Great/Interesting Finds

[Bjerrk]

That price is completely absurd for the piece of hardware you're getting, IMO

[zrrion]

It doesn't even have good caps. It would be far more price effective to design a plate and PCB to convert any number of chassis to ansi ALPS and then deck it out with switches and caps from some other source.

[Slom]

Did you know that in 2021, for that money, you could have bought a symbolics keyboard?

[Muirium]

What, a real one? Or just the Alpine remake?

[Slom]

What, a real one? Or just the Alpine remake?

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[John Doe]

What, a real one? Or just the Alpine remake?

symbolicsDec2021.PNG

@TheInverseKey Mind to share some details of this keeb here?

[thefarside]

Interesting Sharp keyboard from Japan with green alps and what looks to be black double shot keys:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/X68000-keyboar ... 4631933760

Too expensive for me but thought I’d share.

[TheInverseKey]

What, a real one? Or just the Alpine remake?

symbolicsDec2021.PNG

@TheInverseKey Mind to share some details of this keeb here?

I don't know what you mean
But like if you want details reach out.

[oofers]

Interesting Sharp keyboard from Japan with green alps and what looks to be black double shot keys:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/X68000-keyboar ... 4631933760

Too expensive for me but thought I’d share.

Love the looks. Unfortunately too expensive for me as well.

[Crizender]

Interesting Sharp keyboard from Japan with green alps and what looks to be black double shot keys:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/X68000-keyboar ... 4631933760

Too expensive for me but thought I’d share.

I believe this seller is just proxying this from Yahoo Auctions at a heavily inflated price. For example here is another listing they have for a another X68000: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284626740821

Here is the exact same listing on yahoo auctions: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1032972826

Its up for 14800 Yen, which is around 120 USD. Still a tad higher than I think it should be, but a lot less than the ebay listing.

[thefarside]

Interesting Sharp keyboard from Japan with green alps and what looks to be black double shot keys:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/X68000-keyboar ... 4631933760

Too expensive for me but thought I’d share.

I believe this seller is just proxying this from Yahoo Auctions at a heavily inflated price. For example here is another listing they have for a another X68000: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284626740821

Here is the exact same listing on yahoo auctions: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1032972826

Its up for 14800 Yen, which is around 120 USD. Still a tad higher than I think it should be, but a lot less than the ebay listing.

Wow you are absolutely right and that is quite a price inflation! They seem to have some interesting listings, but the language barrier has prevented me from bidding.

[Muirium]

$120 vs. $335 for the archivists, once those links are dead. That's a spicy arbitrage.

[Palatino]

I’ve never seen anything like this before (perhaps for good reason). I do like how the keyboard appears to be holding its “arms” out for a hug - though that might just be me. Should probably spend less time with keyboards…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Comp ... 635-2958-0

[dotdash]

I’ve never seen anything like this before (perhaps for good reason). I do like how the keyboard appears to be holding its “arms” out for a hug - though that might just be me. Should probably spend less time with keyboards…

Rebranded PaperPort keyboard scanner. I did some work for a company that had these on everybody's desk ages ago. You were supposed to scan everything so you had electronic records. It let to a lot of tech support issues. I have no recollection of the key feel. Most Compaqs were rubber dome by that time, but this may have had different switches.

[hypkx]

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 5-168-1537
https://www.reddit.com/r/modelm/comment ... _keyboard/
This is an ibm typewriter with an Model F/M mashup switch (85).

[Palatino]

I’d be all over that 3-in-1 typewriter lot if it weren’t for the Qwertz layout. There’s no remapping those metal hammers (well, not by me)

[Muirium]

Come on, are zou reallz going to notice a teenz tinz little error like that? It’ll make yero difference, I betza!

[ekeppel]

Come on, are zou reallz going to notice a teenz tinz little error like that? It’ll make yero difference, I betza!

For some reason, my inner voice read that comment in a German accent, lol.

[Palatino]

You mqke auite q good point: Germqn is qt leqst reqdqble, whereqs the French eauivqlent would be fqirly qbysmql - qnd you cqn aoute me on thqt!

[Muirium]

Think you’ve got q typo there: aoute mqy look more French but I suspect you mqy meqn auote. Qlso: my thqnks for helping me discover thqt I have this superbly pointless skill!

Deutsch aze comes more naturallz than Franyösich, but.

[Palatino]

Then we are saved! For is it not written in the ancient source code of DT that only a True Mod would have the eye (aye) to spot a typo in a Qwerty-Azerty jumble, and that the date itself would signal his coming with four trumpet blasts? (2.2.22)

[Muirium]

I see visions… millions of keyboards across the galaxy… typing out my father’s name! House Azerty, why did you do this to me!?

[Lalaland124]

For all you ergo fans out there:

https://www.ebay.at/itm/In-Box-KeyTroni ... 632-2357-0

(Foam and foil and very pricy)

[Palatino]

I noticed this too: it’s like a collision plate boundary creating a mountain of keys in the middle - surely Alps or Hima-layers. Wouldn’t work for this four-fingered typist. Actually, does anyone actually like and use ergo boards? They seem to me to be solving a problem that doesn’t exist for most people.

[Muirium]

Ahem!


wiki/Cherry_G80-5000

DT's small but dedicated ergonomics crew may wish to dispute your point!

[SK-8K]

There's a Selectric going for ~120 USD at a thrift store. Should I get it?

Also a Smith Corona leafspring typewriter. The keys are very heavy but they are smooth surprisingly. Probably because the keyboard is pristine.

[zrrion]

I got my selectric for 15, 120 is way too much

[ekeppel]

There's a Selectric going for ~120 USD at a thrift store. Should I get it?

Our local Goodwill stores here in Maine usually only ask $25-$30 for Selectrics.

Unless it's a really desirable color (like red) or is something fairly rare (like a Selectric I with blue keys), I would pass.

[mmm]

I’d be all over that 3-in-1 typewriter lot if it weren’t for the Qwertz layout. There’s no remapping those metal hammers (well, not by me)

It's quite doable actually! The Selectric uses a type-ball rather than the usual hammers in electromechanical typewriters (or the typical daisy wheels in electronic typewriters), which are easily replaced. Afaik the z/y locations are purely based on the ball. The 85 also uses a type-ball. I would love to purchase the 85, but unfortunately all messages on local platforms that say "By the way I live in another country, is it possible to ship it?" sounds fishy

[Palatino]

I’d be all over that 3-in-1 typewriter lot if it weren’t for the Qwertz layout. There’s no remapping those metal hammers (well, not by me)

It's quite doable actually! The Selectric uses a type-ball rather than the usual hammers in electromechanical typewriters (or the typical daisy wheels in electronic typewriters), which are easily replaced. Afaik the z/y locations are purely based on the ball. The 85 also uses a type-ball. I would love to purchase the 85, but unfortunately all messages on local platforms that say "By the way I live in another country, is it possible to ship it?" sounds fishy

Ah good point. I should know that as I have both a Selectric and a Wheelwriter. However, I’ve recently been binge-watching electric hammer typewriter reviews so my mind was full of them.