mr_a500 wrote: I know this isn't quite keyboard related.... but if you ever wanted a reel to reel tape of Leonard Nimoy singing, you won't want to miss this:
Not often that you see a bolt-modded M-122 complete with Soarer's Converter installed! Is the seller a fellow Deskthorian by any chance?
Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 03:01
by Muirium
A 122 key Model F would be worth it for the price. But the 122 key Ms are lacklustre, I can say from my own experience. The rollover is horrendous, and trips me up all too often when I use mine. I haven't wasted a Teensy on it!
Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 03:08
by Hypersphere
Muirium wrote: A 122 key Model F would be worth it for the price. But the 122 key Ms are lacklustre, I can say from my own experience. The rollover is horrendous, and trips me up all too often when I use mine. I haven't wasted a Teensy on it!
I haven't yet given any serious attention to an M-122, although I have a few that I got in a batch buy with a view toward using them for keycaps and other parts. I had seen some posts, however, saying that when bolt-modded, the M-122 was a rather decent board. Nevertheless, in my own bit of fiddling with them, I found them to be much less satisfying than regular M-101s or SSKs; in comparison, the M-122s felt cheaply made.
Thus far, in my experience with IBMs, the XT is the one to beat.
Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 19:22
by crunch
A lot of different keyboards. Filco, daskeyboard, G80, etc.
mr_a500 wrote: I know this isn't quite keyboard related.... but if you ever wanted a reel to reel tape of Leonard Nimoy singing, you won't want to miss this:
Oh yes, thanks
I even have the right equipment
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Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 23:39
by mr_a500
Hey, I thought I was the only one here with a reel to reel:
I don't know if that Spock tape is 10" or 7" though. I can say for sure that I won't be bidding. I don't really want to hear Spock singing.
Posted: 11 Aug 2014, 22:39
by HAL
mr_a500 wrote: I know this isn't quite keyboard related.... but if you ever wanted a reel to reel tape of Leonard Nimoy singing, you won't want to miss this:
I really misjudged this one. I thought I would get it for $ 47 or so for sure. 500 !!! For this insane amount of money you can get a real nice keyboard or two.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2014, 22:49
by Muirium
I hope the other one isn't pink too…
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 00:13
by scottc
I think the pink is pretty nice, actually! Not quite my style, but I can appreciate it. The colours go well!
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 00:42
by mr_a500
HAL wrote: I really misjudged this one. I thought I would get it for $ 47 or so for sure. 500 !!! For this insane amount of money you can get a real nice keyboard or two.
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Holy shit. Somebody really wants to hear Spock sing. I thought it'd go for $30. I'm sure there's probably another 30,000 unsold copies in a warehouse somewhere.
I must say that pink keyboards are an abomination that must be wiped off the face of the Earth.
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:02
by scottc
Well if you INSIST...
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:05
by mr_a500
Great. Now you have me thinking of that stupid song... "Bilbo! Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins, bravest little hobbit of them all!"
Oh how I curse you.
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:13
by scottc
Hey, it could be worse...
"She came... from... Greece! She had a... thirst! For knowledge."
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:14
by mr_a500
Touché.
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:26
by Muirium
Someone tell me McCoy had a cheesy crooning career too. It must be so!
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 01:33
by mr_a500
He's a doctor, not a singer, Jim! ... I mean Muirium.
It's the Leeku 3000 PCB. It's quite expensive since it's a very small run ($80 per PCB).
Anyone who is interested - PM me. I can help you order.
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 11:39
by bazh
wow, dat price :'(
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 11:39
by photekq
bazh wrote: wow, dat price :'(
Yeah, it's quite expensive. It is a tiny run though, so it's perfectly justified.
Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 12:24
by kbdfr
kbdfr wrote:
mind_prepared wrote: ok, I give up, this piece of crap isn't worth big bucks I guess and I can't use this sucker for typing myself either, so if anyone's interested go place a bid it's probably gonna be a bargain: Cherry MX 5000 in mint-condition new set of doubleshots (except space bar): http://www.ebay.de/itm/151370965887
I bet that after it did not sell for €299,90
and after it did not sell for €259,90
now that you listed it with a starting price of €1 it will sell […]
Mr. Chance's G80-5000 + G80-5700 actually did sell for 251,78€,
which is not that much less than his formerly fixed price of 259,90€
Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 13:35
by seebart
which is not that much less than his formerly fixed price of 259,90€
..yup, and my bids went down the TUBE...
some kind of ibm stuff... but it´s that goldhamster seller again!
For this insane amount of money you can get a real nice keyboard or two.
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