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Round 3 rules:
It's time to choose this year's winner. Please vote to determine the best vintage keyboard or cache of 2016.

See the first and second round for reference. Congratulations to all participants.

The final round ends on Saturday 10 December, 20:00 UTC. You can change your vote until the end of the round.
The full results will be published at the end of the awards.

Official nominees:

Photekq's throne of G81-3100SDUs
Photekq, a notorious Cherry hoarder, found quite a few SDUs.



Atomicthumbs' beam springs
The forum collectively turned with envy when atomicthumbs found two beam spring keyboards. One was APL.

Cindy's Unsaver haul
Cindy, A.K.A. elecplus, regularly acquires lots of vintage keyboards. The Unsavers didn't last long when marketed to Deskthority users!



Snuci's Model M rescue
Snuci rescued more Industrial Model Ms than most of us will see in a lifetime.



Rusty beam springs in an abandoned place by Madhias
While this photo technically wasn't taken by Madhias, it was posted by him. If we can contact the original photographer we will.



Cindy's XT and F122 haul for the MF project
You probably won't ever see more Model F keyboards in a single location. Feast your eyes upon the keyboards who donated vital parts to make the Model MF possible, and thank them for their service.

So many Model M's and F's. Drool...

The model M is a classic that will always get my vote

Cindy's model MF haul had to be the best. All those great keyboards gave their lives for the greater good!

Any clues at all for where that image from Madhias was taken? That's just a tragedy.

dlightningd wrote: Any clues at all for where that image from Madhias was taken? That's just a tragedy.

PM Madhias, he might know. I'm pretty sure he posted it originally.

Damn, I could be using one of these Model M/F (
Wondering if they accept borrowing them for a bit of a time hehe

In alphabetical order, the two top contenders are: Please remember to vote!

It's quite a close call right now!

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Looks a paradise for vintage stuff on that Madhias post photo....

The Beamspring graveyard is such a great photo, and such a tragedy.

Nominated Cindy for the MF haul, and insofar as helping get a project off the ground, it's been monumental for the MF buy- having switches available, for a very cheap price, lets tons of people who normally wouldn't be able to, get into capacitive buckling springs in a real way.

The two Beamers are toooo tasty to not vote these beauties. Nothing beats the feeling of the beam!