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Posted: 11 Oct 2015, 21:52
by scottc
That Ortek! The seller even gives DT a shout-out:
that ebay guy wrote:
Here we go, time to let go of an old friend. This Ortek battleship has done me proud over the years but since I replaced the left chevron ALPS key (with a big thanks to someone on Deskthority for supplying it) I've just not used it and I can't spare the time to get it silky smooth again. I have owned this from new and was my daily driver for what must be 15 years. This was one of the batch that Scan computers (scan.co.uk) used to use on the front desk - I managed to persuade them to part with a brand new one and I never looked back, it has been such a great board.
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 01:12
by Chyros
scottc wrote: That Ortek! The seller even gives DT a shout-out:
that ebay guy wrote:
Here we go, time to let go of an old friend. This Ortek battleship has done me proud over the years but since I replaced the left chevron ALPS key (with a big thanks to someone on Deskthority for supplying it) I've just not used it and I can't spare the time to get it silky smooth again. I have owned this from new and was my daily driver for what must be 15 years. This was one of the batch that Scan computers (scan.co.uk) used to use on the front desk - I managed to persuade them to part with a brand new one and I never looked back, it has been such a great board.
The rest of the description does sound like the Alps switches are quite buggered though, and he mentions the space bar is warped and doesn't work properly :/ .
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 03:45
by Muirium
All the better reason to avoid selling it to us lot, who know better, and head for the wild west of eBay!
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 12:11
by andrewjoy
I think thats my cap, i could be wrong but i remember giving someone a <, from my alps junk pile. Laser printed ABS off a At101
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 12:15
by HzFaq
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 12:40
by kbdfr
Someone got a nice set of Cherry MX compatible spherical doubleshot numpad caps for cheap:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/201444257523
One of us?
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 12:54
by kbdfr
NCR branded Cherry keyboard:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161846506224
Most probably a G83 with a case completely different from G80 or G81,
but perhaps someone feels like asking
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 13:33
by photekq
G83.. Check those F/J keys
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 14:06
by lolpes
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Cherry-Tastatur- ... 280095e976
Maybe it has been posted before, but i think the price was higher, now it almost seems reasonable
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 16:45
by seebart
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 17:15
by kbdfr
A G80-3000 HAD in there (I asked):
http://www.ebay.de/itm/401007743566
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 20:45
by OleVoip
Great find - it's a Sinix keyboard from the years 1982-86. I've sent the seller a message.
Posted: 12 Oct 2015, 23:14
by Halvar
That's a rubberduck board of course.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 11:06
by HzFaq
G81-1800HBU-02 for super cheap
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G81-1800 ... 1901118163?
edit - and a reasonable AEKII, this is the 2nd one the seller has put up so there may be more...
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Apple-Extended-K ... 1291779387
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 11:09
by derzemel
OMG!!!!!!.... I NEEEEEEEDD / WANT those keycaps... but 38$ + 46(shipping) is a bit steep
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 11:37
by quochung1989
Thanks HzFaq. I bought one.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 14:24
by derzemel
quochung1989 wrote: Thanks HzFaq. I bought one.
Damn... You snaged it before I could find someone to proxy
Enjoy it!
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 15:23
by Muirium
I don't post great finds very often. So listen up!
How do you fancy some NeXT keyboards? Here's a bunch, in America. I just bought 6. Well, 1 for me and the others for a little group buy. The seller actually has ANSI, Spanish and German (and I think maybe French) boards available. I got in touch with him and had them merged into a single sale so I could bundle my shipping.
Here you go:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NeXT-Non-ADB-Ke ... 2013376624
Warning: the Non-ADB boards are the good ones with Alps. The seller also has the later model, but they aren't mechs:
Fortunately, Hasu has non-ADB NeXT keyboard support built into TMK, so they are convertible quite easily! The caps are quite nice thick doubleshots. Here's our good old pal Ripster on the subject:
http://imgur.com/a/RvxtF
Hasu also makes some rather nice converters for these himself:
DanielT wrote:NeXT-USB
Just plug it in and that's it. Comes with the matching socket for Non-ADB connector and TMK firmware, which is a beauty.
I had limited space so I organised a little GB with a few of my fellow regulars. But we're all sorted now, so it's open season on these boards if you fancy.
The seller actually has a mountain of NeXT stuff:
I bought out the inventory of Bell Atlantic long ago , they were NeXT's repair service so I have stacks and stacks wrapped up in newspaper in boxes stored in my dry storage area... I actually have around 1000 NeXT computers here kind of fun.
My thanks to HzFaq for pointing me this guy's way. Hopefully he's good at wrapping! I'll nag my brother for some pics of our boards once they arrive.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 15:39
by t8c
Muirium wrote: I don't post great finds very often. So listen up!
How do you fancy some NeXT keyboards? Here's a bunch, in America. I just bought 6. Well, 1 for me and the others for a little group buy. The seller actually has ANSI, Spanish and German (and I think maybe French) boards available. I got in touch with him and had them merged into a single sale so I could bundle my shipping.
Here you go:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NeXT-Non-ADB-Ke ... 2013376624
Warning: the Non-ADB boards are the good ones with Alps. The seller also has the later model, but they aren't mechs:
Wow I love those volume keys. The legend is even cooler than the granite dsa volume keys!
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 15:41
by HzFaq
Related to Mu's post;
mini 5 pin DIN sockets, surprisingly difficult to find...
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 16:15
by gogusrl
not sure about the going price of a Dolch Pac but this seems cheaper than usual.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dolch-PAC-64-Mo ... 1966501854?
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 16:37
by DanielT
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 16:42
by DanielT
Not that hard
good old Aliexpress My guess this is the source also for Hasu's adapters
This one is nice for building an adapter, and it's dirt cheap.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 21:54
by Muirium
Good links. Exactly the kind of fiddly buggers I hate looking for! That last one is indeed cheap, but it looks a bit awkward:
Too big to put in a little converter box. Too small to cram a Teensy inside and turn
into the box!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 22:22
by pcaro
My first alps at home. An AEK for 21€.
Thanks HzFaq for the ebay link and specially to sth for not outbiding me.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 22:36
by HzFaq
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. Glad you're happy though dude.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 22:37
by Blaise170
I bought one of those NeXT boards a few weeks ago. It looks awesome. I need to get it converted though.
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 22:49
by Muirium
Seems to be a simple enough task. Hasu sells ready made converters if you don't want to get out a soldering iron and go Teensy.
@Pcaro: Ooh, an actual AEK I. What switches has it got? The monochromania has even cost the old Apple logo its six stripes!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Oct 2015, 22:57
by pcaro
Muirium wrote:
@Pcaro: Ooh, an actual AEK I. What switches has it got? The monochromania has even cost the old Apple logo its six stripes!
Orange switches. One key and switch missing.
Posted: 14 Oct 2015, 11:11
by HzFaq
Another AEKII, this one has some pretty sexy secondary legends though.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Extende ... 1292893939