Great/Interesting Finds

hammelgammler · 17 Apr 2015, 11:10

Another Military (Bundeswehr) keyboard. Seems kind of interesting to me.

http://m.ebay.de/itm/201332315509?nav=SEARCH

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 11:13

Why have 1 big spacebar when you can have 3 little ones

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That's actually not a terrible layout, stick a custom controller in there and it'd probably be pretty useable. Nice price too.

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 11:17

hammelgammler wrote: Another Military (Bundeswehr) keyboard. Seems kind of interesting to me.
http://m.ebay.de/itm/201332315509?nav=SEARCH

Wow, that's a lot of pins on the connector!

Those caps look Devlin to me. Might be Cherry underneath.

andrewjoy · 17 Apr 2015, 11:23

HzFaq wrote: Why have 1 big spacebar when you can have 3 little ones .

That's actually not a terrible layout, stick a custom controller in there and it'd probably be pretty useable. Nice price too.

Because real men like them big and long ! Wise has you covered

i wish they still made them that long then i could make this ( the best layout ever)

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 11:37

6u is about as long as I can take *cough*, I've got a board with 3x2.75u keys down there which is pretty nice.

10u is just silly.

Mal-2 · 17 Apr 2015, 11:51

andrewjoy wrote: Because real men like them big and long ! Wise has you covered

I'm just glad that after a setup like that, you didn't post a Wang.

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 12:03

Oh, did anyone here get that Ortek board that finished last night? I stumbled across it last night when the auction had like 15 minutes left but I was in bed and couldn't be bothered trying to figure out how to post ebay links on my phone...

This one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-84- ... _63wt_1428

kbdfr · 17 Apr 2015, 12:20

HzFaq wrote: […] I stumbled across it last night […] but I was in bed […]

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 12:21

The Mrs is in Poland, I've got to do something to keep my hands busy in bed

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urbancamo · 17 Apr 2015, 12:25

HzFaq wrote: Oh, did anyone here get that Ortek board that finished last night? I stumbled across it last night when the auction had like 15 minutes left but I was in bed and couldn't be bothered trying to figure out how to post ebay links on my phone...

This one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ortek-MCK-84- ... _63wt_1428

Bum. I'd have liked one of those. I thought I had a saved search on Ortek keyboards, but clearly not.

Nuum · 17 Apr 2015, 14:30

hammelgammler wrote:Another Military (Bundeswehr) keyboard. Seems kind of interesting to me.
http://m.ebay.de/itm/201332315509?nav=SEARCH

Got it for 20€ shipped! I'd be so happy if these really are Devlin caps, they surely look like it.
Thanks for the tip. Since I'm not actively searching Ebay anymore, I feel like I'm profiteering from this thread a bit too much, sorry!

scottc · 17 Apr 2015, 14:32

Well as long as you don't take peoples' suggestions, buy them cheap and sell them for a profit, I don't see it as a problem! That board looks really interesting. Do we know what switches they have?

Nuum · 17 Apr 2015, 14:34

I'd never do that. If I decide to sell some of my stuff I'll always try to sell it for the price I bought it for, if I can find it. Also I'll try to document the more interesting stuff I find/buy.

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 14:36

Nuum wrote:
hammelgammler wrote:Another Military (Bundeswehr) keyboard. Seems kind of interesting to me.
http://m.ebay.de/itm/201332315509?nav=SEARCH
Got it for 20€ shipped! I'd be so happy if these really are Devlin caps, they surely look like it.
Thanks for the tip. Since I'm not actively searching Ebay anymore, I feel like I'm profiteering from this thread a bit too much, sorry!

Great, please send some pictures when you got it!

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 15:01

Schneider Euro PC (unsure but looks Cherry to me)
http://www.ebay.es/itm/Ordenador-Schnei ... 463897f636

Bosch thing
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Bosch-Tastatur-f ... 58c2baed58

Expensive but might interest a Cherry collector
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ROHDE-SCHWARZ-PC ... 19fb71d40a

Nuum · 17 Apr 2015, 15:13

I've researched those Schneider keyboards before and all I've found are some kind of membrane switches similar to the Mitsumi ones in Commodore Amigas, they were not MX compatible. But I haven't found much information about them, do you know more about these?

scottc · 17 Apr 2015, 15:16

Hmm, those keycaps and legends do look suspiciously Cherry-like. I've never seen an enter key like that on a Cherry board, though.

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 15:17

Nuum wrote: I've researched those Schneider keyboards before and all I've found are some kind of membrane switches similar to the Mitsumi ones in Commodore Amigas, they were not MX compatible. But I haven't found much information about them, do you know more about these?

Schneider had Cherry boards for sure: http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/g81-3 ... t3857.html

Now, this board looks like Cherry to me, but there is nothing sure about it.

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 15:19

Futjitsu, Leaf Spring I guess
http://www.ebay.es/itm/331529181439?ssP ... Track=true

Nuum · 17 Apr 2015, 15:20

That's surely not the Cherry font on the Schneider keyboard, maybe SP made them. The Rohde & Schwarz keyboard indeed has Cherry MX keycaps and switches.

guk · 17 Apr 2015, 15:25

Nuum wrote: That's surely not the Cherry font on the Schneider keyboard, maybe SP made them. The Rohde & Schwarz keyboard indeed has Cherry MX keycaps and switches.

Second that, and had the same results when I did a little research on the euro pc. Think the most memorable thing about it was some dude farting accidentally in his review vid on yt.

kbdfr · 17 Apr 2015, 15:27

ramnes wrote: Schneider Euro PC (unsure but looks Cherry to me)
http://www.ebay.es/itm/Ordenador-Schnei ... 463897f636

Certainly not Cherry caps.

Bosch thing
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Bosch-Tastatur-f ... 58c2baed58

Had the same. Crappy crap.

Expensive but might interest a Cherry collector
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ROHDE-SCHWARZ-PC ... 19fb71d40a

Definitely Cherry caps.

ramnes · 17 Apr 2015, 15:28

Nuum wrote: That's surely not the Cherry font on the Schneider keyboard, maybe SP made them.

Of course. Also thought SP.

Nuum wrote: The Rohde & Schwarz keyboard indeed has Cherry MX keycaps and switches.

Of course again, no doubt on this one.

HzFaq · 17 Apr 2015, 15:48

That Rohde & Schwarz board is amazing, shame it's so expensive.

kbdfr · 17 Apr 2015, 18:06

HzFaq wrote: That Rohde & Schwarz board is amazing, shame it's so expensive.

For anybody interested, apparently the "best offer" for the one already sold was,
according to a tool which which I sometimes use and which has proven reliable in the past,
astonishing 100€.

XMIT · 17 Apr 2015, 18:23

My Omega keyboard from Ukraine is here safe and sound! Unfortunately the keys and switches are something of a disappointment. Plus it doesn't actually come up in XT or AT mode. Maybe it is drawing too much current for USB. The LEDs flicker and that's it.

Full size photos here:
https://plus.google.com/photos/10439222 ... 0776084849

Anyone have an idea what this key switch is? Alps mount, slider over buckling rubber cup over membrane. It may be membrane over PCB, I have not taken it apart that deeply.

Anyone here able to read Russian? I can transcribe it, slowly, and punch it into Google Translate.

IvanIvanovich · 17 Apr 2015, 19:03

I wish I could get that ROHDE & SCHWARZ. It's much nicer than the used one that is available on US ebay for an also too high price. I want a Cherry bitshift layout keycap set so bad!

Daniel · 17 Apr 2015, 19:37

ramnes wrote: Expensive but might interest a Cherry collector
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ROHDE-SCHWARZ-PC ... 19fb71d40a

I've aldready sent that seller a offer of 50€ for that keyboard

but he declined it

GuilleAcoustic · 17 Apr 2015, 19:57

Daniel wrote:
ramnes wrote: Expensive but might interest a Cherry collector
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ROHDE-SCHWARZ-PC ... 19fb71d40a
I've aldready sent that seller a offer of 50€ for that keyboard but he declined it

I'll try 50,01€, he can't refuse that

photekq · 17 Apr 2015, 20:28

He's already accepted an offer.. Don't suppose that was someone here? I'm curious how much it was.