Great/Interesting Finds

[jsheradin]

I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.

[Polecat]

I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.

Right you are, you can see the Oberhofer name on the second one.

[Meowmaritus]

Focus FK-555 (only known to come with blue alps and cyan omron b3g-s so a very interesting board) https://www.ebay.com/itm/285001595732

[Muirium]

Ooh!

Location: Idaho. Like the spuds?

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I didn’t see that coming!

[Polecat]

I bet they're related to Oberhofer boards which are white alps.

Right you are, you can see the Oberhofer name on the second one.

I did a bit of searching, and the Oberhofer stuff (keyboards, mice, monitors) were very limited production. Slap a wooden case and a Beverly Hills address on some otherwise-very-ordinary stuff so the wanna-be-rich-bastards can feel important about themselves. Actually we need more stuff like that because we know what happens when they have nothing to keep them preoccupied.

[dcopellino]

What if DT's owner attended the auction?... C'mon O.

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[JP!]

White whale spotted!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115569659376

[thefarside]

White whale spotted!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115569659376

Didn’t last long!

[xxhellfirexx]

Canon copier keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204107602951

[hellothere]

Canon copier keyboard

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204107602951

Looks like it might have Futaba MD switches.

No thanks on the chicklet design.

[John Doe]

The board looks really great if we dont talk about price

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-M ... 632-2357-0

[Muirium]

I wouldn't go quite that far…




Has Stackpole vibes to me.

Maybe I’m wrong and it’s Micro Switch Hall effect or something else proper vintage, but there’s so many god awful waffle frames from that era in lower end gear with deceptively nice (yet useless) caps.

[John Doe]

I wouldn't go quite that far…




Has Stackpole vibes to me.

Maybe I’m wrong and it’s Micro Switch Hall effect or something else proper vintage, but there’s so many god awful waffle frames from that era in lower end gear with deceptively nice (yet useless) caps.

SKCC isnt that bad right?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104490.0

[Muirium]

Nice thread pull. No apparent search term, too. Wouldn’t have found that without reading GH regularly, I’m sure.

SKCC… are down the middle for me. They’re the one switch I can think of that got better, much better, when it was miniaturised in the DIN standard apocalypse of the eighties. Not bad though.

[guidemetothelight]

Vobis Highscreen B310 Laptop with Cherry MX Switches on Kleinanzeigen:
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... nt=app_ios

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[digital_matthew]

Sub-kilodollar White Whale:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314220415011?h ... R7jKz_KKYQ

[thefarside]

Speaking of white whales, here’s a Symbolics:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115595278497

I’m guessing this will go above $1k.

[John Doe]

All Symbolics worth that much or some versions of it? It looks like MicroSwitch SC switches according to wiki.

[Muirium]

Symbolics are always prized. Don’t know why, exactly, but this goes way back.

[hellothere]

Deko Fast Action KB:

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That's, what, 150 keys?

Cherry MX black.

[Johnbo]

Deko Fast Action KB:

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That's, what, 150 keys?

Cherry MX black.

162 keys!

[engr]

Gateway Anykey with a UK ISO layout in what seems to be pristine condition (albeit untested) for 100 GBP. I was seriously considering it but I am not a fan of the layout and the shipping cost to the US is pretty high.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204056216920

[hellothere]

Here's one in the US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294447766064. You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)

[TNT]

(No, I'm not selling this.)

Why did you list it on eBay then?

[hellothere]

/me: confused. I didn't.

[guidemetothelight]

You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)

TNT, i think your mind placed a me between the make and the an

[engr]

Here's one in the US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294447766064. You could make an offer on it. (No, I'm not selling this.)

Unfortunately it's winkeyless with quite a bit of yellowing. But there is another one, NOS, for... $239 $179? Man, these rubber dome boards designed decades ago are getting more and more expensive. You could almost buy a Topre for that money... waaaaait a second.

[hellothere]

My HHKB, open box, was around $170, IIRC. My Realforce R2, a return to MechanicalKeyboards.com, was cheaper, also IIRC. Both bought this year, also also IIRC.

My memory IS faulty .

I have a Gateway AnyKey without caps, cord (I do have the cord somewhere), or stabilizers. There may be other problems, too. Three keys on each side of the spacebar, so I assume it's Win-keyed. It's a tad yellowed. It's been sitting for at least a year, if not a couple years. If anyone wants it, pay shipping and it's yours. I'm in the US.

[fohat]

a Gateway AnyKey without caps

Aren't those either MX or Alps mounts?

[hellothere]

MX mounts on the one I have. There might be some size issues with some of the keys, but if you get one of those 122+ keycaps sets, like this one from Tai-Hao, I'd bet that you'd get enough that'd fit. Tai-Hao also can help to fit the appropriate keys, if you contact them.

I might have some caps, somewhere, but I guarantee that there was one that had a broken stem and I'm probably missing some others.

I don't think the Gateway feels terrible or anything. There are just a bunch of other keyboards that are better. I get that a lot of folks like the Macro thing, too.