The one and only (spotted so far)... Italian Dolch PAC keyboard!

[Prelim]

My wait is over!!!...

Finally I got my hands on a Dolch keyboard and to make it even better it have similar layout to my Portuguese native language. Let me thank @derzemel, who re-sold me the board and made this possible.
I can't test the keyboard right now, since I'm waiting for a RJ10->PS/2 adapter from @DanielT, who sent me today this "gift" entirely free of charge! Many thanks in advance to him also!
Furthermore, I'm planning to get a Cherry black coiled ps/2 cable to solder in the future, if I want to. (if anyone has one, please let me know)

The keyboard arrived in an awful condition, dry/parched plastic, lots of dirt and a bit of shine on some caps (spacebar, enter, arrows mainly)... looks like the italian guy had it stored on a pigsty warehouse lol





After cleaning the case, re-conditioning plastics and washing the caps, the results were stunning... Without further ado, here's the photos

[derzemel]

Uhuuu... glad you got it

I was really worried that the thing would be a disaster under all of the dirt, especially as I did not see it in person, but, it actually looks good

Enjoy it man!

How did you recondition the plastic? did you use any kind of special solution/substances, or just a good wash??

[pcaro]

Looks like a great keyboard. Good layout.

[Prelim]

...How did you recondition the plastic? did you use any kind of special solution/substances, or just a good wash??

After a good wash, I've applied a car product for renewing plastics Not sure of what it contains as it's a mixture... if you can buy, the best thing (non-aggressive) to apply in this situations it's simple Silicone Gel!

[chzel]

Doesn't silicone gel make it slippery/greasy?
Beautiful board by the way!

[Prelim]

If you don't abuse, I guess not

[yobinad]

Gratz @prelim

Very nice cleaning. Now i know where to go to polish my car

[DanielT]

Wow, the board looks really nice, and it's a rare layout Nice catch The Dolch is my favorite vintage board, better than the SSK (at least for me).

[HzFaq]

Very nice, it cleaned up well.

[photekq]

Lovely board. It looks like it's mint condition!

I have seen one Italian one before on otd or kbdmania, I'll try to find it later..

Congrats!

[Prelim]

it's all about fun!

[seebart]

Impressive. Congrats.

[kbdfr]

it's all about fun!
[pics of Dolch with colourful caps]

Obviously

Spoiler:

Nice board you've got, and very nice cleaning and reconditioning work you've done.

[Prelim]

Obviously

Spoiler:

Nice board you've got, and very nice cleaning and reconditioning work you've done.

hehe, that's it! boys do have "fingernails hobbies" as well LOLOL

[derzemel]

it's all about fun!

I WANT those green arrows!!!!

[Prelim]

I WANT those green arrows!!!!

bought them on EK (they also have WASD): http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... _grn_arrow

[derzemel]

How come I did not know about this website

Thank you

[Prelim]

they have the "good stuff" (gmk) for ages, I bought my arrows last Aug/2014 ...but it's really a shame they don't have ISO caps or more colors.

[tactica]

wtf?



This is happening with both Chrome and Firefox.

[kbdfr]

Same here, obviously due to wrong tags in derzemel's post.

[Muirium]

So dirty!

How long till people write like that on purpose! Patch it with fire.

[Prelim]

Ohh, so it isn't only me! I thought my firefox was driving crazy lol

@Mu, can't you edit derzemel's post?

[derzemel]

better now?

[kbdfr]

better now?

definitely

[tactica]

Smells like a blatant hole in phpbb then if what you write can break the layout for everyone else...

[Muirium]

Yup. And accidental holes aren't choosy about what they let through. Troublesome!