deskthority

Ascaii wrote: Ive actually got two of those K3000 boards left...anyone interested?

What's the price?

I don't suppose you have another of this other rare hellgrau board by any chance?

Something tells me these aren't going to be the 30-60 Eur boards my jaded IBM eyes think they are… arse!

Muirium wrote: Something tells me these aren't going to be the 30-60 Eur boards my jaded IBM eyes think they are… arse!

I think 30-60EUR is a good estimate. They might be rare and very cool, but they aren't particularly desirable because of the odd layout and since it's probably not easy to get them working with a modern PC.

One has a busted case that needs to be epoxied, but its an easy fix. Id go for 50 on the busted one and 75 on the one in good condition

Ascaii wrote:Ive actually got two of those K3000 boards left...anyone interested?

Me! If the price is right...

I had a 3180HPU once upon a time. It's a nice keyboard which does indeed have some oddities. Mine didn't have a 1u shift key (it didn't need to be rare anymore but that modifiers pack in my groupbuy didn't make it), but it did have a 2x2 units enter key on the numpad side. The touchpad mouse buttons are low profile M8 switches.
The biggest downfall on mine is it was used, and it was programmed to some quite nonstandard mappings... and the only way to program it was with a heinous DOS utility that I couldn't manage to use really, so I just got rid of it.

Nuum wrote:Does the Desko only come in ANSI or is the photo of the one on Ebay just a stock photo?

vsev wrote:

Nuum wrote: Does the Desko only come in ANSI or is the photo of the one on Ebay just a stock photo?

+1 !

It's ISO german

Great, thanks! He accepted my offer of 30€.

Apple Keyboard Collectors starter kit...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-Lot-of-Vi ... 711wt_1399

HzFaq wrote: Apple Keyboard Collectors starter kit

Apple II+/e numpad
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Keybo ... 1e9b7bc0d2

Not the same Keyboard Company as these guys, surely?

Could be the same, the Keyboard Co was created in 1989, and Apple II was in production up to 1993!

True. But that brochure's logo looks as American as the TV spots for a used car dealer in Mobile, Alabama. The Keyboard Company that's around today is English, and doesn't manufacture keyboards (or commission them for all I know), they're just a shop.

NCR thing:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NCR-Keypad-small ... 2ed0208514

Saw that AEK a little while ago, not worth 80 pounds in my opinion!

There is an AEK1 somewhere on USB eBay at the moment , i do want one at some point however i want an original mac before that, would convert it and use it in work in place of my SSK, would send all the Mac fantasy in work crazy

Good find, but oh man is that thing dirty!

Would really like to try one, but I don't see myself using it day to day; just to big and bulky...

same i want to try but will never use it full time ( unless i like it)

I like it dirty i have fun cleaning it !

60 quid tho . I guess we could all club together for a euro tour

I'll open signups for the Matias Ergo Pro tour, once I've actually got my hands on the keyboard.

andrewjoy wrote: 60 quid tho . I guess we could all club together for a euro tour

Think about the shipping for that thing though

guk wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinesis-Ergon ... 1507739281

Thanks! I just ordered it
I was with the kinesis freestyle but couldn't resist, it seems coming from an old William Gibson novel.

Thanks to @ramnes for telling me !

You're welcome! I'm happy that you'll finally get a mechanical ergonomic keyboard.

Welcome to DT also, by the way.

kinesis are so cool, i always think of Kay using it in Men in Black

dmoon wrote:

guk wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kinesis-Ergon ... 1507739281

Thanks! I just ordered it
I was with the kinesis freestyle but couldn't resist, it seems coming from an old William Gibson novel.

Thanks to @ramnes for telling me !

please post photos of it during the cleaning .

I love to see the grime

dmoon wrote: Thanks! I just ordered it

Glad someone got it, and welcome to DT!

That picture is a classic andrew! The cigarette keyboard tray. I never noticed it was from germany before though.

That picture is incredible...