Great/Interesting Finds

ohaimark · 20 May 2016, 04:13

Shitty HP with a cool Pi key:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231950272849

Interesting Morse Code 'board:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172210738509

Feel the rainbow, taste the rainbow:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112001544604

Zentec 'board with unidentifiable switches:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311615956153

Omnomnikey:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/162076561514

gogusrl · 20 May 2016, 06:37

haven't been around lately, has this been posted yet ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-x-IBM-M15-13H ... 2075184379

derzemel · 20 May 2016, 06:39

Yep, it has

Sent from fat fingers on small screen

Redmaus · 20 May 2016, 07:06

gogusrl wrote: haven't been around lately, has this been posted yet ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-x-IBM-M15-13H ... 2075184379

ebay wrote:reserve not met at 700$

I bet the reserve is like 1000$ or something. Either way seller scared off some buyers by putting reserve on there its not a smart move IMO

seebart · 20 May 2016, 23:41

need · 21 May 2016, 00:01

emdude · 21 May 2016, 00:11

Don't know much about Topre boards, but that looks like a pretty decent deal to me. I would be really tempted to get one if I were in the UK.

jerue · 21 May 2016, 04:43

Sorry if this was shared already, not around too much anymore

nice source of old mx black switches if anyone's looking: http://www.ebay.com/itm/131812073589

You could also pick up some cheap Data 911's - the last one I owned had very smooth switches: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111996686831

Also, did someone really pay $250 for that F122 posted last week?

Abstractions · 21 May 2016, 06:01

jerue wrote: Also, did someone really pay $250 for that F122 posted last week?

Yep: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 7675.l2565

Doesn't look like troll bidding...

t!ng · 21 May 2016, 09:34

An almost Perfect kb to me:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/ve-a?mode=guest_open

gogusrl · 21 May 2016, 09:39

meh, I'd like it a lot more without the double row on the left and the one on the right. That's mainly because I don't use FJ homing keys but the sides of the alphas (shift/capslock on the left and enter on the right).

I'd do it as a full keyboard split in 3 (2 alphas + arrows/numpad).

seebart · 21 May 2016, 10:20

emdude wrote: Don't know much about Topre boards, but that looks like a pretty decent deal to me. I would be really tempted to get one if I were in the UK.

Yes that's a good deal although Novatouch is not equal to Realforce in more than one regard.

Muirium · 21 May 2016, 10:31

I agree on both points. Love my Realforce so much more than the NovaTouch, even factoring in the Granite set and damping rings I've got on the NovaTouch. But that is one sterling price for a new NovaTouch and well worth the grab!

Makes me wonder how the NovaTouch experiment turned out for CM. Doesn't look like an immense success. Hopefully they're still working with Topre and can achieve something better on the second try. Depends on Topre just as much as CM.

seebart · 21 May 2016, 10:41

Muirium wrote: Makes me wonder how the NovaTouch experiment turned out for CM. Doesn't look like an immense success. Hopefully they're still working with Topre and can achieve something better on the second try. Depends on Topre just as much as CM.

Aside from the success for CM it's great that they originally did release it, the Novatouch is the best thing that happened to Topre in terms of making their obnoxiously expensive and partially unavailable (in Europe) keyboards accessible in another form to the "average" buyer.

alienman82 · 21 May 2016, 18:31

removed.

Phenix · 21 May 2016, 18:38

Thanks for that board alienman, biggest legends Ive seen so far.
Will try to get it

Abstractions · 21 May 2016, 19:01

alienman82 wrote: VIG MX Blue G80-3000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-keyboa ... Sw9k5XQEzv

The description is true to the nature of the product.

alienman82 · 21 May 2016, 19:04

removed.

Abstractions · 23 May 2016, 05:56

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-SSK ... SwNsdXQlKp

Industrial top?

emdude · 23 May 2016, 05:58

I saw that listing as well a little earlier, it's curious how he only has the upper part of an industrial SSK case, where did the other half go?

lolpes · 23 May 2016, 07:47

Looks like Ascai's SSK, but in ANSI, he algo got the top shell from someone. The board does look great!

seebart · 23 May 2016, 10:42

emdude wrote: I saw that listing as well a little earlier, it's curious how he only has the upper part of an industrial SSK case, where did the other half go?

He never had it! It's a FRANKEN improv SSK. Still nice to have, better than nothing.

t!ng · 23 May 2016, 11:00

lolpes wrote: Looks like Ascai's SSK, but in ANSI, he algo got the top shell from someone. The board does look great!

Nah, I've got Ascaii's.

Spoiler:

shreebles · 23 May 2016, 11:10

Your wealth was unbeknownst to me! That is a lovely looking ISO SSK! And a mx5000, to boot...
What's that 65% keyboard with the R5 caps?

t!ng · 23 May 2016, 12:11

It's just a KBT PurePro. Doesn't it look sweet?

Here's a new picture of it:

Spoiler:

lolpes · 23 May 2016, 12:16

t!ng wrote: It's just a KBT PurePro. Doesn't it look sweet?

Wow Lucky you! I wish I could get an industrial top like that for mine, although this listing will be way out of my price range

t!ng · 23 May 2016, 12:25

Everybody should have that topshell, it's beautiful. It is a shame that http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/SFNT
doesn't sell them anymore.

lolpes · 23 May 2016, 12:52

Yeah it is

hope they dedide to make more in the furute, there would definitely be market for them

missilemike · 23 May 2016, 17:26

It's my keyboard. I got the industrial top portion a long, long time ago when Unicomp still had some. My wife has mandated a massive reduction in keyboards- I have over 50- mostly normal Ms, but I have a 3 brand new SSKs and a lot of other odd stuff. I also have a NIB 82g up on eBay aw well.

This keyboard looks awesome btw, you cannot tell it isn't a true industrial from most angles. I am also including the original top...

seebart · 23 May 2016, 17:42

missilemike wrote: ...My wife has mandated a massive reduction in keyboards...

I happen to have the same problem...unsolved sofar!