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alh84001 wrote: And for you UK orange Alps lovers
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-apple-I ... 1916638078

Ouch, £55 is a bit steep isn't it?

Stabilized wrote:

alh84001 wrote: And for you UK orange Alps lovers
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-apple-I ... 1916638078

Ouch, £55 is a bit steep isn't it?

Yes it is.

alh84001 wrote: I don't know details on this, but it seems interesting to me
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Decision-Data-C ... 1589949057

It's either ITW Magnetic Valve or a Rubberdome

photos-f62/decision-data-mystery-board- ... ml#p309223
http://park8.wakwak.com/~kaineko2/keybo ... 10107.html

Dra wrote:

alh84001 wrote: I don't know details on this, but it seems interesting to me
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Decision-Data-C ... 1589949057

It's either ITW Magnetic Valve or a Rubberdome

photos-f62/decision-data-mystery-board- ... ml#p309223
http://park8.wakwak.com/~kaineko2/keybo ... 10107.html

ITW magnetic valve have very distinctive keycaps, like in the picture you linked. The one in question definitely doesn't have those keycaps.

For some reason my mental library says that the Decision Data keyboard has Oak switches. I could be very wrong, though.

ohaimark wrote: For some reason my mental library says that the Decision Data keyboard has Oak switches. I could be very wrong, though.

AFAIK there is only the ITW magnetic valve version and the rubber dome version that I have. BUT I don't know that for sure, mine is a dome and a pretty nice one at that. It's got massive feet and is built like a tank:

F-122

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-611 ... SwuzRXfxpY

//gainsborough wrote: F-122

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-611 ... SwuzRXfxpY

Damn! I have 13 June 1985 and this one is 15 June 1984. My birthday is June 14

I'm happy that I was born in '81. No model ms I need to look out for

zuglufttier wrote: I'm happy that I was born in '81. No model ms I need to look out for

No, you need to look for a beam spring, much harder xD .

Come to think of it, there won't be any from my date of birth as I was born on a Sunday D: .

Chyros wrote:
Come to think of it, there won't be any from my date of birth as I was born on a Sunday D: .

All these months I've been looking for one from my birthday and not once did I think there never was one made.
I was born on a Sunday...

romevi wrote:
All these months I've been looking for one from my birthday and not once did I think there never was one made.
I was born on a Sunday...

Kids

We can't all have been there to see the dinosaurs go extinct, Fohat :p .

Chyros wrote: No, you need to look for a beam spring, much harder xD .

Just browsed the wiki: I need to look for a model F! Looks like the beamspring production ended in 1980...

fohat wrote: Kids

I feel like the real kid here, haha. I was born on a Friday so birthday boards exist but chances are they are shitty rubberdomes. I suppose I could find a corresponding IBM Space Saving Keyboard since they were produced up until 1999 (I was born in 1996) but it seems rather unlikely that I'll ever find mine...

There were a few 1391401 model M keyboards made as late as January, February and March 1996

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 6ZYHwI/pub

I was born late in the Model M's product life cycle as well, so I don't expect to find one with my exact birthday either.

Oh well, I am happy with my 1390131 with my birthday month/day, just a couple years off.

I am afraid I will never be able to find a computer keyboard manufactured on my birthday.
Data input followed other rules in those days.

kbdfr wrote: I am afraid I will never be able to find a computer keyboard manufactured on my birthday.
Data input followed other rules in those days.

kbdfr ergo "board":
I actaully managed to find something nice very close to my own age, some of you have seen it:

Zuse Z3. Don't exaggerate the difference to your Tipro workplace, kbdfr!



(source: http://ed-thelen.org/Munich/MunichTripReport.html)

Yes, that's about the right size for kbdfr. Very "direct" layout also. What I posted was way too small.

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G80-3700LQADE-0/00 Modell: MX3700

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-Tastatur- ... SwGIRXatV9

Ducky One TKL Black Case Black Keycaps Green Cherry MX

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Ducky-One-TKL-Bl ... SwtJZXWUqE

GENOVATION SERIAL KEYPAD WITH CHERRY MX BLUE SWITCHES

http://www.ebay.de/itm/GENOVATION-SERIA ... SwPc9Wzx3w

Silicon Graphics AT-101

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Silicon-Graphics ... Swvg9Xd99u

TELEVIDEO 935 TERMINAL

http://www.ebay.de/itm/TELEVIDEO-935-TE ... Swkl5Xeqlg

AEK2:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Extended-K ... SwhOVXfU5B

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Alte-Apple-Tasta ... Sw-KFXfi-L

http://www.ebay.de/itm/2-Stuck-Alte-App ... SwXeJXc38w

IBM 1391403

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-80er-Ja ... Sw-KFXc7mD

clickykeyboards wrote: There were a few 1391401 model M keyboards made as late as January, February and March 1996

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 6ZYHwI/pub

Interesting, good to know

seebart wrote: Silicon Graphics AT-101

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Silicon-Graphics ... Swvg9Xd99u

Between stuff like this and the "easily" (I say that very loosely, they cost a fortune for BIN options) available cherry/nixie keyboards on Germany's eBay, I wish I had a proxy over there. le sighs

seebart wrote: Silicon Graphics AT-101

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Silicon-Graphics ... Swvg9Xd99u

It seems this has been removed.

Still visible for me

Huh, this isn't the first time it is happening to me with a listing from Germany. I can see it in the watch list still, but when the end of the listing is near, the message that it is removed is shown when actually opening it.

shreebles wrote: Still visible for me

Yeah, that auction is still going at € 2,50 right now. Look like Alps SKCM Cream Damped to me.

wiki/SGI_Bigfoot_series

Visible for me in Sweden as well

Well, it seems it is not listed when you use ebay.com. ebay.de works, however. Something to keep in mind in the future

Maybe if he states that he sells only in Germany?

tentator wrote: Maybe if he states that he sells only in Germany?

Yes. Being in Canada, there's a ton of auctions I don't see from USA even if I go to ebay.com because it knows where you are located and doesn't show you those auctions. You can get to it from specific links (like above) but you can't browse to it or find it otherwise.