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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 22 Sep 2019, 23:57
by Slom
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 01:47
by User101
I think that ADDS keyboard is qualified for the ugliest keyboard competition
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 02:12
by zrrion
wow rude
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 07:03
by Muirium
Ugly keyboards have feelings too!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 18:26
by Keybug
Slom wrote: 22 Sep 2019, 23:57
anybody else thinking that ebay kinda dried out?
Acutally, I've been thinking just that a lot for the last half year or so. Kleinanzeigen, too. Maybe a sort of critical moment has come where most of the remaining interesting vintage keyboards are already in the hands of collectors and laypeople have practically run out...
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 18:37
by kmnov2017
Keybug wrote: 23 Sep 2019, 18:26
Slom wrote: 22 Sep 2019, 23:57
anybody else thinking that ebay kinda dried out?
Acutally, I've been thinking just that a lot for the last half year or so. Kleinanzeigen, too. Maybe a sort of critical moment has come where most of the remaining interesting vintage keyboards are already in the hands of collectors and laypeople have practically run out...
Couldn't agree more. Stock definitely seems to be drying out. I guess its now going to come down to trades....
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 19:47
by Muirium
…and collectors’ estate sales! Nobody’s immortal. But practically everybody has relatives who don’t understand keyboards at all.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 23 Sep 2019, 20:50
by Findecanor
In the "interesting" category (for
me at least...):
A
Remington-made Blickensderfer typewriter with a type of
Swedish version of Blickensderfer's symmetric "Scientific Key-Board" layout. It must have been manufactured approx ~115 years ago.
I have definitely not seen this layout before, and I find it unlikely that I will ever see it again, knowing the rarity of these typewriters. (Of course, it is added to the Wiki already)
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 02:07
by xxhellfirexx
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 05:15
by Raumfahrer
how high will it go... taking bets...
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 05:49
by xxhellfirexx
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 06:10
by spedlike
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Sep 2019, 11:49
by kbdfr
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 08:36
by xxhellfirexx
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 19:10
by User101
Totally a ripoff for a not so well built keyboard with garbage caps(mine have pad printed thin abs). You can get these from China no more than 80 as low as 15. Guess the condition justified the price?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 19:49
by Slom
Slom wrote: 22 Sep 2019, 23:57
anybody else thinking that ebay kinda dried out?
I should complain more often ...
Micro Switch SW
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Texas-Ins ... 3888119257
Keytronic Magnetic Reed (?)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dynapath-CNC-K ... 1841917766
That dustcover!!!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Paymas ... 3668925103
Thats the variant where they managed to put a rubberdome in between the keycap and the switch ... not so good, are they?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 20:24
by Slom
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 21:17
by JP!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 21:18
by JP!
Also I wanna try and go after that TI board if that's alright.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 21:21
by mr_a500
Gah! I wanted to try for that TI keyboard! Oh well, I guess I'm doomed.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Oct 2019, 22:56
by depletedvespene
This pales after the sight of two LISP machines,
and a keycap is missing,
and the price is outrageous, but...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113910066412
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 02:03
by zrrion
not to start any drama about anything, but that exact M keypad was sold on goodwill's auction site recently for way less that what the seller is now asking for on ebay. They're a very blatantly flipping, and for a ridiculous amount at that. Don't give them any money.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 02:05
by depletedvespene
Yeah. Wasn't gonna. And I hope no one does, either.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 03:50
by Elrick
zrrion wrote: 03 Oct 2019, 02:03
They're a very blatantly flipping, and for a ridiculous amount at that. Don't give them any money.
Essence of 'Flipping" here.
The capitalist's agenda of buying cheap and selling it high. How else do you fulfill Trump's wet-dream 24/7
?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 06:39
by OldIsNew
Yes it should be, I picked one up a while back:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17582&hilit=keytronic
I think I paid about $20. Though this one looks really nice, the asking price of $210 is way out of line IMO.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 11:40
by Obscure
Well-thumbed KB-101A. I was thinking about dropping by - I never had blue Alps under my wrists. But honestly - maybe I just try to forget about it. The wording in this offer feels weird: reason for disposal: herewith I sell a keyboard from Acer brand (really?? I think he is serious about it)
https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und ... -329456084
Clevy keyboard, Dutch quality - very noble intention to produce such a device and an eye-catcher for your desk for sure.
wow - only one shift key. consequent design
https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und ... 333382002/
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 17:07
by Muirium
That second one deserves a safety warning! Behold it and puke.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 03 Oct 2019, 22:35
by Keybug
Three Acer KB-102AS are up on German eBay, at least one with photo-confirmed blue ALPS. Pretty well yellowed, though...
Quite a flood of these around just now, eh?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 07 Oct 2019, 10:35
by ghostdawg187
Keybug wrote: 03 Oct 2019, 22:35
Three Acer KB-102AS are up on German eBay, at least one with photo-confirmed blue ALPS. Pretty well yellowed, though...
I have bought one of these and wondered about the differences of the labels on the back. On all three labels the model no. "KB-102AS" can be seen, but their serial numbers are significantly different in their beginning. 2 of them start with "MK102..." and one is starting with "S102...-J". Does this indicate the used switch, i.e. white or blue ALPS switches?
BTW: blue ALPS Focus board?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Escom-Focus-FK- ... SwfkpdlFh8
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 07 Oct 2019, 11:31
by kmnov2017
The Escom Focus is almost certainly a White ALPS board.
