Great/Interesting Finds

hansichen · 26 Nov 2018, 17:18

fohat wrote:
madrobby wrote:
Really wouldn't recommend buying these when they're so dirty.

Great non-yellowed doubleshot Alps? Best Alps chassis ever?

This would be worth getting even if you threw the actual switches into the garbage.

Bit expensive though

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049

madrobby · 26 Nov 2018, 17:40

fohat wrote:
madrobby wrote:
Really wouldn't recommend buying these when they're so dirty.

Great non-yellowed doubleshot Alps? Best Alps chassis ever?

This would be worth getting even if you threw the actual switches into the garbage.

That's a different way to look at it and I must say that you're probably right.

madrobby · 26 Nov 2018, 18:06

hansichen wrote: Bit expensive though

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049

800?!

You can (almost) get a Beamspring board for that…

madrobby · 26 Nov 2018, 18:25

IBM Model F XT, at $9.99 w/ 1 Bid right now, 6 days to go:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PERSONAL-C ... :rk:1:pf:1

hansichen · 26 Nov 2018, 18:57

madrobby wrote:
hansichen wrote: Bit expensive though

If someone really wants one I'd rather take this one as it looks closer to nos than the auction one. And for US people it's probably around the same price anyway: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113382786049
800?!

You can (almost) get a Beamspring board for that…

At least alps boards are usable without needing a special desk for it

ThePillenwerfer · 26 Nov 2018, 22:14

This is interesting — a non-IBM/Lexmark/Unicomp keyboard that's allegedly buckling spring: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223237079418

Could it be a re-badged Unicomp?

If that's after a "thorough clean" I'd hate to have seen it before.

Myoth · 26 Nov 2018, 22:16

wiki/Can_Technology_buckling_spring

ThePillenwerfer · 26 Nov 2018, 22:28

Thank's for that. The case certainly looks very similar to the Syncan TK-M501C.

madrobby · 26 Nov 2018, 23:21

Decision Data terminal keyboard https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3512785161

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digital_matthew · 27 Nov 2018, 04:10

All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker

madrobby · 27 Nov 2018, 04:12

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker

Can’t wait for the Chyrosran22 review of a waffle. I wonder if the typing feel is better than some of the boards he tested.

abrahamstechnology · 27 Nov 2018, 04:20

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker

Stackpole switches??

Chyros · 27 Nov 2018, 07:28

madrobby wrote:
digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker
Can’t wait for the Chyrosran22 review of a waffle. I wonder if the typing feel is better than some of the boards he tested.

Pretty sure it can't be mushier than the Ornata or Fold-2000 xD .

digital_matthew · 27 Nov 2018, 15:27

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker

Maybe I'll wait for the kbdfr version...

depletedvespene · 27 Nov 2018, 16:21

digital_matthew wrote: All I want for Christmas...

https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Waffle- ... ffle+maker

ANSI 60% waffles? PASS. True waffles are battleship-sized (so I can pour an entire Nutella jar on it).

depletedvespene · 27 Nov 2018, 16:33

Darkshado wrote:
Myoth wrote: Those are Omron's Alps clone, they're not White Alps

EDIT : testing a feature
Hotlinking from sites that don't explicitly allow it is an excellent way to see your emotes replaced with something else...

Oh, I got a couple GREAT stories of exactly this kind of thing. Don't ever hotlink from my website without my permission!

green-squid · 27 Nov 2018, 19:57

BOI this won't last long! https://www.ebay.com/itm/264062527787/

snacksthecat · 27 Nov 2018, 19:59

Nice find, squid! I may have bought it :O

madrobby · 27 Nov 2018, 20:02

green-squid wrote: BOI this won't last long!

Indeed.

green-squid · 27 Nov 2018, 20:05

snacksthecat wrote: Nice find, squid! I may have bought it :O

Awesoooooooome!!!!!

depletedvespene · 27 Nov 2018, 20:10

Same seller has another one! (at a higher price, though)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-IBM-Indus ... 4062527787

madrobby · 27 Nov 2018, 20:24

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Lot-of-A ... 6016.l4276

green-squid · 27 Nov 2018, 20:41

It's all rubber domes.

stratokaster · 27 Nov 2018, 20:55

madrobby wrote:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Lot-of-A ... 6016.l4276

It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas

JP! · 27 Nov 2018, 21:20

Here is some eyewash

Spoiler:

depletedvespene · 27 Nov 2018, 21:29

JP! wrote: Here is some eyewash
Spoiler:
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What ANSIght to behold.

Bass · 27 Nov 2018, 21:54

Since we are on the subject of Industrial Model M's, might as well post this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NICE-RARE-IBM- ... 0752.m1982

It's pricey but this is arguably the best and rarest Industrial Model M (or perhaps any Model M in general) you can own in terms of build quality.

flowerlandfilms · 27 Nov 2018, 22:36

It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas

In this case, more like Applesauce.

stratokaster · 27 Nov 2018, 22:48

flowerlandfilms wrote:
It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas
In this case, more like Applesauce.

I was actually referring to the typing feel of those awful keyboards.

Elrick · 28 Nov 2018, 02:16

stratokaster wrote:
flowerlandfilms wrote:
It's like a huge barrel full of mashed peas
In this case, more like Applesauce.
I was actually referring to the typing feel of those awful keyboards.

If you were ever forced to type on those, you will need to enrol in the School of Dumb-ass and eventually graduate with High Distinction for contaminating yourself with the MOST hideous Apple input devices ever created by Jobsie RIP.