Share Your SEXIEST Vintage Boards!

[Tritian]

Not quite as exotic as many of the offerings here, but sexy nonetheless

Model M SSK w/ M13 caps


Model M w/ Unicomp Industrial Case


Niz Plum TKL w/ MT3 caps (/dev/tty and susuwatari)

[Muirium]

That last one is doing it for me. And the industrial case is how all Model Ms should have been.

[Bjerrk]

Exotic or not, all three look great! Especially the industrial.

[Go-Kart]

Yes. I too am into of those boards!

[ddrfraser1]

Alright, twist my arm

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[Redmaus]

Your alps plate spring, F122's, F107, and that omnikey are top tier eye candy. You got any more info on the paintjob for your F107? I find it interesting that you chose a gold highlight for the pen holder.

[ddrfraser1]

Your alps plate spring, F122's, F107, and that omnikey are top tier eye candy. You got any more info on the paintjob for your F107? I find it interesting that you chose a gold highlight for the pen holder.

Thanks. I know Commodore PC keyboard is an unorthodox choice for this thread but there something about it that really turns me on. I love that keyboard.

As far as the F107, it was inspired by the J-01. It's actually got a gold plate and side too. Here's a few more pics.

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There are some really excellent gray and black 107s out there but I wanted to do something a little different and distinctive. As far as the paintjob, it's powder coated.

[morbid42]

Some of my collections……

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and the only FLS keyboards that was not manufactured by Fujitsu on earth

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[Tritian]

Some more pics:

[Go-Kart]

and the only FLS keyboards that was not manufactured by Fujitsu on earth
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That board in the foreground; what exactly is that? It's very pretty.

[Muirium]

You’re letting the shiny case distract you. The one behind it has true HHKB Fn.

[E3E]

HHKB Fun you say?




For sure. Gotta love that vintage aesthetic.





Especially with a cable made especially to capture that aesthetic.

[ddrfraser1]

Hot

[Muirium]

Nice one! I especially like the telltale LED from Hasu's controller, giving away the modern truth all sneaky-like round the back.

[Go-Kart]

HHKB Fun you say?




For sure. Gotta love that vintage aesthetic.





Especially with a cable made especially to capture that aesthetic.

My desk will soon look quite similar!

Nice caps on the HHKB too.

[ollir]

Thanks. I know Commodore PC keyboard is an unorthodox choice for this thread but there something about it that really turns me on. I love that keyboard.

I have that same Commodore PC keyboard and thought about posting in this thread too. It's not exactly the most solid of builds plus I don't like the switches and it's all around not enjoyable typing experience for me. But I keep it around for the looks. And I *do* get it on my desk once or twice a year for a day or max two at time, just to give it a shot.

[Kneeboard]

I don't think you're allowed to post porn here.

[Jaki1122]

An opportunity to show off? What? Here we go!
List of keyboards:
-Northgate Omnikey 101 White SKCM ALPS
-IBM Model F
-IBM Model F Bigfoot
-Dell "Bigfoot" AT102W ALPS Black SKCM
-Hi-Tek RT-102 Linear Space Invaders
-Olivetti "crap rubberdome gorgeous keycaps"
(And yes, that laptop has nice ALPS Switches underneath and ALPS electric doubleshots)

Lying around I also have an unbranded Buckling Springs, a BTC that's somehow a bit trashed and various rubberdomes crap things, but the post said post the good stuff so, there you go. I'll let the crap for another ocassion.

[schwi]

here's a couple neat photos i suppose.

unicomp m122

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not really a keyboard specifically, but heres some compaq lte286 pics.

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and a couple from my coronamatic 2200

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these are back from my first time picking a camera up btw. would love to retake and take more, but the sd card has since corrupted and being young i don't have the money to get a new one, even if they are a couple bucks lol. soon, though.

[Thorogrimm]

I'll drop my own
Here's my Olivetti ANK-27 102 N. I just love their angles and the font type. Italians know how to make a looker.

[SunshineRag_DT]

JP had it in the background but really the symbolics really needs to stand alone (fyi not mine, living vicariously through JP)

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[zyxxke]

My ex build was sexy enough (HHKB with 104UG, 108UG, HEKB-01)


Now I really love my tacticool black Realforce FD01D0 with vibes of Grisaia Phantom Trigger

[SunshineRag_DT]

You know you are an IT gentleman of a certain age when you find this old gal sexy. And yes I still own it, dont judge me!

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Many mistake her for an American but she is pure Japanese, if you can get her to take off her keys you will see she has a majestic set of Alps SKCC Tall Cream switches.

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[Rami]

These are my favorite boards that I own. That Focus 2001 was actually the first keyboard I ever owned, my dad hooked it up to my 386 when I was a kid and It's a really nice keyboard, Pine White Alps! I use an Omnikey at my 386 and 486 now, I really love those things. The KB-5161 I use at my Pentium, the Model M at the Windows 98 PC, and the M0115 at the main PC

[Rami]

Some more pics:

I love seeing vintage keyboards at their matching computers. They just look so... at home! Beautiful pictures.

[NOVA75]

HEKB01 and hhkbs with HI-Pro keycaps

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[Muirium]

Sweet little HHKB attack squadron. I must admit I think the stock (plus PFU add on Control and Esc) looks the most stylish, but that doesn’t mean I don’t still envy you.

[wanderhoden]

my facitfrankenstein

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[4_404]

my facitfrankenstein
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This is fantastic. I have one of these modules, hopefully this is the inspiration I need to sort out a case for it.

[wanderhoden]

oh tyvm iam glad you like it and that would be very interesting plz keep me up with the progress that would be rly nice !