Great/Interesting Finds

seebart · 05 Feb 2016, 13:40

Sankart wrote: Don't know if this is something special/mechanical, but the keycaps look nice
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... -228-15763

That's near me, I might check it out.

photekq wrote: Argh. I wish I had some money!

Don't you own one of these already photekq?

scottc · 05 Feb 2016, 13:41

Nixie man is now refusing 50 and 60 euro offers... trying 80...

SUCCESS! Greedy bastard

photekq · 05 Feb 2016, 13:44

seebart wrote:
photekq wrote: Argh. I wish I had some money!
Don't you own one of these already photekq?

I do, but I have far more than one custom keyboard kits that require switches.. and these are my switch of choice!

seebart · 05 Feb 2016, 13:45

Yeah he got "wind" of the situation. We should have bought the lot right from the getgo.

I know phote, I may be "persuaded" to trade.

Wodan · 05 Feb 2016, 13:56

Never seen an auction being crashed like that before. Is he gonne be happy about the money he made regret not having made more ?

photekq · 05 Feb 2016, 13:58

seebart wrote: I know phote, I may be "persuaded" to trade.

It's alright, thanks to a very kind person here I managed to dip my hand into that Nixdorf honeypot

seebart · 05 Feb 2016, 14:00

photekq wrote:
seebart wrote: I know phote, I may be "persuaded" to trade.
It's alright, thanks to a very kind person here I managed to dip my hand into that Nixdorf honeypot

Cool, this time I got lucky too.

It's all pure chance IMO. I'll do a teardown thread of this Nixdorf soon.

tentator · 05 Feb 2016, 14:29

now he does not even accpet 80 any more.. lol..

chzel · 05 Feb 2016, 14:34

DAMN....Missed out...I'd love one...Smooth linears FTW...

chzel · 05 Feb 2016, 14:47

seebart wrote:Yeah he got "wind" of the situation. We should have bought the lot right from the getgo.

I know phote, I may be "persuaded" to trade.

I have a certain Space Invaders board that can be pretty convincing!

Redmaus · 05 Feb 2016, 15:11

Darn it... I never got any nixies before. People say they are as smooth as it gets right?

shreebles · 05 Feb 2016, 15:14

Redmaus wrote: People say they are as smooth as it gets right?

Some people say Gaterons are smooth Cherries... Not true. Nixies are smooth Cherries.

Having tried a single Nixdorf switch I got from HzFaq a while back (thanks, btw!), I can safely say that Nixies are like smooth MX Blacks, and a tad lighter. Pretty good switch, but ever so slightly rougher than Gateron Blacks.
BUT they feel so much more like Cherry MX. And sound like them, too. They are refined MX Blacks. Gaterons feel and sound a bit different, which I did not like.

photekq · 05 Feb 2016, 15:17

Not so safely shreebles! I disagree. From my experience Gaterons are extremely smooth but I still think Nixdorfs are a tad smoother. I'm sure there is some variation in the smoothness of Nixdorfs, but the ones I've owned have definitely been the smoothest switches I've ever tried.

shreebles · 05 Feb 2016, 15:26

photekq wrote: I'm sure there is some variation in the smoothness of Nixdorfs, but the ones I've owned have definitely been the smoothest switches I've ever tried.

Well, there you go. As I said I only had a single switch to try. Maybe that one was a bit old and dusty?

That said, IMHO smoother does not automatically equal better. Gaterons, to me, seemed smooth to the point that they were lacking control. I bottomed out all the time because my fingers did not know how far they had pressed the key.

Wodan · 05 Feb 2016, 16:14

Oh bummer, seller of the Nixdorf just sent me a pic with a cap taken off and it looks like cheap rubber dome:
http://tinyurl.com/pqqux9a

Spoiler:

gogusrl · 05 Feb 2016, 16:15

god damn it, i bought 10 !

photekq · 05 Feb 2016, 16:16

Wodan wrote: Oh bummer, seller of the Nixdorf just sent me a pic with a cap taken off and it looks like cheap rubber dome:
http://tinyurl.com/pqqux9a

Don't toy with me!

shreebles · 05 Feb 2016, 16:45

http://bit.ly/1WPbnKZ !!!

HzFaq · 05 Feb 2016, 17:04

£30 Magiforce68 (or is it a clone, I can't tell), got to be worth a punt hasn't it? Someone bite the bullet

.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qisan-Mechanica ... giforce+68

Wodan · 05 Feb 2016, 19:05

HzFaq wrote: £30 Magiforce68 (or is it a clone, I can't tell), got to be worth a punt hasn't it? Someone bite the bullet .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qisan-Mechanica ... giforce+68

There's a review for one of these boards, answers alot of questions

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Qisan-Keyboard- ... ZZPZA3MDKK

seebart · 05 Feb 2016, 19:51

photekq wrote:
Wodan wrote: Oh bummer, seller of the Nixdorf just sent me a pic with a cap taken off and it looks like cheap rubber dome:
http://tinyurl.com/pqqux9a

Don't toy with me!

Then he either has different keyboards or something is wrong, that Nixdorf was never produced as a rubberdome. Here's the PCB, I shot these this afternoon when I was cleaning it.

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OK it's a joke I got it.....now.

photekq · 05 Feb 2016, 20:01

Beautiful photos seebart, especially that second one! Did you get a new camera?

Muirium · 05 Feb 2016, 20:14

Oh, I see, now that The Great Alps Rush is underway, it's raining Nixies? I'll have a board if there's enough to go round!

lolpes · 05 Feb 2016, 20:36

If anyone who is buying the nixie boards is up for selling me 50 nixie switches please pm me

tentator · 05 Feb 2016, 21:12

I'm also in for some 50 Nixie switches.. PM me if you only want the caps and would dare to give the rest away to give new life to another DIY..

shreebles · 05 Feb 2016, 21:31

Serious? Everyone is in it for the switches obviously. Anything else would be silly

Blaise170 · 05 Feb 2016, 21:32

I missed it! They are all gone at this point. I'd be willing to buy a single switch for my collection.

Prelim · 05 Feb 2016, 21:38

lol, you did it again guys!

seebart · 05 Feb 2016, 21:41

photekq wrote: Beautiful photos seebart, especially that second one! Did you get a new camera?

Thanks, no new camera but this vintage super high quality Carl Zeiss Tessar Jena 2.8/50mm M42:

http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/carl-z ... -50mm-2-8/

Muirium wrote: Oh, I see, now that The Great Alps Rush is underway, it's raining Nixies? I'll have a board if there's enough to go round!

Although I do not know how many more Nixdorf's that seller has he's jacked up his prices as scott will tell you, so it's no win for us. I'll contact him and ask if he's up for a deal, or if he even has more.

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Got $$$ to blow...?

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Cherry G80-0832H/09

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Filco Majestouch-2 Cherry MX Brown

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G80-3000 HAMDE

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Topre Realforce 103UB

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Siemens Teleperm M 6DS3303-8AA Alpha

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Siemens-Teleperm ... SwI-BWKzWD

tentator · 05 Feb 2016, 21:56

well actually I like also the caps.. and was thinking you guys wanted those more than anything? what are they made from? is it because they seem to wear off? I accept offers also for a cap set in case