Great/Interesting Finds

[JP!]

Just a guess. I feel an alpsy vibe looking at the keys / font. You are right though, they could be anything. I picked one of these up yesterday so we will find out. This seller has sold at least 3 of these to my knowledge so maybe more will pop up.

[JP!]

This thing looks...hilarious - I want it! No longer will you have to spend countless precious seconds explaining to your friends which TYPE of keyboard you're using, because it will always be both!

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RARE-Monterey-MK ... Sw5h5ZbqH3

Haha, that is awesome.

[JP!]

Interesting Cherry multimedia keyboard with trackball for Cherry aficionados in Germany.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKIDATA-PS-2-MU ... 2751677762

[Halvar]

LOL, so Skidatas are at $140 now from the original seller. I think when he began to sell them he asked about half of that.

[Wodan]

LOL, so Skidatas are at $140 now from the original seller. I think when he began to sell them he asked about half of that.

Still worth every penny!

[Halvar]

Nicest POS keyboard I have seen for sure.

(Smite me, Tipro gods...)

[kbdfr]

Nicest POS keyboard I have seen for sure.

(Smite me, Tipro gods...)

No need to , just a reminder (concerning the "programmable" part, the rest being a standard keyboard):

posted 27 Nov 2012:

Had a look at the programming software [as per the link provided by the seller], reason enough for me not to buy the keyboard. It is not a dedicated software for this keyboard, but a rather complicated general tool for re-assigning keys and apparently running macros or launching applications. The original language is Russian, the English version is sometimes quite weird. No "help" function, so I was unable to find out how to program and save a macro on a given key.

So what's the use of a programmable keyboard if you cannot program it? […]

posted 29 Nov 2012:

[…] I asked SkiData which software was used for programming the keyboards and the answer came today: they were pre-programmed for their parking management application (under Windows 95) and no support is provided anymore. Apart from that, no further information [will be] provided to non-customers.

Edit:
Since then the seller has removed the link to the software from his eBay listing, but I managed to find it again
There is now a more recent version released 23.11.2015 and running under Windows 10 (but again, it is a general software not specific to that keyboard):
http://www.seriosoft.org/en/index.php
If anyone gives it a try, thanks for reporting.

[hansichen]

Thanks for sharing the old post, seems like there will never be a possibility to use the upper part
I think that he still shares the software, when I wrote him he send me a download link to such a software. As already said earlier this software can't work as the upper and lower part of the board share the same scan codes

[kbdfr]

Shill-bidding alert

Anyone considering bidding on this Cherry G80-2100 HCD:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/172796488446

you should consider that the seller is obviously shill-bidding in quite the meanest way there can be:
1. entering a very high bid, which allows seeing the (normally hidden) maximum bid of the highest bidder,
2. retracting the bid,
3. and bidding again just one increment less than the highest bidder in order to push their bid up.

This seller often does so, even using two different shill-bidding accounts,
one coded h***a (44) as in the keyboard listing mentioned:
http://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/172796 ... 7675.l2565
but also in those listings:
http://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/1727563 ... 7675.l2565
http://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/1727567 ... 7675.l2565

the other coded 6***2 (22):
http://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/1726894 ... 7675.l2565

and sometimes even trying it with both:
http://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/1726840 ... 7675.l2565

[Halvar]

I dont have my Skidata board any more (except for the keycaps), so I can´t test, but it is a PS/2 board anyway, so you would need a converter to USB, and with a Soarer converter, you should have all the programming options you need.

[hansichen]

Always interesting to see your research kbdfr, I really wish that ebay fixes this issues as they are a thing for ages now....

Regarding the skidata: it has two ps2 cables and I've used them with a ps2/USB converter. On my PC the upper and lower keys had the identical scan code so there shouldn't be a way for an external device to difference between these keys. If somebody finds a solution I'd be very happy but for the moment I don't see that without huge modifications

[Daniel]

LOL, so Skidatas are at $140 now from the original seller. I think when he began to sell them he asked about half of that.

The first skidatas were posted for ~40€ by him

[002]

PS/2 106 Realforce (with USB converter) in what looks to be excellent condition for 10,000 yen (~77 EUR):
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... iref=alt_s

[Slom]

zenith red label ... monitor
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Zenith- ... 1310458448

anybody else who thinks that this is really cute?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Comex-S ... 2355196402

[webwit]

G81-3000 HAD, 20 EUR:
https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1188314659

[balotz]

Cheap M0116

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-APPLE ... SwwN5Zf6wp

[dede4metal]

Guys I though this was a model F but the guy sent me more pics, no logo and strange switches... what is it??
http://imgur.com/a/w4Bvx

EDIT: could it be that it is a DYTCOM Model K-150L?

[Engicoder]

Looks like SMK wiki/SMK_J-M0404_series

[ramnes]

Should have MX black switches:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-QUME-64-/222573772793

[XMIT]

Reuters boards made by Devlin. Great deal for those in Canada!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222602070849

[Lustique]

Although my search for a cheap Alps board has not yielded any good results, I found a Bigkeys LX, multicoloured, ABC layout, white Alps instead, so there's that…

[wobbled]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-PS-2-Mech ... SwzahZhJI4

A pretty funny IBM Model M listing Throw away your 1985 prototype model M's guys, 1993 is now the earliest model M there is

[orihalcon]

Beamspring!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/282599785817

Guess no guilt about repainting that one Always wanted to paint one black!

[wobbled]

Bloody hell I hope someone buys that and does a restoration thread

[JP!]

Wow, one in that condition is something up my alley. That price though.

[wobbled]

The price is fucking ridiculous, more pricks trying desperately to squeeze as much money out of people as they possibly can.

[SeanTNT]

If it was half price or better condition it would have been an easy buy

[Lustique]

Since I lack both the skills and the material to make one of these usable for me (i.e. convert them to USB), I might as well link them here:
(Currently 4) Apple AEK II, ISO-DE, no cable for 18€ each, which appear to be in a pretty good (optical) condition (except for yellowing), judging by the one sample that's pictured.

[Elrick]

The price is fucking ridiculous, more pricks trying desperately to squeeze as much money out of people as they possibly can.

Ahhh Wobbled, welcome to Ebay where being 'fleeced' is now becoming the normal experience.

That is why I have to refer to them as "Flebay", the only CORRECT description to apply.

[XMIT]

Guess no guilt about repainting that one Always wanted to paint one black!

I was going to powder coat mine, once I have a little more experience.