Great/Interesting Finds

balotz · 29 Jun 2016, 11:38

Futaba clicky, NIB

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-SEJIN-ELE ... SwjXRXcWd6

//gainsborough · 29 Jun 2016, 19:50

This might have been posted already. No idea what it even is.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-George- ... SwwpdW37z8

Blaise170 · 29 Jun 2016, 20:46

//gainsborough wrote: ↑This might have been posted already. No idea what it even is.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-George- ... SwwpdW37z8

Seen it before somewhere but not recently I don't think. It looks like wiki/Futaba_simplified_linear based on the round shape and parallel pins.

UnFocused · 30 Jun 2016, 04:23

Blaise170 wrote: ↑
//gainsborough wrote: ↑This might have been posted already. No idea what it even is.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-George- ... SwwpdW37z8
Seen it before somewhere but not recently I don't think. It looks like wiki/Futaba_simplified_linear based on the round shape and parallel pins.

I sold a similar George Risk keyboard a few months ago and the switches look the same. I didn't like the way the switches felt, but the keycaps are glorious. Here's the one I sold: http://imgur.com/a/Mzr3w

ohaimark · 30 Jun 2016, 04:26

New-in-bag Blue Alps, and those doubleshots might be thick ones (not sure):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182182795964

Likely foam and foil, but BIG:
http://www.ebay.com/172258329564

Grey Alps clone with pad printed Cyrillic legends:
http://www.ebay.com//331895291713?hash= ... Swvg9Xc~yn

alh84001 · 30 Jun 2016, 10:57

Cheap ANSI Unicomp in Slovenia
http://www.bolha.com/racunalnistvo/tipk ... 55981.html

fohat · 30 Jun 2016, 13:47

alh84001 wrote: ↑Cheap ANSI Unicomp in Slovenia
http://www.bolha.com/racunalnistvo/tipk ... 55981.html

That is the "old" layout with the better bottom row.

Good price.

andrewjoy · 30 Jun 2016, 15:07

fohat wrote: ↑
alh84001 wrote: ↑Cheap ANSI Unicomp in Slovenia
http://www.bolha.com/racunalnistvo/tipk ... 55981.html
That is the "old" layout with the better bottom row.

Good price.

You mean the crap bottom row ? New one is way better

jerue · 30 Jun 2016, 15:15

ohaimark wrote: ↑New-in-bag Blue Alps, and those doubleshots might be thick ones (not sure):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182182795964

I complained about this seller a few pages back...bought for a fraction of the price, cancelled on me, then relisted for $300...glad to see prices are going down though. Don't recommend dealing with that ebayer.. old shite!

romevi · 30 Jun 2016, 15:44

andrewjoy wrote:
fohat wrote: ↑
alh84001 wrote: ↑Cheap ANSI Unicomp in Slovenia
http://www.bolha.com/racunalnistvo/tipk ... 55981.html
That is the "old" layout with the better bottom row.

Good price.

You mean the crap bottom row ? New one is way better

I prefer the new one too. Standard cap sizes on bottom row.

tentator · 30 Jun 2016, 16:03

uhm.. what's the difference?

andrewjoy · 30 Jun 2016, 16:11

The old one has a stupid small modern spacebar with large windows and menu keys , this is common for all keyboards post windows 95.

Unicomp did what everyone should have done from the start and put a 1x1 windows key between left Ctl and alt and a 1x1 menu key between the right alt and ctl without altering the spacebar size

it only took 20 years for people to realise how stupid that was , good job unicomp

E3E · 30 Jun 2016, 16:51

ohaimark wrote: ↑New-in-bag Blue Alps, and those doubleshots might be thick ones (not sure):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182182795964

They certainly aren't using Cherry legends. Monterey's profile always reminded me of Cherry but with a blocky font. I'm thinking this might be the same.

These might be thick but it'd be a gamble, especially for that price.

tentator · 30 Jun 2016, 16:56

andrewjoy wrote: ↑The old one has a stupid small modern spacebar with large windows and menu keys , this is common for all keyboards post windows 95.

Unicomp did what everyone should have done from the start and put a 1x1 windows key between left Ctl and alt and a 1x1 menu key between the right alt and ctl without altering the spacebar size

it only took 20 years for people to realise how stupid that was , good job unicomp

You mean like on kishsavers?

But on the picture of that Slovenian model m up there I do not se 1u win and menu keys or do I see that wrong?

alh84001 · 30 Jun 2016, 17:07

andrewjoy wrote: ↑ You mean the crap bottom row ? New one is way better

New one which is actually more similar to the original one

. And I agree, I prefer it to the one being sold.

tentator wrote: ↑But on the picture of that Slovenian model m up there I do not se 1u win and menu keys or do I see that wrong?

The original IBM has 1.5U Ctrl and Alt keys, and empty space for 1U key between them.
Unicomp old style (as seen in the listing) has 1.25U Ctrl, Alt, Menu and Win and shorter spacebar.
Unicomp later decided to go back to the original IBM layout and just put a 1U key between Ctrl and Alt (win on left, menu on right). They also have offer this layout with a shorter space bar and 1.25U win key on the right.

(refer to http://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/graphics/ ... -25-13.pdf; maybe some sizes are wrong, but I think that is it in essence)

andrewjoy · 30 Jun 2016, 17:23

tentator wrote: ↑
You mean like on kishsavers?

Kind of yes , think of it as an original model M with the 1x1 filled in between them

See my ansi converted F122 as an example

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN ... dyckE2alFR

tentator · 30 Jun 2016, 21:10

Wow!!! That looks great but how did you make those buttons actually work?? Dint tell me there's a f122 pcb with winkeys around??? But I never saw such a model m. I've an Unicomp Std model m and has normal winkeys (old ultraclassic 104 as per above pdf) and I'm waiting for a FEXT

Nuum · 30 Jun 2016, 21:19

If you look closely you can see that andrew just put the caps onto the winkeyless tabs for illustrative purposes. They don't actually work.

tentator · 30 Jun 2016, 21:44

Ahahah so true!
You know when you dream a thing so much that you could easily see it for real?

But to be honest this amazing forum also is making me believe because there are so many ideas and DIYer's that it's so close!

jerue · 30 Jun 2016, 22:27

Blaise's board just went for a little more, so I suspect this Leading Edge will be gone soon: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-Le ... 2292273893

Blaise170 · 30 Jun 2016, 22:51

Speaking of which, if you can't pay for your damn auction don't bid on something. Buyer asked if he could get a few days to pay... Well no, I'll be about 1000 miles away in a few days. That's why I'm selling it.

fohat · 30 Jun 2016, 22:53

Blaise170 wrote: ↑
Buyer asked if he could get a few days to pay... Well no,

One of the reasons that I almost always sell "Buy-it-Now"

Blaise170 · 30 Jun 2016, 23:13

I usually prefer BIN but I can't afford to have stuff sitting around right now since I'm moving again.

ohaimark · 01 Jul 2016, 00:59

Siemens with ML switches? I could be wrong:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIEMENS-KEYBOAR ... 1910065435

If you want some stepped Model M caps:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-VINTAGE-122 ... 2443552496
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-122 ... 1687977107

NEC Blue Ovals:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-APC-H412-Me ... 2444643721

alh84001 · 01 Jul 2016, 01:11

I want those caps, but not the whole board

And that's a really nice F-like case on them as well.

fohat · 01 Jul 2016, 02:07

ohaimark wrote: ↑ If you want some stepped Model M caps:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-VINTAGE-122 ... 2443552496
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-122 ... 1687977107

The "77107" specimen has the nicest metal 240-degree DIN cable end I have ever seen!

E3E · 01 Jul 2016, 05:22

Blaise170 wrote: ↑Speaking of which, if you can't pay for your damn auction don't bid on something. Buyer asked if he could get a few days to pay... Well no, I'll be about 1000 miles away in a few days. That's why I'm selling it.

I was so pissed off when a certain member of a certain forum won my Monterey K101 for $220 and said "I didn't expect to win" and told me he planned on buying another board instead.

Get the hell out of here, that's not how you bid on items, dude. You do not bid unless you can (or intend to) pay for that item.

Blaise170 · 01 Jul 2016, 05:25

I'm usually pretty lenient with auctions and I don't mind giving a couple of days (I've asked sellers before myself) but I literally cannot wait any amount of time.

Edit: Wait wait wait. Excuse me?

Khronokrator · 01 Jul 2016, 07:00

E3E wrote: ↑I was so pissed off when a certain member of a certain forum won my Monterey K101 for $220 and said "I didn't expect to win" and told me he planned on buying another board instead.

Get the hell out of here, that's not how you bid on items, dude. You do not bid unless you can (or intend to) pay for that item.

You have bad luck with eBayers, it seems, E3E.

Did you ever sell that Monetery board?

And Blaise, seriously, it's pretty bad form for a buyer to ask for 'a few days' to pay for an item--heck, it's something they warn you about in anti-scammer videos. You're pretty much completely in the right, and sorry you've had to deal with that.

fohat · 01 Jul 2016, 15:25

Blaise170 wrote: ↑
I'm usually pretty lenient with auctions and I don't mind giving a couple of days (I've asked sellers before myself) but I literally cannot wait any amount of time.

I have asked for extensions, too, but the nature of actual auctions is different from straight sales.

The longer I sell on ebay, the more I stick to "Buy-it-Now / Immediate Payment Required" so that even if I am starting high and dropping periodically, I know that when it is done, it is done.