Great/Interesting Finds

[JP!]

There was a restored and converted 3101 that sold for $1600 this year.

I believe it... hey wut happen to your fuzzle monster avatar

I changed it to a higher res fuzzle monster

[madrobby]

Black Unicomp Model M 122-key Terminal Keyboard from 2010... with PS/2 connector? $40 shipped in US.
I don’t understand the listing, it says it’s NOT clicky? And PS/2 port?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3586467793

[JP!]

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[digital_matthew]

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Thanks! Also can I have an artisan keycap of your avatar?

[JP!]

Thanks! Also can I have an artisan keycap of your avatar?

If only! I think I'd pay up if someone were to make one.

[JP!]

Interesting old switches:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Clicky ... rk:24:pf:0

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[Kankurou1010]

Found this on LetGo for 100$ It seems pretty rare.. Should I get it? Digicomp DR-70 astrology minicomputer

[Muirium]

Depends. Is this the dawn of Aquarius? You’ll need that computer to find out!

I like the fact it’s in a case. The caps look pearly white. Just wonder what mount they are. Should be something vintage, sphericals like that. And what a knob…

[elecplus]

IBM XT refurbs for a reasonable price https://www.pcliquidations.com/p56870-i ... rd-1801449 He probably does have them in stock.

[Excelso]

Found this on LetGo for 100$ It seems pretty rare.. Should I get it? Digicomp DR-70 astrology minicomputer

I can't help seeing myself trying to do something like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/uT2Gv7T if I ever have a chance to find something like this in the future.

[Moosewing]

Sadly that amber listing only appears to have two switches available (unless it's mistranslated and I'm missing something)

If you run the page through Chrome's auto-translate, it says there are 994,752 in stock. The '2' you're looking at is 'cumulative comments' aka transaction reviews, one of which is from me.

I've been working on a 60% PCB for B3G-s and other 3-leg switches for a few months now, and I was planning on making a replacement PCB for my old non-functional Wang, but I haven't made much progress on either because I've been busy.

[abrahamstechnology]

Sadly that amber listing only appears to have two switches available (unless it's mistranslated and I'm missing something)

If you run the page through Chrome's auto-translate, it says there are 994,752 in stock. The '2' you're looking at is 'cumulative comments' aka transaction reviews, one of which is from me.

I've been working on a 60% PCB for B3G-s and other 3-leg switches for a few months now, and I was planning on making a replacement PCB for my old non-functional Wang, but I haven't made much progress on either because I've been busy.

Wow, that's a lot! Good luck on your PCB!

[madrobby]

BTC 5100C 65% boards PS/2 from 1997, new in box. There’s a whole bunch. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3370972193

[Slom]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Commodore-PC-5- ... _cvip=true


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-fur-MF ... _cvip=true

[madrobby]

Wow that PC-5 keyboards looks like new. I have a very similar one and it has yellowed like a lemon essentially.

[madrobby]

IBM RS/6000 function keypad https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3044323609

[hansichen]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-fur-MF ... _cvip=true

There were quite a lot of them on ebay for 5-10€ this year, I guess the seller bought one of these and tries to flip it now (what he has done with several other items before). Cherry M8 switches are rather disappointing imo and there is no easy way to convert these boards.


The commodore is a good deal if the board is as clean inside as it is outside. They have a cute colour scheme.

[Findecanor]

Wow that PC-5 keyboards looks like new. I have a very similar one and it has yellowed like a lemon essentially.

I think that picture could have been desaturated somehow. I think my PC-5 keyboard had a more yellow hue even on the inside that had never seen the sun. Many of Commodore's products were very yellowish to begin with.
(But I'm not saying that they couldn't yellow more...)

[Keybug]

Amazing bit of typewriter / computing history here on eBay: an Olivetti XP 1076 computer with a Hermes branded screen and keyboard. Apparently, Olivetti took over the Hermes typewriter business in 1981, then shut it down in 1989. This must be one of the very rare attempts to transport the Hermes brand name into the age of computing. Probably one really, really rare keyboard! Clearly with Olivetti internals and design...

[kakan]

Wyse with vintage mx black NIB

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-Technolog ... OSwPXFcDWc~

[flowerlandfilms]

Finally found a board with ALPS mount shine throughs.
Nice doubleshots.

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[andrea-i]

I'm surprised this black model m is still there, at that price:
https://www.ebay.it/itm/All-Black-IBM-M ... rk:39:pf:0

[Myoth]

Wyse with vintage mx black NIB

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-Technolog ... OSwPXFcDWc~

[JP!]

Gold badge Omnikey with blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Vintag ... rk:16:pf:0

[swampangel]

itsatrap.jpg

Domes on the 9xx model?

[LightningXI]

Wyse with vintage mx black NIB

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-Technolog ... OSwPXFcDWc~

Reasoning?

[Myoth]

Wyse with vintage mx black NIB

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-Technolog ... OSwPXFcDWc~

Reasoning?

caps lock gives it away, compare to a "normal" PCE



you can also tell by "instinct", something feels off about it for me, I actually didn't know what differed but I knew it wasn't MX Black, I searched online and found out about the caps lock.

[stratokaster]

When it comes to WYSE PCE, if it doesn’t have yellow arrows, it’s a rubber dome board

[LightningXI]

When it comes to WYSE PCE, if it doesn’t have yellow arrows, it’s a rubber dome board

Seems right. keyboards-f2/questions-about-wyse-termi ... tml#p38737

[andrewjoy]

I'm surprised this black model m is still there, at that price:
https://www.ebay.it/itm/All-Black-IBM-M ... rk:39:pf:0

100% rubber dome.

I think they are ok ish as RD goes but still RD