I had the good fortune of stumbling upon the biggest collection of older keyboards that I’ve personally seen to date.
Here is a teaser picture. I purchased this entire pile for $550.
I spent 3 hours going through the inventory. I bought about half of what was there. I kept every Cherry MX and Alps, I think there were 8 or 9. After that I kept switch types I didn’t have in my collection. After that I kept solid build quality cases or keycaps that I liked.
I plan on posting info about each one later this week.
kralcifer wrote: 10 Aug 2020, 19:56
I turned down epson Fujitsu peerless, I have enough. There were a bunch of FKB4700. I turned down NMB, don’t particularly like them.
kralcifer wrote: 10 Aug 2020, 19:56
I turned down epson Fujitsu peerless, I have enough. There were a bunch of FKB4700. I turned down NMB, don’t particularly like them.
Haha. I posted that so people would tell me why that may have been a mistake. Feel free to tell me why I shouldn’t have passed on them.
kralcifer wrote: 10 Aug 2020, 19:56
I turned down epson Fujitsu peerless, I have enough. There were a bunch of FKB4700. I turned down NMB, don’t particularly like them.
Haha. I posted that so people would tell me why that may have been a mistake. Feel free to tell me why I shouldn’t have passed on them.
It was actually quite a challenge being faced with so many. It’s just a hobby. I’m not trying to sell stuff. How many do I need? How many can I store? I don’t want any to get melted down but don’t see a way that I can save them all, etc
Only took pics from one without box. One is new in box with plastic around the keyboard to pc connector still. The other wasn't in box but but looks unused and only has dust from that side facing up on the storage shelf for past 30 years.
Pretty sweet haul and a nice variety of switch types. I scored a Kaypro 1 myself along with a couple extra keyboards a couple years ago. I even have a new in box dot matrix printer with it. Pretty cool you have one new in box. Kinda of funny though the model 1 was one of the last ones they made rather than the first.
JP! wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 02:09
Pretty sweet haul and a nice variety of switch types. I scored a Kaypro 1 myself along with a couple extra keyboards a couple years ago. I even have a new in box dot matrix printer with it. Pretty cool you have one new in box. Kinda of funny though the model 1 was one of the last ones they made rather than the first.
Maybe we should donate my NIB kaypro and your NIB dot matrix to a worthy museum?
JP! wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 02:09
Pretty sweet haul and a nice variety of switch types. I scored a Kaypro 1 myself along with a couple extra keyboards a couple years ago. I even have a new in box dot matrix printer with it. Pretty cool you have one new in box. Kinda of funny though the model 1 was one of the last ones they made rather than the first.
Didn't know that about Kaypro 1. I believe the NIB is Kaypro 2.
kralcifer wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 03:08
Maybe we should donate my NIB kaypro and your NIB dot matrix to a worthy museum?
I have mixed feelings about many museums tbh. Museums are an expensive endeavor and many times fail to get started or eventually end up going out of business even in good times. A lot of this commodity / mass produced stuff is better suited to collectors in many cases.
It is quite unfortunate though that many museums are having to shut their doors for good and it is only going to get worse.
It would be nice if some tech billionaires would step in to fund such endeavors and establish solid organizational and financial structures so such organizations can thrive in perpetuity.
kralcifer wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 03:08
Maybe we should donate my NIB kaypro and your NIB dot matrix to a worthy museum?
I have mixed feelings about many museums tbh. Museums are an expensive endeavor and many times fail to get started or eventually end up going out of business even in good times. A lot of this commodity / mass produced stuff is better suited to collectors in many cases.
It is quite unfortunate though that many museums are having to shut their doors for good and it is only going to get worse.
It would be nice if some tech billionaires would step in to fund such endeavors and establish solid organizational and financial structures so such organizations can thrive in perpetuity.
Wow. That's very sad. I guess it's up to us collectors to keep the old stuff alive and in use.
ntv242 wrote: 17 Aug 2020, 08:31
Congrats on the wyse. Thicc dcs keycaps can be hard to come by. I have like 8 so far and only one comes with those thicc caps.
Oh. I didn't realize that the Wyse had different sets. I just looked at a previous Wyse in my collection and the keycaps are super thin. Thank you for pointing that out!
