Great/Interesting Finds

[pixelheresy]

Found a local seller that has a ton of keyboard's stashed in an old school. Possible beam spring cache

Do let us know! That would be awesome to bring those out of hiding and into the hands of the few [insane] people who love them!

[hypkx]

Any small beamspring would be appreciated .

[Harshmallow]

Ahem - ANY beamspring would be appreciated here

[hypkx]

Ahem - ANY beamspring would be appreciated here

I meant for me . Of course we have to save any mechanical keyboard .

[JP!]

Ahem - ANY beamspring would be appreciated here

I meant for me . Of course we have to save any mechanical keyboard .

I will certainly keep you guys in mind. I placed a wanted ad with pictures of what I was looking for. That is how I found my beam spring desk. Seller claims to have 6 keyboards like what I had posted plus a bunch of other keyboards and electronics. Regardless, I doubt I will leave empty handed even if they are not beam springs. Once I get out of work in a few hours the fun will begin

[Engicoder]

Good luck JP! I'll be in line for a beamspring with everyone else, but also interested to see what else there is.

[Slom]

I would take any Hall Effect boards

[JP!]

I would take any Hall Effect boards

I've never owned a Hall Effect board before. That would be neat.

[Ghost963]

Interesting board.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-ELMA-14 ... SwOMdZUm9D

[JP!]

Neat looking old keyboard. Anyone know what kind of switches these are? Seller added pictures with a key removed. Keytronics foam and foil?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/232036569121?ul_noapp=true

[Slom]

That's foam and foil, I'd say.

[seebart]

Interesting board.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-ELMA-14 ... SwOMdZUm9D

Beware of that seller, I've had my dealings with him, he likes to take his time and usually only ships after ebay warnings and his packaging is an adventure in a bad way.

That's foam and foil, I'd say.

That's right, too expensive but nice. Those keycaps look exactly like the sphericals on my old Key Tronic:

keyboards-f2/key-tronic-corp-serial-no- ... y%20tronic

[hypkx]

I had the same experience like Seebart, I bought a keyboard from him and the switches was scratchy as fuck (advertised as good condition), but that is subjective. Something that isn't subjective is that the spacebar stabilizer wire was missing and that is clearly not a good condition.

[MrDuul]

WTB IBM 3277 Beamspring. pm for cash.

[wobbled]

WTB IBM 3277 Beamspring. pm for cash.

Wrong thread.

[MrDuul]

WTB IBM 3277 Beamspring. pm for cash.

Wrong thread.

Bumped my thread. Got it man. Gotcha.

[Wingklip]

Found a local seller that has a ton of keyboard's stashed in an old school. Possible beam spring cache

HIT US UP YO

[Techno Trousers]

Any small beamspring would be appreciated .

I'll take any large beamspring!

[valentino0429]

Hello, first time posting here, anyone knows if this keyboard is worth cleaning and fixing? Should I even bother?
The pins are bent.

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/evsOs

[//gainsborough]

Hello, first time posting here, anyone knows if this keyboard is worth cleaning and fixing? Should I even bother?
The pins are bent.

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/evsOs

Looks like a rubber dome keyboard. Not worth it, mang.

[Chyros]

Hello, first time posting here, anyone knows if this keyboard is worth cleaning and fixing? Should I even bother?
The pins are bent.

Pictures: http://imgur.com/a/evsOs

Looks like a rubber dome keyboard. Not worth it, mang.

It's key tronic OEM as I recall. Regardless, it's definitely rubber dome.

[consolation]

Ergodex DX1, a rather unique ergonomic... http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/peri ... 442267.htm 50$NZ is about 35US,

[arkanoid]

Model M SSK engineering model
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibm-Keyboard/253017496672

looks like earlier than previously known engineering models.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79472.0

[emdude]

Nice catch WRT the number! Shame about the missing label though.

I've been fascinated by the 1390359 for a while now. There was one on eBay two or three months ago that I was thinking about getting, but I ended up passing on it.

[//gainsborough]

"Model M Beamspring" Hahahaha

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182646446285/

[Techno Trousers]

"Model M Beamspring" Hahahaha

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182646446285/

That one will be a good test to see whether these $800 sales are an aberration or really what they're worth now.

[seebart]

"Model M Beamspring" Hahahaha

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182646446285/

That one will be a good test to see whether these $800 sales are an aberration or really what they're worth now.

$800 for any 5251 would be to much anyway. It would have to be in very good condition and we never can tell with these. Brilliant sales description though, that 5251 is probably not even from the 1970's either.

[ekeppel]

that 5251 is probably not even from the 1970's either.

Since we're talking Beamsprings, does anyone know how these can be accurately dated? The sticker found on the bottom (if not missing as this one is) appears to give the date code starting with the two digit year. The second group of numbers I would assume to be the week, leaving the third for up to 999 units in a week perhaps.

I have one with a bottom date code starting 76xxxxxxx, yet the top case is stamped 1982 inside, along with a second stamp from Polytech Coatings, which I assume to be the name of the company that applied the finish to the case itself. Seems that either I am decoding the date incorrectly or mine was sent to Polytech for finish work some years after it was made.

Anyone care to weigh in on this?

Edit: On closer inspection, the one in the auction looks to have a stamp on the rear beginning 73xxxxx. 1973 perhaps?

Edit (again): I completely overlooked that the cable on mine has a cloth hang tag also dated 1982, so I have to assume that the date codes are not in the format I was guessing. *shrug*

[hansichen]

The 3277 66 key beamers have no case date stamp but they have stickers on the inside with build dates from the 1970s until 1979. But I'd say that the case date is the accurate one in that case and your speculations are wrong

[ekeppel]

Yeah, as noted in my 2nd edit above, I agree with you and have to believe the case date and hang tag are correct.