Great/Interesting Finds

[gogusrl]

O.o super interesting. I don't see that variant in the wiki.

[Wodan]

O.o super interesting. I don't see that variant in the wiki.

It's a variant of Cherry M8 switches

wiki/Cherry_M8

Check the article number M8xxx

But this dual throw variant seems to be indeed missing

[Nuum]

I actually have some of those around, I bought them from the same seller about a year ago. I can add them to the wiki, when I finally get to take photos of them.
They are slighty tactile, like Cherry MX browns, and much heavier than the normal clear version. The mount seems to be kinda useless, nothing I have around as a keycap fits on there. You can put a normal MX keycap on it, but it sits off-center and is super wobbly because of the mount being so shallow.

[mike52787]

Here's a "Vintage IBM Model F 6110347"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/192076873560

*inaccuracy intensifies*

Saw this on my followed searches, lets hope noone bids thinking that they will get a f122.

[Hak Foo]

Pizza, anyone?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PIZZA-K ... 2356168211

If it weren''t overpriced, I'd wonder if '6511' is a reference to the Acer 6511 dome-over-slider boards, which have ALPS-compatible caps. I could see paying $1 for the novelty cap, but that's abut it.

[y11971alex]

Many forum websites have a limit of 500 pages of any one thread. Does that apply to DT?

[seebart]

Many forum websites have a limit of 500 pages of any one thread. Does that apply to DT?

I don't think so...

[emdude]

LexisNexis-branded G80-1000 HCU: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lexis-N ... 2421922238

(Already sold, and went quick! Does anyone know what the C stands for? It is not in the wiki.)

KeyTrack-branded trackball Focus FK-???? keyboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Key-Tra ... 2421924224

Lite-On SK-8831: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lite-On ... 2390754262

[fohat]

Many forum websites have a limit of 500 pages of any one thread. Does that apply to DT?

I wish the limit was about 50.

No problem for me with endless discussions, but TL;DR for anyone who is new and doesn't have dozens of hours to start at the beginning.

[y11971alex]

But this isn't really a discussion thread.

[tentator]

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(rotfl!!!)

[ohaimark]

Supposedly made by Focus:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Key-Tra ... 2421924224

[Harshmallow]

So I just won a Focus FK-5001 for $10.50 lol. I had no intention of buying this when I put it on my watch list, but I got a reminder today and thought to myself - why is no one bidding? I was actually hoping someone would bid so that I would have an excuse to just move on, but nope...my hand was forced by the low price! It's such a beautiful keyboard, with so many keys, white alps, and the calculator with a lock switch. Hope it still works.

I think it's in decent condition, but I have no idea how yellow it might be due to the absolutely terrible lighting and quality of the photos.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Focus-Electroni ... true&rt=nc

[Menuhin]

$10! It's just the shipping for most keyboard purchase.

Should be Zenith's later keyboard?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/172450445353

[mike52787]

$10! It's just the shipping for most keyboard purchase.

Should be Zenith's later keyboard?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/172450445353

rubberdomes

[Harshmallow]

$10! It's just the shipping for most keyboard purchase.

Should be Zenith's later keyboard?
http://www.ebay.de/itm/172450445353

Indeed, the shipping to Canada always sucks - but at least this seller is subscribed to the global shipping program, which brought that cost down to $30, when it would have likely been $50-60 with the USPS Priority International that a lot of sellers like to pick.

So $40 bucks all in is still a good deal for this board in my books

[Menuhin]

Well, not for sale, but a substantial collection of vintage computers and keyboard related items in Czech.

http://www.kompjutry.cz/
(just click the menu on the left)

[atrere]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/152397545900

Someday, I'll be able to afford one.

[Menuhin]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/152397545900

Someday, I'll be able to afford one.

It can be destiny, you may instead be paid to move one away.

[seebart]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/152397545900

Someday, I'll be able to afford one.

That's quite overpriced regardless of the "Amazing Condition". Of all the Beamsprings the 5251 is the least rare IMO, we had quite a few pop up last year in Germany for some reason. z3ta's Displaywriter is much cheaper and at least as nice! I sold one to hypkx for much less but it was in less that great shape before hypkx did his magic:

photos-f62/beamspring-refurb-ibm-5251-b ... beamspring

[XMIT]

Spamming a bit, but, USB converted IBM Model M15s don't come up too often!

for-sale-f55/ibm-model-m15-13h6689-ergo ... 15649.html

[atrere]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/152397545900

Someday, I'll be able to afford one.

That's quite overpriced regardless of the "Amazing Condition". Of all the Beamsprings the 5251 is the least rare IMO, we had quite a few pop up last year in Germany for some reason. z3ta's Displaywriter is much cheaper and at least as nice! I sold one to hypkx for much less but it was in less that great shape before hypkx did his magic:

photos-f62/beamspring-refurb-ibm-5251-b ... beamspring

What's a reasonable price on one of those? eBay always seems to have absurd prices on beam springs. My dream is to find a https://c.mobilegeeks.de/wp-content/upl ... 00x627.jpg Series/1 beam spring, but it'd be great to find an affordable 3278 or 5251.

[seebart]

What's a reasonable price on one of those? eBay always seems to have absurd prices on beam springs. My dream is to find a https://c.mobilegeeks.de/wp-content/upl ... 00x627.jpg Series/1 beam spring, but it'd be great to find an affordable 3278 or 5251.

If a series 1 Beamspring ever shows up that will be quite expensive since those are really rare, I've never seen one for sale. For a 5251 in good condition I'd say 180-230. Remember that a Beamspring may look great from the outside and be totally rusty and rotten on the inside, I've seen cases like that. Any Beamspring has a lot more internal assembly than your average AT/XT keyboard, fixing one up is serious work. That's why z3ta's impressed me, it looks really clean on the inside too, at least from what I can see.

Spamming a bit, but, USB converted IBM Model M15s don't come up too often!

for-sale-f55/ibm-model-m15-13h6689-ergo ... 15649.html

Impressive XMIT, GLWS!

[ramnes]

Should have vintage MX blacks:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-QUME-64-/222374910295?

From the same seller, no need to describe:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Nixdorf ... 2376780910
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Cherry-110/222376779311

[Wodan]

Should have vintage MX blacks:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-QUME-64-/222374910295?

Got one of them, slider over membrane or something like that...

[kbdfr]

[…] no need to describe:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-Nixdorf ... 2376780910 […]

Doesn't have "nixies", just plain MX blacks.

[ramnes]

Should have vintage MX blacks:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-QUME-64-/222374910295?

Got one of them, slider over membrane or something like that...

That model, precisely? I had a QUME keyboard very similar to this one from what I remember, with nice MX blacks.

[Wodan]

Not the exact same model but from the same seller with almost identical legends.

[lot_lizard]

If you were looking for something to spend that bonus money on. Love those triple shots

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-IB ... 481677067?

[scottc]

They had one of these in the computer room in my college! It felt like crap to type on (half of the mechanism was missing, so it didn't really move much), but the caps were absolutely marvellous. I have some tripleshot J/4 caps from a board like that sitting in storage, if anyone wants one I'm more than happy to share them the next time I go back to visit.