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Posted: 14 Nov 2018, 09:16
by Muirium
Erase-Ease.
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/NMB+intr ... a017469433
Supposedly NMB was the highest volume keyboard manufacturer in the world in 1995? Mind, the press release talks about rubberdome keyboards so don’t mistake such claims for a forgotten Space Invader armada!
Posted: 14 Nov 2018, 11:23
by Chyros
Muirium wrote:
Erase-Ease.
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/NMB+intr ... a017469433
Supposedly NMB was the highest volume keyboard manufacturer in the world in 1995? Mind, the press release talks about rubberdome keyboards so don’t mistake such claims for a forgotten Space Invader armada!
Tbh, I'm not surprised. They did shift an ENORMOUS amount of boards at the time, and this is right around the time IBM started slacking. Alps had decreased output a lot as well.
Posted: 14 Nov 2018, 11:27
by Muirium
But mostly domes, right? Space invaders aren’t rare but they’re surely no more abundant than Alps, far as I’ve observed.
Posted: 14 Nov 2018, 11:48
by Chyros
Muirium wrote: But mostly domes, right? Space invaders aren’t rare but they’re surely no more abundant than Alps, far as I’ve observed.
Definitely. They made tons of both over the years, although for example the Dell QuietKey alone is a huge volume. Definitely around that time, the bulk of their stuff was rubber, for sure.
I think it's important to note that unlike Alps, Space Invaders were never cloned (that I know of).
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 01:17
by JP!
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 01:56
by mcmaxmcmc
The more people post that board, the more I get pissed at myself lmao. The listing originally didn't have the blue alps picture in it, but I knew it was something good. Korean alps boards are always an exclamation mark for me. I wasn't entirely sure if this was blue alps or not, so I asked the seller for a picture of the switches, just to be sure. The seller added the picture to the listing. And now there's 24 watchers, and already multiple bids...
God damn it.
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 02:06
by //gainsborough
mcmaxmcmc wrote:
The more people post that board, the more I get pissed at myself lmao. The listing originally didn't have the blue alps picture in it, but I knew it was something good. Korean alps boards are always an exclamation mark for me. I wasn't entirely sure if this was blue alps or not, so I asked the seller for a picture of the switches, just to be sure. The seller added the picture to the listing. And now there's 24 watchers, and already multiple bids...
God damn it.
Hahahahaha. That's how it goes, man. Happens to the best of us >_<
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 02:08
by JP!
mcmaxmcmc wrote:
The more people post that board, the more I get pissed at myself lmao. The listing originally didn't have the blue alps picture in it, but I knew it was something good. Korean alps boards are always an exclamation mark for me. I wasn't entirely sure if this was blue alps or not, so I asked the seller for a picture of the switches, just to be sure. The seller added the picture to the listing. And now there's 24 watchers, and already multiple bids...
God damn it.
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Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 04:28
by digital_matthew
Well the switches look filthy and probably feel like crap. Just some sour grapes for you to enjoy
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 19:09
by mcmaxmcmc
There was also a blue selectric on OfferUp that I found... but at this point it was already sold... so, yeah.
Posted: 15 Nov 2018, 19:16
by hansichen
mcmaxmcmc wrote:
The more people post that board, the more I get pissed at myself lmao. The listing originally didn't have the blue alps picture in it, but I knew it was something good. Korean alps boards are always an exclamation mark for me. I wasn't entirely sure if this was blue alps or not, so I asked the seller for a picture of the switches, just to be sure. The seller added the picture to the listing. And now there's 24 watchers, and already multiple bids...
God damn it.
Tbh I always wonder why people don't realize that people are interested in eg switches, the label or stuff like that. If I would get asked such stuff I would always add it to the description. But sometimes you get good deals due to that, like the F122 auction that ended for like 120$ this week
Posted: 16 Nov 2018, 05:49
by zrrion
I assume some people don't think it matters and/or don't want to risk breaking things by taking them apart.
In case anyone around here cares about absolute comfort:
Posted: 16 Nov 2018, 23:02
by Keybug
Displaywriter Model F on German eBay with a complete system. Not cheap but accepts offers...
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 05:00
by DatOtherJosh
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:12
by mhinsch
Anybody willing to proxy one of those?
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:18
by hansichen
mhinsch wrote:
Anybody willing to proxy one of those?
You literally just visited a proxy page.
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:27
by mhinsch
hansichen wrote: mhinsch wrote:
Anybody willing to proxy one of those?
You literally just visited a proxy page.
Hmm, yes, I realised that as well. Still, private proxy could avoid customs fees.
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:39
by Gamuholic
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:48
by abrahamstechnology
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:50
by hansichen
Stupidly overpriced though for mx blues with pad printed caps
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:56
by abrahamstechnology
hansichen wrote:
Stupidly overpriced though for mx blues with pad printed caps
Still, pretty unique caps and the printing is in good condition.
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 18:42
by Sangdrax
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 19:14
by kakan
Thats cool! I've wanted to own a JD-2 or a rebranded wyse-30. The history around PARC is so intresting.
Posted: 18 Nov 2018, 01:12
by davkol
derp
Posted: 18 Nov 2018, 18:13
by kevinhou
Posted: 18 Nov 2018, 23:08
by DatOtherJosh
Posted: 19 Nov 2018, 17:19
by Drclick
I found a chinese dealer is selling dozens of Alcatel MMK keysets. New old stock, made by Cherry (or GMK).
158 Yuan for one full set.
Or 100 Yuan/ea if you take them all (about 45 sets).
Very cheap price!!!
Link can't be opened outside China, but you can find that seller if you have '闲鱼' APP.
some keys are not normal size, such as backspace, enter.
more pics:
Anyone want to organize a GB?
Posted: 19 Nov 2018, 17:23
by Myoth
are they all Portuguese ?
Posted: 19 Nov 2018, 17:30
by Drclick
Myoth wrote: are they all Portuguese ?
I think so, I will ask him later.
Posted: 19 Nov 2018, 17:32
by depletedvespene
Is it me or is this quite a handsome price?
