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Posted: 03 May 2014, 01:48
by mr_a500
wheybags wrote:Would love me some NeXT Cube
Bah! Believe me, they're overrated. I've got a NeXTstation and it's very disappointing. It's all part of that Steve Jobs reality distortion super-hype. I'd rather play with my Amiga 500.
Posted: 03 May 2014, 11:28
by Stabilized
urbancamo wrote:Anyone bought one of these 'flat only' Goldtouch keyboards?
I got one of those (the other one of them from that page that is sold), and even though the handle is listed as being broken I managed to prop it up and have it keep there for a bit. I did, however, drop it the same day I received it and now the handle is completely broken off; really crappy piece of design if you ask me.
The keyboard in 'flat mode' actually makes my shoulders hurt a great deal more then with a normal layout keyboard, so I stopped using it. The rubber domes are very very light, wish I had some coins to test them, and have a rubber-y squishiness at the bottom.
Also, the layout is pretty weird, kind of between an American (with long right shift and long enter) and UK (with the placement of the £ sign above the number 3); and also the windows key is miles away from your normal touch typing area and not well placed at all (in my opinion).
I actually have 'modded' mine by taking the hinge completely out and taking the excess cable out of the keyboard to allow for the two halves to be placed further away from each other. This is actually a much better set-up for me.
Posted: 03 May 2014, 14:14
by wheybags
mr_a500 wrote:wheybags wrote:Would love me some NeXT Cube
Bah! Believe me, they're overrated. I've got a NeXTstation and it's very disappointing. It's all part of that Steve Jobs reality distortion super-hype. I'd rather play with my Amiga 500.
But I could run
http://www.w3.org/Daemon/ on it :3
Posted: 03 May 2014, 16:16
by kbdfr
Planning to build your own split keyboard?
These could be interesting for you:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321372786710
They consist of two distinct PCBs, each with a 7x8 matrix, and have plate-mounted Cherry blue switches.
Their relengedable keycaps are very similar but not identical to those of Tipro keyboards.
Pics of one I have:
- Birch-1.jpg (225.27 KiB) Viewed 10214 times
- Birch-2.jpg (43.49 KiB) Viewed 10214 times
Posted: 03 May 2014, 19:28
by Stabilized
Now, that looks cool! But £15 for postage?!
Have you done anything with it like stick a custom usb controller in? Also, are they all 1 unit keycaps except the long vertical one by the number pad at the bottom right?
Posted: 03 May 2014, 19:45
by kbdfr
I haven’t done anything with it, I had just bought it (yellowed and ugly) on eBay for cheap out of pure curiosity
It (at least mine) has only this one double key cap, but sitting on two normal switches.
You can also have a look there (much better photos than mine):
http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... ch#p142519
Posted: 03 May 2014, 19:54
by Stabilized
Thanks for the information, I am very tempted on the same grounds.
Just now trying to justify (to myself and my partner) why I ought to get yet another keyboard to screw around with
Worse comes to worse I would have a cheap source of Cherry MX Blues.
Posted: 03 May 2014, 21:56
by sgf
mr_a500 wrote:wheybags wrote:Would love me some NeXT Cube
Bah! Believe me, they're overrated. I've got a NeXTstation and it's very disappointing. It's all part of that Steve Jobs reality distortion super-hype. I'd rather play with my Amiga 500.
I love my turbo colour slab. It's like a super-time-warped version of OS X. For Amiga stuff I just load up an emulator.
Posted: 03 May 2014, 22:33
by Muirium
OpenStep is the future! In fact, NeXTStep's descendants and Linux's are already the present when you look at mobile. Who would have thought it back in the 90s!
Posted: 04 May 2014, 01:19
by facetsesame
I noticed a US seller has some old apparently Keytronic boards, including a German one, and a curious but tragically damaged "IBM" (surely not) thing.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=cel ... w=keyboard
Posted: 04 May 2014, 01:19
by wheybags
they are all very COOL!
Posted: 04 May 2014, 13:17
by tlt
If anyone in Sweden is looking for a
Amiga Cherry keyboard I think this A2000 has one, looks yellowed however.
http://www.blocket.se/jonkoping/RETRO__ ... ?ca=11&w=3
Posted: 04 May 2014, 16:05
by RaleghDirat
Posted: 04 May 2014, 17:00
by BlueBär
^ seen those as well. Mini-GB?
Posted: 04 May 2014, 17:03
by tinnie
Those were selling on cumb.de for €1/ea.
Posted: 04 May 2014, 17:49
by Madhias
So who got the
G80-1000 HAD?
Didn't send to Austria
Posted: 04 May 2014, 18:51
by sixty
Before you guys go and buy these G80-1800s for a group buy from eBay... my entire basement is still full of those. Probably at least 50. I would be willing to let them go at 5 Euros each
Posted: 04 May 2014, 18:54
by RaleghDirat
Sweet
Any winkeyless, and ISO, in the basement?
Posted: 04 May 2014, 19:09
by Muirium
Inteyresting! Any ANSI?
Posted: 04 May 2014, 19:12
by rapax24
i'd be interested in one g80-1800,maybe you could open a new thread when you have some time to make a list of what's in your basement
Posted: 04 May 2014, 19:13
by scottc
I would possibly take one too, please.
Posted: 04 May 2014, 19:15
by Muirium
rapax24 wrote:i'd be interested in one g80-1800,maybe you could open a new thread when you have some time to make a list of what's in your basement
New thread: good idea. But the inventory bit may take some time…
Posted: 04 May 2014, 19:31
by collector of junk
Posted: 06 May 2014, 16:12
by bobAfettz0
Posted: 06 May 2014, 16:19
by bobAfettz0
Lot of five with three Amiga keyboards sold as "defect":
http://www.ebay.de/itm/181397974547?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT
Posted: 06 May 2014, 16:28
by HzFaq
That's a bit of a git, I didn't realise there were other keyboard nerds in Slough
. I didn't even see it, it went for a bit more than I'm willing to pay these days anyway.
Posted: 06 May 2014, 18:36
by Josh
Posted: 07 May 2014, 05:47
by strafe
This may be of interest to someone here (located in Australia)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Maltron-R-H- ... db0&_uhb=1
Posted: 08 May 2014, 00:53
by photekq
Posted: 08 May 2014, 05:55
by guilleguillaume
