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Final round:
It's time to choose this year's winner. Please vote to determine the best relic or discovery of 2016.
See the first and second round for reference. Congratulations to all participants.
The final round ends on Saturday 10 December, 20:00 UTC. You can change your vote until the end of the round.
The full results will be published at the end of the awards.
Official nominees:
photekq for the mint condition Cherry G81-3100SAV
After a 3 years hunt photekq finally found his endgame keyboard: a mint condition Cherry G81-3100SAV. He is understandably happy about it and you can find more pictures about his discovery in the official thread.
emdude for three IBM 3277 keyboards
After seeing a Craigslist find on the /r/mechanicalkeyboards emdude tried his luck on a local classified website and he couldn't believe his own eyes: not one, not two, but three IBM 3277 Display Terminals with accompanying Beam Spring keyboards. Of course he didn't waste time and grabbed the whole lot!
HaaTa's Topre 39-AA-0101
Haata made it again! He is own relentless relic finder and this time he found an OEM 45g uniform Hi-Pro Topre keyboard straight from 1991. After a long cleaning session this is how it looks in all its splendor.
snuci for the Bendix keyboard from NASA
snuci's find dated 1974 is really a relic! This is a Bendix keyboard/control panel that was originally purchased from a surplus auction at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. If it looks like something coming from NASA, that's because it is! More pictures here.
snuci for the Canon Cat
Second entry for our formidable snuci! This time it is a Canon Cat an advanced typewriter developed by no less than Jef Raskin, one of the fathers of the Macintosh era in the 70s.
