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Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 22:27
by gogusrl
Posted: 17 Oct 2014, 23:33
by Daniel Beardsmore
It's made by Datacomp, and has simplified Alps switches (SKBM White, clicky), if that helps in any way.
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 01:23
by Hak Foo
I could see it as a "desperation play" for caps.
Even though they're apparently printed-and-coated, the caps are interesting. You get a regular ANSI backspace-|\-enter combo, and that stepped key-- which are virtually impossible to find in other sets. If it was ten bucks, I'd buy it for the caps.
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 01:33
by Laser
You can imagine it's ten bucks, and twenty five bucks shipping
If it has a plate (it should; can't see - additional pics won't load now), it could be 'cut' in the middle, and same for the pcb - rewired through a teensy => 60% keyboard with alps switches solution and solved stabs problem (just needs a case).
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 08:17
by Ratfink
A white whale with some keycaps changed (that one black one, urgh):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-2682678-Dis ... 48712c52b5
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 12:18
by seebart
nice gogusrl, that's my kind of posting! Keep those links coming in.
Thanks for the info facetsesame. That's an interesting keyboard alright!
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 17:00
by Halvar
ORIC Atmos on ebay.de:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ORIC-Atmos-1983- ... 1638568905
Quite expensive, but look at that keyboard everyone who's in Round 5!
"Rat Splat"?
(Sorry, this was posted in the wrong thread originally.)
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 17:58
by seebart
(Sorry, this was posted in the wrong thread originally.)
I was going to say so but I thought you wanted your post there!
Very interesting find.Those cassette tapes? :?I don´t get it!
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 18:10
by Muirium
Younglings! We used to store data on tape before floppy drives were cheap and widespread. You could play them back in a cassette player and hear much the same mess of noise you'd hear from a modem on a phone line. If you remember those…
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 18:24
by mr_a500
The bonus with audio-based computer media is that now you can sample them and put them on an iPod (or any music player) and use that to load programs instead. (still slow, but certainly easier)
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 18:24
by seebart
Younglings! We used to store data on tape before floppy drives were cheap and widespread.
hey I´m not that young Mu!I grew up with this:
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I meant I don´t get what those tapes are doing there,was it like a game bundle?
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 18:43
by Muirium
Right, they're definitely a poor match for bundled software! Maybe the box originally had more educational stuff in it, but the seller's only got what they kept. Who needs BASIC tutorials when you can play something tasteless!
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 18:48
by mr_a500
Oh I just noticed that "Rat Splat" is the included game. I thought Halvar was referring to the computer. (red & black, like a rat that went "splat" - and the red is blood)
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 20:24
by raatmarien
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 20:34
by quantalume
Muirium wrote: Younglings! We used to store data on tape before floppy drives were cheap and widespread. You could play them back in a cassette player and hear much the same mess of noise you'd hear from a modem on a phone line. If you remember those…
This is how I saved programs back in the day.
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Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 21:22
by Muirium
The oldest school I got was writing them down by hand. Certainly didn't have a printer to make the job quicker!
Posted: 18 Oct 2014, 21:29
by crunch
Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 17:41
by gogusrl
Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 22:42
by Daniel Beardsmore
The "MEMB" in the FCC ID suggests membrane, and it looks like a rubber dome to me.
Early NMB keyboards had model numbers based solely on the number of keys; RT-102 just means an NMB Right Touch 102-key keyboard. It was only later that they devised a new numbering scheme that gave the mechanical keyboards a number range of their own. As such, RT-10x can be either mechanical or dome.
Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 22:49
by Muirium
The case looks the spitting image of my RT-102. But I'll defer to your spotting skills. The FCC label is certainly different:
http://deskthority.net/review-f45/nmb-r ... t8469.html
vs.
Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 23:02
by Daniel Beardsmore
Yours has high-grade keycaps. The keycaps on the eBay auction look cheap. The FCC ID for me is the big clue. I was going to spend more time investigating what series the RT-10x rubber domes became (possibly RT-6xxx) but in the end I didn't bother.
Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 23:56
by crunch
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 00:14
by elocutive
Do any of these have vintage clears?
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 00:20
by Nuum
If you mean the ones crunch just posted, I don't think so, no.
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 00:33
by HzFaq
That NCR is bloody lovely, nice find.
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 10:00
by shreebles
Buyers beware - the seller mentions that one of the G80s has no keycaps. So it's three keyboards, but only one set of doubleshots for the price. Also he should throw the fujitsu one away
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 10:03
by Nuum
Does a black G80-1000HFD/G80-1501HAD really exist or was it painted black?
Also it does look like a modern G80 case to me.
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 12:24
by photekq
Yeah, it definitely looks like a 3000 series. Could be something interesting!
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 16:21
by mathiasn
shreebles wrote: crunch wrote: Buyers beware - the seller mentions that one of the G80s has no keycaps.
right; I asked:
1501 keycaps are
missing
Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 19:14
by IvanIvanovich
They did make black 1000. I have seen some on Italian ebay before. Those Cherry B80-85AA look pretty interesting, but I think they are $200 too much for me. I wouldn't mind taking that NCR 0528 though.