Great/Interesting Finds

[Drclick]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEY-TEC-Model-M ... Swi0RXxiDj
WEY keyboard with Cyrillic keycaps

[jerue]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEY-TEC-Model-M ... Swi0RXxiDj
WEY keyboard with Cyrillic keycaps

very interesting...have not seen that before! kind of looks lasered in.

[ohaimark]

A pair of keyboards from the very first Wyse terminal, the 100 (case design ripped off from the 4704 IBMs):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-2-VINTAG ... 2064495107

NEC APC-H25:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/142110629601

[BinaryHalibut]

Wow. I can barely find anything about that Wyse board online. The brochure says that it's "low profile" though (lol)

[seebart]

Hmm that NEC APC-H25. If that was closer to me...

[dokyun]

QUIMAX System KM-5170 (likely ITW magnetic valve)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-QUIMAX- ... Expedited-
Shipping-/262578460355

[Chyros]

Anyone know what switches are in the NEC?

[seebart]

Anyone know what switches are in the NEC?

Nope, I've never even seen one like that. Just from the pic you know it's older than the NEC APC-H412 or any of the others we have here:

wiki/Category:NEC_keyboards

And I bet it's got one of these:

wiki/Category:NEC_switches

[Hypersphere]

Here's a link to a pic of a switch in that NEC:

http://i.imgur.com/0FxfSj0.jpg

[seebart]

Ahh thanks that looks somewhat like NEC vintage linear:

wiki/NEC_vintage_linear

[ohaimark]

I did laugh at its upside down right shift key.

[//gainsborough]

Some kind of samsung board. I don't even know if it's mechanical though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/232076870185

[uncletobai]

https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und ... 172178657/
https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und ... 170227703/

[lot_lizard]

Certainly interesting... https://www.ebay.com/itm/142114172972

I reached out to him because I was curious if it was some sticker veneer, etc. Turns out it is hand painted by his sister, and he sent me some better images back.

Spoiler:

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[E TwentyNine]

That's awesome. I had an idea a while back about getting wood veneers and gluing them onto an M case, ended up just painting it.

[Chyros]

Very 70s xD .

A wood case would actually be pretty cool .

[balotz]

Probably 'round' SMK switches on this. Similar to 'monterey blues'.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-LASER ... fresh=true

Probably clicky space invader:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MEMOR ... 1929847009

[Hypersphere]

Anyone ever heard of this Prism keyboard? It has white Alps.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prism-Mechanica ... SwknJX1fvu

[LewisR]

Very 70s xD .

A wood case would actually be pretty cool .

I think a custom wood case on Ellipse's Model Fs would be very nice.

[Chyros]

Very 70s xD .

A wood case would actually be pretty cool .

I think a custom wood case on Ellipse's Model Fs would be very nice.

Too small, I'd say. If you're going to go wood, you've got to sport a keyboard to match it. At least an M, preferably a battleship .

[fohat]

I was seriously considering making a wooden Model F top shell, since "everything" is in the bottom pan and the top literally is just a shell, but I have been using mine "naked" for so long I really like it that way. Part of the problem with wood is that it needs some thickness so as to not have weak points, and that adds bulk.

Now, when I get the time and energy, I am going to do a steampunk version with the body of the keyboard still naked.

[gogusrl]

I got a wooden case from Swedx but I can't find a pcb that will fit (well, I did actually but it's a winkeyless pcb in a winkeyed case so it looks like shit).

Spoiler:

[//gainsborough]

zkb-2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142115902182

and kbd17
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142116592355

I asked the seller about the color of the switches and he/she described them as "pale green" but also "off-white"

[Hypersphere]

Probably 'round' SMK switches on this. Similar to 'monterey blues'.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-LASER ... fresh=true

Probably clicky space invader:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MEMOR ... 1929847009

What kind of keycaps and printing on that Laser keyboard?

[fohat]

What kind of keycaps and printing on that Laser keyboard?

Mine is boxed up in deep storage, but I seem to remember thin ABS doubleshots. Don't quote me on that.

[Chyros]

zkb-2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142115902182

and kbd17
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142116592355

I asked the seller about the color of the switches and he/she described them as "pale green" but also "off-white"

The second one should be yellow for sure. The first I would also have thought to be yelow tbh, but if he says green...

[seebart]

zkb-2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142115902182

and kbd17
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142116592355

The first I would also have thought to be yelow tbh, but if he says green...

As we can see not necessarily, both Alps SKCL Green and Alps SKCL Yellow versions exist:

wiki/Zenith_ZKB-2

[//gainsborough]

The second one should be yellow for sure. The first I would also have thought to be yelow tbh, but if he says green...

the seller confusingly used both "pale green" and "off white" to describe the switches of both keyboards. I think they have the same color switch.

[Hypersphere]

On the two Zeniths, the first (zkb-2) seems to have more shine on the caps than the second (kbd17).

The layout is actually not that bad, despite the Return/Enter key. As a HHKB remapper, I can make use of that extra-wide Right Bracket as a Backspace, and of course the Backslash to the right of Right Shift is perfect as a Fn key.

What is it like typing on yellow Alps? Slightly heavier than greens?

[//gainsborough]

What is it like typing on yellow Alps? Slightly heavier than greens?

In my opinion, that's exactly what they feel like.