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Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:09
by depletedvespene
Sure that's Italian? Looks Nordic to me.
(we should put the Fine and the Slut keys together, though)
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:10
by JP!
Myoth wrote:
damn ... I feel bad for the "side slut" one ... getting rejected like that ... that's not fiar
P.S. : pretty sure that's a danish layout, but I always mix the nordic layouts so I could be wrong
I even found a xxx slut at the J key.
I think your right. I seen Italy at the title and was distracted by certain keys.
[Edit] And it's gone. That should be a fun keyboard for someone.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:28
by orihalcon
Sorry guys, couldn't resist. Those are basically artisan caps as far as I'm concerned. Am also a fan of the KOM-MANDO key
Will eventually sell my standard displaywriter to justify the purchase, so it will basically be like trading a run of the mill displaywriter for a unique one (in my mind anyway). The money is only the middleman. Wonder how it ended up in the US?
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:31
by Brett MacK
orihalcon wrote: Sorry guys, couldn't resist. Those are basically artisan caps as far as I'm concerned. Am also a fan of the KOM-MANDO key
Will eventually end up selling my english displaywriter to justify the purchase I think. Wonder how it ended up in the US?
I can`t blame you, it's a pretty cool board. I might have grabbed it myself if I didn't have one already. What are you planning on doing about the missing paint in the front? Repaint the whole thing, or something else?
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:35
by JP!
orihalcon wrote: Sorry guys, couldn't resist. Those are basically artisan caps as far as I'm concerned. Am also a fan of the KOM-MANDO key
Will eventually sell my standard displaywriter to justify the purchase, so it will basically be like trading a run of the mill displaywriter for a unique one (in my mind anyway). The money is only the middleman. Wonder how it ended up in the US?
Hey, that works out. I bought one you posted here for $400.
Also you could swap cases since you have one already. Saves you the trouble of painting.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:39
by orihalcon
I don't have a good solution for repainting Beampsprings yet (powder coating is generally out for plastic cased ones) and color and texture matching is difficult without actual color samples which may not display properly on a computer screen.
However, I think I have an extra Displaywriter top from the monstrosity pictured below, which I have dubbed to be the worst condition Beamspring ever to be sold on ebay. Rustmaster's beamsprings? Not even in the same league. Springs were all completely rusted through and I guess a picture is worth 1000 words. Who knows, this one could be in the same condition underneath for all I know.
Of course it looked perfectly fine with all the caps on in the ebay auction picture, but you never know until you get it in person and start pulling caps:
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Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:43
by Brett MacK
orihalcon wrote: Springs were all completely rusted through and I guess a picture is worth 1000 words. Who knows, this one could be in the same condition underneath for all I know.
_DSC5718.JPG
Every buyer's worst nightmare. How much did you end up paying for that totaled one?
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:48
by JP!
You could have a case professionally painted. Depending on the paint system there are products out there to get the textured effect. Since you can't powdercoat plastic the next best thing though is Cerakote which gives off no voc's.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 01:51
by orihalcon
Brett MacK wrote:
Every buyer's worst nightmare. How much did you end up paying for that totaled one?
That was about 2-3 years ago when the going rate was more like $200 I think, so right around there iirc.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 03:27
by Techno Trousers
Damn, that one was purty. Someone should run a spherical keycap tribute to it in a matching colorway.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 03:53
by Gamuholic
FUJITSU FM Towns FMT-KB107. I bought the previous one this seller had. I believe mine has Fujitsu Leaf Spring 3rd gen clicky switches.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/152998334416
They also have what appears to be the white version for $85 less.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/152999173085
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 04:03
by xxhellfirexx
Can these be made to work with a modern PC?
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 04:14
by idlethock
xxhellfirexx wrote:
Can these be made to work with a modern PC?
Would like to know this as well
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 04:21
by //gainsborough
That white board is really giving me a topre vibe.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 04:27
by Gamuholic
xxhellfirexx wrote:
Can these be made to work with a modern PC?
I haven't tried yet. It has an unusual connector. It's in my display at work right now, so I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 05:42
by orihalcon
Snuci did a post about the more compact FM Towns board here and would presume the full size one is similar inside:
photos-f62/fujitsu-fm-towns-fmt-kb202a- ... 14986.html
Looks like you could just wire the membrane to a Teensy and use the controller firmware of your choice. Not sure if the white one would use a membrane or not to be able to do the same there or no. Looks like it uses more than 8 rows for whatever reason, otherwise you could use an Xwhatsit for a pretty straightforward setup.
Not sure what the original protocol used was. The connector looks similar to a PC98 connector, but I doubt it actually uses the same protocol. If it did, you could use TMK. Perhaps there's already a fork of TMK that supports the protocol it uses. Hasu could probably tell us more.
Posted: 27 Apr 2018, 15:21
by Engicoder
Posted: 28 Apr 2018, 06:01
by Gamuholic
Gamuholic wrote: xxhellfirexx wrote:
Can these be made to work with a modern PC?
I haven't tried yet. It has an unusual connector. It's in my display at work right now, so I'll try to remember to take a picture tomorrow.
Sorry about the quality, I couldn't get my phone's camera to focus on the connector instead of the keycaps.
- FMT-KB107 connector
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Posted: 29 Apr 2018, 04:57
by Elrick
Came across this keyboard using 'unusual' switches;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/XEROX-110K0041 ... .l4275.c10
Maybe some hard-core enthusiast knows what these are?
Posted: 29 Apr 2018, 05:55
by Blaise170
Posted: 29 Apr 2018, 05:58
by xxhellfirexx
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:19
by Elrick
Discovered a decent looking Apple keyboard for the Mac Freaks here;
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-App ... SwX1Za1b-m
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:26
by green-squid
Appledesign keyboards are either rubber dome or alps slide over dome. Not that great.
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:32
by Dingster
Very nice looking board, but not worth the AEK price
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:41
by green-squid
Dingster wrote:
Very nice looking board, but not worth the AEK price
Oh no-no-no, it's a piece of crap keyboard. I had one that I parted out.
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:44
by green-squid
Nice looking
Soviet Checoslovakian Hall effect keyboard. These are single-spring hall effects, not the ones Chyros reviewed. Has anyone tried them?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-CSSR-Conta ... Swv~1aPUl2
A great deal on a Model M from North Carolina
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Vintag ... 0005.m1851
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 12:51
by davkol
derp
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 13:43
by Elrick
green-squid wrote: Appledesign keyboards are either rubber dome or alps slide over dome. Not that great.
I know NOTHING about Apple keyboards and you put me in my place here.
Congrats
.
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 14:08
by wobbled
Bottom one is for keys and caps only, not for a model m unfortuantely
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 14:09
by Myoth
DISCLAIMER : THOSE ARE KEYCAPS, NOT FULL KEYBOARDS