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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 27 Jun 2020, 22:36
by ddrfraser1

Shocking
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 27 Jun 2020, 22:38
by ddrfraser1
Wow. I have this exact board. Didn’t know it was worth so much! Still not selling it

Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 27 Jun 2020, 22:47
by kmnov2017
Honestly, everyone should build their own xwhatsits. My BOM list cost just 8 euros in parts plus PCB (around 14 euros for 5 pcs).
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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 06:36
by JP!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 15:06
by zuglufttier
Given the recent prices, it's becoming more and more interesting to manufacture fake vintage keyboards using modern technology... Build them, bury them in the backyard, wait a few months - profit!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 18:54
by xxhellfirexx
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 19:22
by //gainsborough
Noooooooo don’t advertise them! Haha
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 28 Jun 2020, 22:28
by forter4
//gainsborough wrote: 28 Jun 2020, 19:22
Noooooooo don’t advertise them! Haha
LMAO...yea, I don't really post the boards that I'm trying to get hahaha
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 00:41
by xxhellfirexx
forter4 wrote: 28 Jun 2020, 22:28
//gainsborough wrote: 28 Jun 2020, 19:22
Noooooooo don’t advertise them! Haha
LMAO...yea, I don't really post the boards that I'm trying to get hahaha
I am posting them here because others may want them. However, I don't really want these because I either have one of them or I cannot buy them.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 05:35
by MMcM
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 15:07
by sharktastica
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 29 Jun 2020, 20:42
by eXeP
https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/c832417379
A nice rarer topre board up for grabs. Bought one from the seller a month ago for 15 usd, and can highly recommend.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 00:55
by ddrfraser1
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 02:02
by bibobim
Does anyone know the switch that might come with this Monterey K2AX branded STAFF? I've just bought it hoping the switch turns out to be blue alps. This is probably the most gambling purchase that I've ever made
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143645106397
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 02:15
by sharktastica
Look at that connector. Want some keyboard with your pins?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 02:22
by kelvinhall05
bibobim wrote: 30 Jun 2020, 02:02
Does anyone know the switch that might come with this Monterey K2AX branded STAFF? I've just bought it hoping the switch turns out to be blue alps. This is probably the most gambling purchase that I've ever made
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143645106397
Sure is gambling, that is known to come with Shitsumi miniature.
@headphone_jack
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 02:57
by Weezer
sharktastica wrote: 30 Jun 2020, 02:15
Look at that connector. Want some keyboard with your pins?
1 key 1 pin. Makes sense.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 18:32
by xxhellfirexx
bibobim wrote: 30 Jun 2020, 02:02
Does anyone know the switch that might come with this Monterey K2AX branded STAFF? I've just bought it hoping the switch turns out to be blue alps. This is probably the most gambling purchase that I've ever made
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143645106397
Looks like you didn't end up buying it. Did you discover something when talking to the seller?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 19:19
by bibobim
xxhellfirexx wrote: 30 Jun 2020, 18:32
bibobim wrote: 30 Jun 2020, 02:02
Does anyone know the switch that might come with this Monterey K2AX branded STAFF? I've just bought it hoping the switch turns out to be blue alps. This is probably the most gambling purchase that I've ever made
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143645106397
Looks like you didn't end up buying it. Did you discover something when talking to the seller?
After the response from kelvin, I actually did some google here and there that lead me to this listing in the past
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mtek-Monterey- ... _cvip=true
I ended up asking him to cancel my transaction which I was so glad that he accepted it. For me, it was too risky to spend $100 for what could be a mitsumi miniature

Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 30 Jun 2020, 20:46
by juspek
Keyboard for Tatung Einstein TC-01 Computer
https://www.ebay.com/itm/KEYBOARD-for-T ... 4336489972
Are those Alps keyswitches?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 01:13
by BadCrab
According to the Deskthority Wiki page for the Tatung 71739, the Tatung Einstein TC01 uses General Instrument Series S950 switches
wiki/Tatung_71739
wiki/General_Instrument_Series_S950
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 01:18
by zrrion
That looks like it has general instruments SKCC, its not really different from SKCC, but it is rarer. Wish they shipped to USA or I'd try and get it
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 01:23
by Gnho
It's always fun to see a tatung keyboard since they're known for making rice cookers in Taiwan
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 04:49
by MMcM
Some SD-series keyboards
Video Typewriter (with 4A3B)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203035303082
Honeywell terminal stateside (with 4B3E)
https://www.ebay.com/itm//283932456518
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 20:55
by ddrfraser1
Oh my gosh...

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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 01 Jul 2020, 21:46
by bibobim
ddrfraser1 wrote: 01 Jul 2020, 20:55
Oh my gosh...
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I heard someone scream in the forest behind the window "THIS THING IS HIIIIIIIIIIIDEOUS"

Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jul 2020, 00:08
by hellothere
I see your Alps and raise you an ALPS!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSHIBA-T1200X ... 3559710866
See a thread on these keyboards. This board is probably the same as the
SIIG Minitouch, but made to fit a Toshiba T1200XE laptop. Alps mobo, so probably Alps switches, instead of Monterey or Alps clone.
Might be fun to build a case or just as a donor.
$42.75 plus shipping. Shipping is based on your location, not like, "$195 shipping and handling charge."
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jul 2020, 01:14
by hellothere
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-Port ... 3504005581
You need some salmon Alps switches? You don't mind unsoldering them? You want some Alps-mount keycaps to go with them? You want to pay $11 for 63 (I'm pretty sure it's 63) keyswitches and caps? Here's your auction. Free slow shipping, too.
Note that, while I was online actually ordering a bunch of these sets, someone gave the ebayer a negative review. That dropped his percentage to 97.8% on 87 sales.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jul 2020, 01:22
by kelvinhall05
hellothere wrote: 02 Jul 2020, 01:14
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-Port ... 3504005581
You need some salmon Alps switches? You don't mind unsoldering them? You want some Alps-mount keycaps to go with them? You want to pay $11 for 63 (I'm pretty sure it's 63) keyswitches and caps? Here's your auction. Free slow shipping, too.
Note that, while I was online actually ordering a bunch of these sets, someone gave the ebayer a negative review. That dropped his percentage to 97.8% on 87 sales.
Tripped me and a few people in the Discord up, that's just cables.
I 100000% guarantee he is hoping someone will buy it thinking it's a keyboard.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 02 Jul 2020, 01:27
by hellothere
Well, I wasn't thinking keyboard, but I was thinking switches and caps. And I did read it, like 3 times, too. Oh, well. Not too expensive of a lesson.
