Great/Interesting Finds

Wodan · 07 Nov 2016, 13:58

Nuum wrote: ↑Be careful, this SAD is a G83: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-Tastatur- ... 2320370093

G83 SAD = #1 Trollcaps

BinaryHalibut · 07 Nov 2016, 15:43

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Greysto ... 1840881467

If someone wants one of these troll boards

snuci · 07 Nov 2016, 17:02

If anyone bought this Industrial PC on eBay for the keyboard and doesn't necessarily want the industrial PC, please PM me as I would like the Industrial PC.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302121749017

I missed the auction and this was a great find.

photekq · 07 Nov 2016, 17:22

snuci wrote: ↑If anyone bought this Industrial PC on eBay for the keyboard and doesn't necessarily want the industrial PC, please PM me as I would like the Industrial PC.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302121749017

I missed the auction and this was a great find.

Wow. Incredible deal.

ohaimark · 07 Nov 2016, 17:23

I'm fairly certain that I tore one of those apart for its components while working at an out of warranty server maintenance company...

Techno Trousers · 07 Nov 2016, 18:44

Holy smokes. I would have loved to turn that industrial PC and keyboard into a modern PC and MF keyboard!!

BinaryHalibut · 08 Nov 2016, 04:05

Commence m13 bidding wars

It never fails to amaze me how much these go for....

Techno Trousers · 08 Nov 2016, 04:10

^M15, actually. I don't find them that desirable myself, but they are certainly pretty rare as compared to other model Ms

hypkx · 08 Nov 2016, 16:53

why the hell bid people on this (its a rubberdome)? http://www.ebay.de/itm/MITSUMI-Tastatur ... 2248674980

seebart · 08 Nov 2016, 17:02

hypkx wrote: ↑why the hell bid people on this (its a rubberdome)? http://www.ebay.de/itm/MITSUMI-Tastatur ... 2248674980

Believe it or not hypkx some people actually like these keyboards...

wiki/Commodore_KPQ-E99YC

Chyros · 08 Nov 2016, 17:43

seebart wrote: ↑
hypkx wrote: ↑why the hell bid people on this (its a rubberdome)? http://www.ebay.de/itm/MITSUMI-Tastatur ... 2248674980
Believe it or not hypkx some people actually like these keyboards...

wiki/Commodore_KPQ-E99YC

They're fairly decent, but they're so common it can't be hard to find a few in the wild xD .

BinaryHalibut · 08 Nov 2016, 17:55

Techno Trousers wrote: ↑^M15, actually. I don't find them that desirable myself, but they are certainly pretty rare as compared to other model Ms

Whups, got the two "rare model m" variants confused. It even says it in the Ebay listing

ohaimark · 08 Nov 2016, 19:41

Repost from GH: magnificently large Pace Alps ergo board

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pace-Developmen ... 2137241848

Ghost963 · 08 Nov 2016, 20:54

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Tastatur-0 ... true&rt=nc

Fuuuuuuuuu Came home little too late.

Norman_ · 08 Nov 2016, 21:32

Ghost963 wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Tastatur-0 ... true&rt=nc

Fuuuuuuuuu Came home little too late.

Check out how shiny those alphas are, dang.

Tuntematon · 08 Nov 2016, 23:27

Ghost963 wrote: ↑http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Tastatur-0 ... true&rt=nc

Fuuuuuuuuu Came home little too late.

I dunno, even at that price I would probably pass. It's a nasty one!

gnmar2723 · 09 Nov 2016, 03:48

Anyone know if this French WYSE board is worth anything? Looks really good, no yellowing or shine to it whatsoever. Interested in for them vintage blacks and I think it is from the 80's but I'm not sure because I couldn't find it on the wiki.

ohaimark · 09 Nov 2016, 03:55

$30 is a fair price for a Wyse in that condition, I think.

Orpheo · 09 Nov 2016, 11:08

I like those keycaps. But it is ISO belgian not ISO french by the way.

gnmar2723 · 09 Nov 2016, 23:35

I think I'm going to go for it. It's quite unique and in great condition.

Techno Trousers · 10 Nov 2016, 00:59

Orpheo wrote: ↑I like those keycaps. But it is ISO belgian not ISO french by the way.

"I'm not a Frenchie, I'm a Belgie!"

Spoiler:

gnmar2723 · 10 Nov 2016, 07:35

Orpheo wrote: ↑I like those keycaps. But it is ISO belgian not ISO french by the way.

How can you tell? I did a little bit of reading but they are so similar I had a hard time finding what exactly sets French and Belgian layouts apart.

Wodan · 10 Nov 2016, 08:04

gnmar2723 wrote: ↑ How can you tell? I did a little bit of reading but they are so similar I had a hard time finding what exactly sets French and Belgian layouts apart.

Searching for "Belgian keyboard layout" and picking the FIRST hit I found this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY#Di ... Y_keyboard

Seriously ...

alh84001 · 10 Nov 2016, 09:06

I know Belgians can be pretty, let's say stubborn, with their language, so can anyone confirm a silly hypothesis of mine - I expect that in Bruxelles, in public libraries let's say, they have either two keyboards per workstation or they have designated Flemish and Walloon workstations.

dede4metal · 10 Nov 2016, 09:42

In Switzerland we just have one layout. Although a lot of my friends from the Freanch speaking part just by French layout and similarly for Ticino.

kbdfr · 10 Nov 2016, 10:38

alh84001 wrote: ↑I know Belgians can be pretty, let's say stubborn, with their language, so can anyone confirm a silly hypothesis of mine - I expect that in Bruxelles, in public libraries let's say, they have either two keyboards per workstation or they have designated Flemish and Walloon workstations.

I wonder why this (in case it is so) would be considered anything else than normal.
After all, there's a reason why there are different keyboard layouts depending on the language.
And I see nothing stubborn in wanting to use the layout best adapted to one's needs.

seebart · 10 Nov 2016, 10:38

dede4metal wrote: ↑In Switzerland we just have one layout. Although a lot of my friends from the Freanch speaking part just by French layout and similarly for Ticino.

That's what this is for:

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alh84001 · 10 Nov 2016, 12:29

kbdfr wrote: ↑And I see nothing stubborn in wanting to use the layout best adapted to one's needs.

Either you misunderstood me, or my message came out wrong. I certainly didn't mean to imply that there's something illogical or wrong in it. In fact it quite logical and rational. When I'm switching between ANSI and ISO-HR layouts it can be annoying as fuck, and they are, I think, more similar.

However, it is not "normal" in a sense that most other countries, communities, what-have-you, don't have a need for this. Bruxelles is pedantically bilingual, and it's interesting to see how that affects, among other things, such mundane things as keyboard use in public and especially government institutions. The "stubborn" remark has been applied to Belgian politics as a whole, and not this particular issue.

Orpheo · 10 Nov 2016, 14:42

gnmar2723 wrote: ↑
Orpheo wrote: ↑I like those keycaps. But it is ISO belgian not ISO french by the way.
How can you tell? I did a little bit of reading but they are so similar I had a hard time finding what exactly sets French and Belgian layouts apart.

Most obvious and annoying differences are the += on the 1st row is Belgium 4th row and 0@ is 2@.
But frankly if you have those two all other differences are already memorized by users!

kbdfr · 10 Nov 2016, 14:55

alh84001 wrote: ↑[…] Bruxelles is pedantically bilingual […]

Again, I see nothing "pedantic" in people wanting to use their own language.
Or what would you suggest? Giving up French for Dutch, or rather Dutch for French?