Great/Interesting Finds

Khronokrator · 16 Apr 2016, 09:36

Those late-generation FK-2001s are most likely clone switches, if I had to guess.

fohat · 16 Apr 2016, 16:50

"Tanned" is such a more generous description than "yellowed" .....

webwit · 16 Apr 2016, 22:15

In case you ever want to use your keyboard as a frying pan?

http://link.marktplaats.nl/a1052168680

lolpes · 17 Apr 2016, 03:03

Cool keycAp set for an IBM board?

E3E · 17 Apr 2016, 03:47

Ray wrote: ↑That made my day E3E

Always happy to help!

Chyros · 17 Apr 2016, 03:59

Let alone a nice badge =o .

Redmaus · 17 Apr 2016, 04:26

Yeah that badge is really stealthy looking.

derzemel · 17 Apr 2016, 06:54

new 1800 variant?
nib G80-1804 HAU

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Videoni ... 6016.l4276

ohaimark · 17 Apr 2016, 07:55

I was waiting for that to be posted here. ahahaha

Wanna place bets on how much a certain U.K. member is going to pay for it?

derzemel · 17 Apr 2016, 08:05

ohaimark wrote: ↑I was waiting for that to be posted here. ahahaha

Wanna place bets on how much a certain U.K. member is going to pay for it?

$∞

emdude · 17 Apr 2016, 08:09

The bids rose more than $400 in just the past hour!

(There's still nearly 5 days left too)

ohaimark · 17 Apr 2016, 08:11

That was in the past 10 minutes, actually.

It was 202 or so when I last looked.

Redmaus · 17 Apr 2016, 08:11

What makes this thing so valuable? I am a little confused.

emdude · 17 Apr 2016, 08:12

ohaimark wrote: ↑That was in the past 10 minutes, actually.

It was 202 or so when I last looked.

Indeed, but just over an hour ago, it was a relatively measly $118.00, pretty incredible. I suppose it's closer to $500 in that case though.

i***k must realllly want it.

ohaimark · 17 Apr 2016, 08:22

Redmaus wrote: ↑What makes this thing so valuable? I am a little confused.

It's what appears to be a never-before-seen Cherry variant. It has mint doubleshots. It might have a case that is naturally black. It's NIB.

I think those are the factors that are driving the value.

Redmaus · 17 Apr 2016, 08:29

Oh that makes sense. I don't care about that kind of stuff but I guess the Cherry collectors will go after it like nothing else.

NIB is a really huge thing for collectors so that makes sense.

jacobolus · 17 Apr 2016, 08:55

It’s a bidder with zero ebay feedbacks. Probably a troll kid having a laugh.

Redmaus · 17 Apr 2016, 09:15

What kind of board is this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honeywell-122RX ... wZtvjSrunQ

jacobolus · 17 Apr 2016, 09:48

Redmaus: Note, if you want a quick answer, google is pretty good at this stuff: https://www.google.com/search?q=honeywe ... ekhack.org

Anyway, these are nice Honeywell rubberdome boards, similar to the IBM dome “unsavers”. Dome unsaver pics: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=7377.0

Khers · 17 Apr 2016, 10:42

The bidding on that 1804 is quite hilarious! Must be trolls, bidding that much, this early. What's the fun in trolling ebay auctions?

There seems to have been a fair bit of trolled auctions recently, which makes me wonder; is there a trend in the trolling? Is it more severe on items posted here and/or on GH?

kokokoy · 17 Apr 2016, 10:44

derzemel wrote: ↑new 1800 variant?
nib G80-1804 HAU

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Videoni ... 6016.l4276

Wow! Just a day passed and its up by 500 since.

Wodan · 17 Apr 2016, 12:06

LOL some people just got seriously hit in the head. And a nice Cherry Amiga 2000 keyboard went for <50€ last night:

https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/391427813825

Look at those novelty caps ...

timmo · 17 Apr 2016, 17:24

£10 "Maltron Single Handed PS2 Keyboard For The Left Hand" (one bad key): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maltron-Singl ... 1959386003
£40 "Maltron Single Handed PS2 Keyboard For The Right Hand": http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maltron-Singl ... 1c65584d2f

Prelim · 17 Apr 2016, 18:19

kokokoy wrote: ↑
Wow! Just a day passed and its up by 500 since.

those noob snipers @@

vaxxi · 17 Apr 2016, 18:25

Cherry MX 5000 in Hungary ... 400 USD

photekq · 17 Apr 2016, 20:01

vaxxi wrote: ↑Cherry MX 5000 in Hungary ... 400 USD

He bumped it up from $349 to $399.

I wonder if he did that because I called him a joker.

Hey, you! You're a joker! You won't get any bids!

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I've seen the Videonics before. I think alienman82 on geekhack had one, but not NIB. There's nothing special about it aside from the (ugly) case, so I'd price check it at $200-ish.

The price is dumb. More shill bids. Who on Earth is doing those? Whoever they are, they're a massive douche and should stop it.

Chyros · 17 Apr 2016, 22:53

An Ortek battlecruiser down undah!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-142 ... SwqbZXE3Re

Not that cheap, but these often aren't, and they're damn awesome boards

. This is the first one I've ever seen with a cross nav (like many battlecruisers they usually come with a star nav).

Chyros · 17 Apr 2016, 23:02

Actually, speaking about battlecruisers:

FK-9000 in box. As with all FK-9000s it doesn't work :p . But you can restore these.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Key-Pro-Vinta ... Swll1Wy4Wv

Tai-Hao APC, the 5539 type. Could be blue Alps or Aruz switches?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APC-Patent-Ap ... SwubRXEOnH

Alps LCM28. My LCM30 had dampened whites, but no idea what this is. Mine has the same chassis and is built quite well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALPS-LCM-LCM2 ... SwubRXE441

WYSE terminal, is this the one the Cherry people are always after?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-WYSE- ... SwAYtWKD1T

seebart · 17 Apr 2016, 23:13

hypkx · 17 Apr 2016, 23:44

seebart wrote: ↑ AMBRA Model M

http://www.ebay.de/itm/AMBRA-Tastatur-K ... Sw7n9XE9AS

It would be nice if I get this one.

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