Great/Interesting Finds

Tuntematon · 20 Jun 2016, 23:35

Itching to try the Futaba switch or is there another reason you wanted it?

jerue · 21 Jun 2016, 01:03

Tuntematon wrote: ↑Itching to try the Futaba switch or is there another reason you wanted it?

on impulse I thought it looked a lot like the Chicony KB-5160...but no the LED window is different. Guess I lucked out of ending up with futabas...!

Tuntematon · 21 Jun 2016, 02:23

jerue wrote: ↑
Tuntematon wrote: ↑Itching to try the Futaba switch or is there another reason you wanted it?
on impulse I thought it looked a lot like the Chicony KB-5160...but no the LED window is different. Guess I lucked out of ending up with futabas...!

Lucky indeed! I fell victim to a Futaba board once, sad day.

BlueBox · 21 Jun 2016, 10:57

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX81 ... SwGIRXY-Hr

This has a strange beauty

Emre0172 · 21 Jun 2016, 18:24

So this would be more interesting for the dutch here, and I actually need a bit of help;

I just bought a novatouch from someone for 95EUR, and afterwards I saw these two marktplaats adverts:
http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/computers-e ... e=lr&pos=3

and

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/computers-e ... e=lr&pos=5

Now this is their website, and the novatouch page:
https://www.eindhovenspandjeshuis.nl/pr ... ord-nieuw/

This one is 100EUR, and it's ansi. So I much more prefer this, but I don't know if it's legit. It says on the markplaats link "zo goed als nieuw". But the website looks legit. It even looks like they have a shop.

Could I get some 2 cents of you guys;p

edit; looks like the shop owner was suspected of money laundry and pilferage http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhoven/eigena ... -1.5850618

tentator · 21 Jun 2016, 19:08

Money laundry selling keyboards? :p

E3E · 21 Jun 2016, 20:35

jerue wrote: ↑anyone get this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Packard ... 1886904605

I was about a minute too late

Was hoping this was the SKCL Brown Alps board, but it's clearly not the same model that -can- have brown linear Alps. But hey~

//gainsborough · 22 Jun 2016, 04:00

Tandy 1000 PC keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tandy-1 ... SwepJXaYj1

Anyone know what kind of switches it has?

edit: I think it's fujitsu leaf spring.

elecplus · 22 Jun 2016, 04:37

//gainsborough wrote: ↑Tandy 1000 PC keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tandy-1 ... SwepJXaYj1

Anyone know what kind of switches it has?

I have had those before. XMIT looked at them and decided they were nothing very interesting, but I don't recall exactly what they were.

pyrelink · 22 Jun 2016, 06:57

Univac 1700 : http://www.ebay.com/itm/142032364818

Should be same or very similar to one of HaaTa's

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 10:04

elecplus wrote: ↑
//gainsborough wrote: ↑Tandy 1000 PC keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tandy-1 ... SwepJXaYj1

Anyone know what kind of switches it has?
I have had those before. XMIT looked at them and decided they were nothing very interesting, but I don't recall exactly what they were.

If he said that they might be Fujitsu Peerless; the LED window placement is typical of them. If they were leaf springs I think he wouldn't have said that.

seebart · 22 Jun 2016, 10:38

The keycaps look very Fujitsu leaf spring, peerless never had caps like that. But do I know that for certain? Nope. There is a seller here in Germany that's selling them way overpiced.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TANDY-MODEL-1000 ... SwOVpXVXiw

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 12:04

seebart wrote: ↑The keycaps look very Fujitsu leaf spring, peerless never had caps like that. But do I know that for certain? Nope. There is a seller here in Germany that's selling them way overpiced.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TANDY-MODEL-1000 ... SwOVpXVXiw

No, that's a good point. In fact I'm not sure the square slider would fit inside the tombstone caps Oo .

Still, leaf springs are great. I'd encourage people to try them

. Probably 3rd gen, then?

seebart · 22 Jun 2016, 12:15

Yeah judging from the keycaps those Tandy are Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd gen. But I've never seen one here or elsewhere in a teardown. That same seller has another one for sale slightly cheaper but still too much for my liking, those have been unsold for ages now...let's see how much longer he's willing to wait.

You know the procedure Chyros.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TASTATUR-fur-TRS ... SwwPhWj-dT

gogusrl · 22 Jun 2016, 12:59

Psion : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage- ... 1902651380?

scottc · 22 Jun 2016, 13:19

I'm bidding on the Psion.

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 13:47

seebart wrote: ↑Yeah judging from the keycaps those Tandy are Fujitsu leaf spring 3rd gen. But I've never seen one here or elsewhere in a teardown. That same seller has another one for sale slightly cheaper but still too much for my liking, those have been unsold for ages now...let's see how much longer he's willing to wait. You know the procedure Chyros.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TASTATUR-fur-TRS ... SwwPhWj-dT

Oh yeah, sellers become a lot more pliable if you let them sit on their wares for a while. My Zenith ITW board and last week's Fujitsu are excellent examples

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XMIT · 22 Jun 2016, 15:08

Chyros wrote: ↑
elecplus wrote: ↑
//gainsborough wrote: ↑Tandy 1000 PC keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tandy-1 ... SwepJXaYj1

Anyone know what kind of switches it has?
I have had those before. XMIT looked at them and decided they were nothing very interesting, but I don't recall exactly what they were.
If he said that they might be Fujitsu Peerless; the LED window placement is typical of them. If they were leaf springs I think he wouldn't have said that.

Fujitsu Leaf Spring, linear. These did not work with a Soarer's Converter. I had a whole bunch of them that went unsold and went back to the recycler.

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 15:58

XMIT wrote: ↑Fujitsu Leaf Spring, linear. These did not work with a Soarer's Converter. I had a whole bunch of them that went unsold and went back to the recycler.

Aww, that's a real shame D: . I guess it's hard to make FJS boards talk to a modern computer. They're such nice switches (and caps!) though...

You didn't have any 1st-gen ones, right?

UnFocused · 22 Jun 2016, 15:58

I think this certainly wins at being a mechanical keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Autoperf-S ... 2015365419

fohat · 22 Jun 2016, 16:00

UnFocused wrote: ↑I think this certainly wins at being a mechanical keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Autoperf-S ... 2015365419

$28 shipped he will get killed. That is $40+ postage if not a lot more.

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 16:15

fohat wrote: ↑
UnFocused wrote: ↑I think this certainly wins at being a mechanical keyboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Autoperf-S ... 2015365419
$28 shipped he will get killed. That is $40+ postage if not a lot more.

Seems like he agrees, it's now $200 xD . Really wonder what switches that has!

tentator · 22 Jun 2016, 16:50

Those switches look to me much more like those of an ibm selectric than computer compatible ones

XMIT · 22 Jun 2016, 17:40

Chyros wrote: ↑
XMIT wrote: ↑Fujitsu Leaf Spring, linear. These did not work with a Soarer's Converter. I had a whole bunch of them that went unsold and went back to the recycler.
Aww, that's a real shame D: . I guess it's hard to make FJS boards talk to a modern computer. They're such nice switches (and caps!) though...

You didn't have any 1st-gen ones, right?

I *might* have something in the shed. If I find one there it's yours for the cost of shipping. I had a whole bunch of these:

I really, seriously, need to re-inventory my collection.

seebart · 22 Jun 2016, 17:42

That's it I knew those Tandy's were Fujitsu leaf spring, thanks XMIT.

XMIT · 22 Jun 2016, 17:52

seebart wrote: ↑That's it I knew those Tandy's were Fujitsu leaf spring, thanks XMIT.

Sure, glad to help.

Maybe the link to my April 2015 inventory was lost. Here it is again:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... zSi4S7ypc/

About 70% of the random boards that come up here, pop up in that spreadsheet. This is my inventory as of about a year ago. Since then, inventory has changed so much (sales, recycles, parts donors, etc.) that it is no longer current. Perhaps it is still a good resource for anyone trying to identify keyboards.

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 18:21

XMIT wrote: ↑I *might* have something in the shed. If I find one there it's yours for the cost of shipping.

Awesome, I'd gladly take you up on that

. Ever since I found those two N860s my respect for Fujitsu has increased immensely! And a 1st-gen FLS video would complement the other two really well, I think.

jerue · 22 Jun 2016, 18:26

should be blue alps, I think:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Samsung ... 2494090255

Chyros · 22 Jun 2016, 18:40

jerue wrote: ↑should be blue alps, I think:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Samsung ... 2494090255

It's a 5161, but why do you think blue Alps? Oo These could come with possibly more different types of switches than any other board known to man xD .

jerue · 22 Jun 2016, 18:54

Chyros wrote: ↑
jerue wrote: ↑should be blue alps, I think:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Samsung ... 2494090255
It's a 5161, but why do you think blue Alps? Oo These could come with possibly more different types of switches than any other board known to man xD .

The only Samsung 5161's I've seen are with blue alps. Hopefully not white alps, esp. at $140!