from sun.

shreebles · 07 Mar 2016, 14:09

Chyros wrote: Thick ABS is also possible .

True, I did not mention Doubleshots because they are always thick.

As opposed to lasered, where there are thick and thin kinds. The latter being the more common ones.

kbdfr · 07 Mar 2016, 14:31

Wodan wrote:
quochung1989 wrote: How do you think about bidding?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MX-1800-Cherry- ... 1702360014
What a piece of trash. The best caps have been salvaged ... that's almost a scam. The missing caps are even covered with fugly covers or crap caps to conceal they fact they're missing.

It's worth considering if you have a Cherry profile bottom row and look for the rest to fill the keyboard. Can't imagine that to be worth 125$ plus since you can get a brand new set of GMK caps (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79061.0) for that price.

The keyboard itself is a G80-1800 LAAUS, so originally it had lasered caps.
Obviously someone had a G81-1800 (i.e. MY switches) board with doubleshots and thought:
"Let's take the best of both boards: MX switches and doubleshot keycaps, and make money out of that."
Unfortunately this one is winkey while the other one was winkeyless,
and the 1.5u Control and Alt caps just won't fit here

$125 for that is just ridiculous. Anyone buying this crap will have to be declared insane.

There are only two rare caps here: the 1u numpad "0" and the 1.75u right Shift.
But they are far from being worth $125.

Muirium · 07 Mar 2016, 14:45

Hmm… a 1.75u Shift, eh?

It's one cap out of 100. I bid $1.25!

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 14:48

It's my second favourite shift key size !
I bid ONE HUNDRED TRILLION REICHSMARK !

Spoiler:

Engicoder · 07 Mar 2016, 14:55

6083 Low profile alps
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161999929121

tentator · 07 Mar 2016, 17:49

Engicoder wrote: 6083 Low profile alps
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161999929121

Really nice layout.. uhm.. what alps?

zuglufttier · 07 Mar 2016, 18:20

It's really SAD when people don't understand how eBay is working... Some guy won my auction, the price it went for is nothing to be SAD, and asked AFTER winning the auction about the condition of the keycaps and all. Even though he already did that a few days before...

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 18:27

Oh yeah congrats on that auctino zugluftier... I was aiming quite a bit lower, funny how your -1 board sold for more than the complete SAD board that went a little later the same night.

zuglufttier · 07 Mar 2016, 18:42

Crazy asians got the price above 70 euros

Inside Germany it would have gone a bit higher than 30 euros I think.

Scarpia · 07 Mar 2016, 19:48

Engicoder wrote: 6083 Low profile alps
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161999929121

Thanks for the tip

I snagged that one, put in a sorta-lowball offer and got a small but acceptable discount. And I believe it's technically a 6082 (ANSI layout with 82 keys, not 83), but otherwise it looks identical to the Acer 6083 from the wiki. I *love* the layout and the low-profile probably-dyesubs. Can't wait to get this baby up and running!

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 20:15

Call me retarded but: JACKPOT !!!!
https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/201536916714
Been looking for one of the a long time ...

And I thought today was gonna be a bad day after I lost the race here:
Cherry u. Peacock Tastatur, 7 €
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... ium=social

alh84001 · 07 Mar 2016, 20:19

Wodan wrote: Call me retarded but: JACKPOT !!!!
https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/201536916714

Caps are gorgeous. And the layout makes it unique. Can you connect it to anything other than Amiga?

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 20:21

alh84001 wrote: Caps are gorgeous. And the layout makes it unique. Can you connect it to anything other than Amiga?

No idea YET

Chyros · 07 Mar 2016, 20:29

Wodan wrote:
alh84001 wrote: Caps are gorgeous. And the layout makes it unique. Can you connect it to anything other than Amiga?
No idea YET

I tried mine with an Orihalcon's but it didn't work.

Do you know if it's Space Invaders? If it doesn't I could've sold you one for bugger all xD . The Mitsumi version of these is not uncommon at all.

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 20:32

Oh I've been looking at gazillions of Mitsumi versions but I'll be damned if that isn't the Cherry G80-0904 wiki/Cherry_G80-0904

Chyros · 07 Mar 2016, 20:33

Aaaaah, gotcha

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ohaimark · 07 Mar 2016, 20:37

You may want to build your own Soarer's converter, Chyros. Wiring in the Reset line and two pull-up resistors makes a lot of recalcitrant keyboards behave nicely... Don't know if it would fix the Amiga, but it couldn't hurt.

zuglufttier · 07 Mar 2016, 20:38

The red A gave it away

But it will not work with a standard PC since a different protocol is used. I'd give this adapter a try or ask directly at the shop: http://www.vesalia.de/d_keyrahv2.htm

ohaimark · 07 Mar 2016, 20:40

That does look promising, if a bit expensive.

Wodan · 07 Mar 2016, 20:42

Acer 6512 - Rubberdome with Alps mount sliders, caps should be Dye-Ducks

https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/121916783660

Commodore C128D Keyboard - as yellow as it gets
https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/322030925547
Switches:
http://www.digitaler-maschinenraum.de/r ... ur-teil-1/

zuglufttier · 07 Mar 2016, 20:44

And what may this be? https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 4-228-8226

Canon A-200? Worth the trouble of getting it?

Blaise170 · 07 Mar 2016, 20:50

Looks mechanical to me.