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Either way I want it
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 00:25
The Japanese listing says "Ash Shaft Alps" so perhaps grays. It's tempting for me to get too. I just wonder if those keycaps are dyesub or pad print...
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Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 00:39
Looks like the switch housing has the Alps logo on it, which blue Alps doesn't have.
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Nope, definitely not on a windows 95 board. Probably SKBM Grey.
Also that Focus is really nice, even though it's missing that cool dust cover. If the Omnikey is the best-built blue Alps board, the FK-2001/2002 is arguably the best-looking
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Thats just Yahoo JP through a proxy.Redmaus wrote: http://shop.j-subculture.com/items/deta ... F9EE7EFEE1
JP Realforce for sale on that site too
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:04
Ohhh.
Are the grey's worth buying the other keyboard for?
Are the grey's worth buying the other keyboard for?
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:18
If you want the Greys badly enough, yes. It's difficult to say if a board is "worth" buying unless it's heinously overpriced or underpriced.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:24
I want Grays but then again $140 after shipping is a lot. 
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:31
It's on the upper end of fair pricing internationally, sure.
But $115 with shipping (roughly) for a NIB KB with a somewhat rare switch wouldn't be unreasonable for Japanese folks. It's the foreigners who suffer.
I wouldn't pay more than $75 for it.
But $115 with shipping (roughly) for a NIB KB with a somewhat rare switch wouldn't be unreasonable for Japanese folks. It's the foreigners who suffer.
I wouldn't pay more than $75 for it.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:35
Does anyone know anything about this keyboard or switches ?
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Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:37
FALCON BLACK -- what a badass name. And that alliteration!
No useful information here, but it reminds me of N64s for some reason... Probably Falco in Star Fox.
No useful information here, but it reminds me of N64s for some reason... Probably Falco in Star Fox.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 01:54
Interesting space bar placement. For left thumb pressers only.
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I think this is another and cheaperRedmaus wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibm-Model-F-Key ... true&rt=nc
Declined my offer
Did anyone here get it?
http://m.ebay.com/itm/BOS-1369969-IBM-S ... 0408.m2460
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 02:56
That's an M, not an F. Still a passable price, but not an excellent one.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 02:58
He was just after the numpad caps and caps lock. And that M comes with some extra, nice caps as well
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 03:00
Ahhh. Gotcha. The "BOS" key is kinda fun, for sure.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 04:22
I appreciate the offer, but the "." or "del" key is missing. I really want a blue set, but I don't want to have to scrounge around a long time just to find the missing piece. Unless someone had an extra they didn't care about.lolpes wrote:
I think this is another and cheaper
http://m.ebay.com/itm/BOS-1369969-IBM-S ... 0408.m2460
EDIT: After checking out the other sweet keys like the caps lock, made an offer of 40$ hope they will accept. Notice they have more than one in quantity. Maybe I could get a donor from another board.
Or maybe the one pictured is already gone...
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Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 05:34
I'm in the process of completing a large keyboard purchase. So far I've netted Yellow Alps, Green Alps, Cream Damped Alps, and MX Blacks. I was also sent a photo of the board below, which I'm not getting due to its foam & foil switches. I blotted out the logos on the board because it's too easy to find where my source is if I leave them.
Backstory (because this guy talks nonstop, bless his heart):
Turns out that the gentleman I'm buying from has his 500 keyboards due to jobless kids. He lived in a small town where his early-mid teens couldn't find work. He was at an auction one day and noticed a box of keyboards for $5. His KB was broken, so he bought the whole box. He looked up the prices (back in the late 90s/early 2000s?) and saw that they were selling for decent amounts, so he told his kids... "Sell these: you get 20% of the final sale price." He continued his purchasing to keep the youngsters busy. Apparently they took to the business well -- one started refurbishing IBM Wheelwriters and sold 16 to a school district somewhere or other for great justice. They've grown up and moved out since then, but I bet he still has the bent butter knife his kids used as a keycap puller somewhere.
I tracked his site down after a lot of Google trolling, but its email system was dysfunctional. I had to find another site he owned (with functional email) to get in touch. About 3 months after my initial email he contacted me -- I've been working with him to weed out the rubberdomes since last week. He even stayed true to his original pricing after seeing what the keyboards are going for nowadays.
I'm going to help him market whatever he doesn't sell to me on eBay because he's such a nice guy.
Back to keyboards.
Seriously, though. How many arrow keys and function keys does one need on a board that compact? Jesus.
Backstory (because this guy talks nonstop, bless his heart):
Turns out that the gentleman I'm buying from has his 500 keyboards due to jobless kids. He lived in a small town where his early-mid teens couldn't find work. He was at an auction one day and noticed a box of keyboards for $5. His KB was broken, so he bought the whole box. He looked up the prices (back in the late 90s/early 2000s?) and saw that they were selling for decent amounts, so he told his kids... "Sell these: you get 20% of the final sale price." He continued his purchasing to keep the youngsters busy. Apparently they took to the business well -- one started refurbishing IBM Wheelwriters and sold 16 to a school district somewhere or other for great justice. They've grown up and moved out since then, but I bet he still has the bent butter knife his kids used as a keycap puller somewhere.
I tracked his site down after a lot of Google trolling, but its email system was dysfunctional. I had to find another site he owned (with functional email) to get in touch. About 3 months after my initial email he contacted me -- I've been working with him to weed out the rubberdomes since last week. He even stayed true to his original pricing after seeing what the keyboards are going for nowadays.
I'm going to help him market whatever he doesn't sell to me on eBay because he's such a nice guy.
Back to keyboards.
Seriously, though. How many arrow keys and function keys does one need on a board that compact? Jesus.
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 05:47
I found these after running one of my eBay search strings today:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-83- ... SwKtVWu9Yv
Model F XT. Seems dirty and I've never cared for that layout, but the price is quite a bit better than many of the XTs that go up for auction.
And these two as well--
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibm-1801449-83- ... 7xP7JOI8dQ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-4584656-Vin ... Sw5dNWj~wn
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-83- ... SwKtVWu9Yv
Model F XT. Seems dirty and I've never cared for that layout, but the price is quite a bit better than many of the XTs that go up for auction.
And these two as well--
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibm-1801449-83- ... 7xP7JOI8dQ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-4584656-Vin ... Sw5dNWj~wn
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 05:49
That? Dirty? HAH.
That's actually "I'd eat off that" material compared to some of the NSFL boards I've cleaned out. -shudders-
That's actually "I'd eat off that" material compared to some of the NSFL boards I've cleaned out. -shudders-
Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 05:50