Great/Interesting Finds

[Obscure]

IBM wheelwriter system/20 or system/40 (rather)
https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und ... 313154367/

[Keybug]

Paleolithic Cherry board with unique numpad keycaps. Pad printed, triple-shot or dyesubbed, do you think? (Has doubleshots elsewhere...) Looks to me like it has at least some pad printing on the numpad...

Plus one key is very spcl !

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4242469557

[Lbibass]

Paleolithic Cherry board with unique numpad keycaps. Pad printed, triple-shot or dyesubbed, do you think? (Has doubleshots elsewhere...) Looks to me like it has at least some pad printing on the numpad...

Plus one key is very spcl !

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 4242469557

Yeah, unfortunately it's already gone up to a high bid with over 6 days left to go... and there are 24 watchers. There goes the chances of it going for a reasonable price.

[xicanoink]

Great looking Northgate Omnikey Plus, White Alps. Buy it now for $109 and free shipping. That's 50 to 60 less than all the other Northgates currently.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Northg ... 8216!US!-1

[Cid Fabel]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Alps-Electric-K ... Sw4EhaVHgk

Hmm. The caps on those delicious green alps look quite pretty.

[Polecat]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Laser- ... 3054386159

Nice 1'st gen ALPS White switches and double shot keycaps. Work with most cheapass PS/2 USB adapters, build qualtity not as good as a Omnikey, but better then later Monterey or Dell AT101 keyboard.

It arrived today, and it's absolutely immaculate inside, and no yellowing at all. Switches are early (branded) white SKCM, and feel like new. Thanks again for the great lead on this!

[cli]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Laser- ... 3054386159

Nice 1'st gen ALPS White switches and double shot keycaps. Work with most cheapass PS/2 USB adapters, build qualtity not as good as a Omnikey, but better then later Monterey or Dell AT101 keyboard.

It arrived today, and it's absolutely immaculate inside, and no yellowing at all. Switches are early (branded) white SKCM, and feel like new. Thanks again for the great lead on this!

Nice!

[kbdfr]

It’s been years since I last saw that programmable keyboard for sale on eBay
which prompted Ascaii to open a thread titled:
My new daily driver...i'm in love

[jerue]

This is interesting: a Cherry 1800 with an integrated trackball instead of a numpad. Not those 11800/11900's...an actual 1800 with a somewhat large trackball built-in. Shame it's a G81 and lasered caps, otherwise it'd bring me out of "retirement".

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113701059983

The more I think about it, the less interesting this probably is, maybe some third party got these and modded the numpad. I can say I've never seen this until now! I wonder why the serial is blacked out, it contains all the useful information like the date code!

[xicanoink]

1990 IBM Model M SSK!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1990-I ... Sw8PZc8GFI

[xicanoink]

And Blue Alps!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MiT-Systems-OE ... SwWctc8BhE

[cli]

And Blue Alps!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MiT-Systems-OE ... SwWctc8BhE

Condition of the keyboard is bit of a gamble. It looks much used, some of the letters on the keycaps have completely fade away (so no double shot keycaps also).

[cli]

If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710

It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.

[Monster-Toys]

If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710

It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.

NOOO, was watching this auction from the first few minutes hoping no one would post it here

[kbdfr]

This is interesting: a Cherry 1800 with an integrated trackball instead of a numpad. Not those 11800/11900's...an actual 1800 with a somewhat large trackball built-in. Shame it's a G81 and lasered caps, otherwise it'd bring me out of "retirement".

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113701059983

The more I think about it, the less interesting this probably is, maybe some third party got these and modded the numpad. I can say I've never seen this until now! I wonder why the serial is blacked out, it contains all the useful information like the date code!

I have one of those (G81-1800 LAAUS with manufacture date J51 and the exact same built-in trackball), so it appears not to be a mod.

[cli]

If you want to have a German keyboard layout, keep an eye on this bidding, according to the wiki database it should have Blue Alps.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/RETRO-Tastatur/382966969710

It 's completely yellowed, so I wouldn't go crazy on the bidding.

NOOO, was watching this auction from the first few minutes hoping no one would post it here

And .. did you got it?

[Monster-Toys]

Yep (*phew* ) ... now i just need to cross my fingers that it has blue alps (it should, tho .. maybe ... ... it is always a bit of a gamble - i will report).

[Keybug]

Came in second, wasn't even aware someone had posted it here. Pretty sure to have blue ALPS, I think. If shipping costs to Germany hadn't been so high, I might have bid around 60€. Congrats!

[cli]

Yep (*phew* ) ... now i just need to cross my fingers that it has blue alps (it should, tho .. maybe ... ... it is always a bit of a gamble - i will report).

Congrats!. 46,05 is quite a bargain if it has blue alps.

[Keybug]

Your highly portable beamspring keyboard!

[Polecat]

This is one I hadn't seen before. Bulgarian relegendable with what might be Cherry M9 switches? It's already XT/AT compatible, so that's a help. Looks like someone was in a real hurry when they put the caps back on!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fully-Mechanic ... Swo6lWLLZY

[Darkshado]

Found this gem on FB Marketplace...

Spoiler:

I had to make a few edits to protect the guilty, also that price is in Canadian dollars:

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[kmnov2017]

CAD 350 .ROFL.....

[Keybug]

Apparently a very rare mechanical ergonomic keyboard. Nice one!

[JP!]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-MODEL-M-ME ... SwP41c9ZzK

[Edit] - and it's gone!

[adamcobabe]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-MODEL-M-ME ... SwP41c9ZzK

[Edit] - and it's gone!

I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.

[JP!]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-MODEL-M-ME ... SwP41c9ZzK

[Edit] - and it's gone!

I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.

I thought they sold out of the surplus industrial cases. I might be wrong though.

[xicanoink]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-MODEL-M-ME ... SwP41c9ZzK

[Edit] - and it's gone!

I think you can still order spare Industrial cases from Unicomp and put your own Model M assembly/guts inside, if anyone is sad to have missed out.

I thought they sold out of the surplus industrial cases. I might be wrong though.

Nope, they still have them. Not the cool black IBM label though....
https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/1394942

[xicanoink]

IBM Model F XT, $69.99 free shipping!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Pe ... SwjEVc9sJa

[nelamvr6]

IBM Model F XT, $69.99 free shipping!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Pe ... SwjEVc9sJa

Thanks! I just snatched that up!