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Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 12 Jun 2021, 23:08
by Polecat
hellothere wrote: 12 Jun 2021, 22:41
I'll repost my warning: I bought a lot of switches from him. IIRC, I wanted Alps cream damped. He ended up sending me a handful of random Alps cream and white switches. I complained and his response was along the lines of, "I'm an old guy and can't tell colors apart anymore." I also know that there's one poster that bought a case/PCB/mounting plate set and they said that the PCB was a jumble of lifted pads.
I'm the one who bought the case and PC board from him. I didn't complain, because I was only after the case, but I would have been pretty upset if I had expected a usable PC board. And from the guy who writes articles on desoldering Alps switches, and who included copies of said articles with the sale, I would have expected better than that. I'm sure he's sincere and a nice guy, but he is
not the expert he presents himself to be.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 12 Jun 2021, 23:42
by hellothere
Yup. I just corrected myself. Thanks, Polecat.
I mentioned in the WTB section that I have an Apple Extended Keyboard II with Mitsumi mechanical switches (not Mitsumi miniature mechanical -- that's a completely different switch), but I'm missing the stabilizer for the space bar, so I haven't been able to test the KB that much. I think I heard in a Chyrosran22 video that he compared them to salmon Alps. I'd place it more of a combination of salmon Alps and cream damped Alps.
Answering the question of, "How long do they come along?" I'll use the wiki for which KBs used the switch (I'm not including computers, like the C64):
Some Apple M0110A keyboards (type 1)
Some Apple Extended Keyboard II (type 2, Alps mount)
Monterey K7S
Tono Θ-7070 terminal keyboard
Sears The Electronic Communicator 2
There are generally a bunch of M0110A keyboards on ebay at any moment. I know there's one other AEK II currently on ebay. I bought my AEK II last month. I haven't been specifically looking for K7S KBs, but I don't see any closed ads for them. That sorta means that one wasn't posted in the last two months. The
Tono and Sears thingies appear to be ham radio equipment.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 12 Jun 2021, 23:55
by Polecat
hellothere wrote: 12 Jun 2021, 23:42
Yup. I just corrected myself. Thanks, Polecat.
I mentioned in the WTB section that I have an Apple Extended Keyboard II with Mitsumi mechanical switches (not Mitsumi miniature mechanical -- that's a completely different switch), but I'm missing the stabilizer for the space bar, so I haven't been able to test the KB that much. I think I heard in a Chyrosran22 video that he compared them to salmon Alps. I'd place it more of a combination of salmon Alps and cream damped Alps.
Answering the question of, "How long do they come along?" I'll use the wiki for which KBs used the switch (I'm not including computers, like the C64):
Some Apple M0110A keyboards (type 1)
Some Apple Extended Keyboard II (type 2, Alps mount)
Monterey K7S
Tono Θ-7070 terminal keyboard
Sears The Electronic Communicator 2
There are generally a bunch of M0110A keyboards on ebay at any moment. I know there's one other AEK II currently on ebay. I bought my AEK II last month. I haven't been specifically looking for K7S KBs, but I don't see any closed ads for them. That sorta means that one wasn't posted in the last two months. The
Tono and Sears thingies appear to be ham radio equipment.
I've been keeping a database of Monterey (and Northgate, Focus, and a couple others) keyboards for three or four years now, and logging every example I see. I have only two other Monterey K7S keyboards on that list, compared to 102 examples of the K104, which seems to be the most popular Monterey model.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 00:04
by hellothere
Looks like the K7S might have a speaker, too. Hmmm.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 07:55
by CallmeJohn
Maybe a Focus keyboard but NOS alps clones according to the seller.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/29422029793 ... 0229.m3211
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 08:26
by Weezer
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 10:02
by ZeFritz
Tellervision GP101 - everyone who has seen the video of Chyrosran22 about it will know why it’s “sold as is for parts”
https://youtu.be/soczgynrBIo
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Tellervision-Ta ... 3920000861
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 15:00
by kelvinhall05
Those are very obviously four-tab clones. Neat board tho
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 16:24
by MMcM
SW-10217
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294220195027
Thick double-shot, bright blue keycaps. Looks like the one that was pulled off for the photo maybe got nicked in the process. I wonder whether it went form QWERTY to QWERTZ by just swapping a keycap; otherwise looks USA. One of the stepped shift keys is on upside down.
150-pin board-to-board interconnect for the controller. Do you build the matrix Lite-Brite style?
ETA: Looks like it's
this board after some rearrangement to modernize layout.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 01:14
by hellothere
$1750 + 0 feedback = stay away.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 01:47
by Weezer
hellothere wrote: 15 Jun 2021, 01:14
$1750 + 0 feedback = stay away.
Not to mention the actual keyboard is a crusty pile of rust. For $1,750 you can buy a much nicer 5251.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 22:38
by hellothere
I bet it sells, though.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 06:35
by Jesse9766
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294204840852
Some Hall Effect keyboard, has the manual with a wiring diagram
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 09:40
by John Doe
It's convertible but not that easy.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 09:47
by Jan Pospisil
These seem to go for crazy prices on eBay, I see them for 1/4 or less on Czech auction sites.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 12:25
by TNT
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 12:47
by Bjerrk
I believe it's a
BTC dome with slider board with FCC ID E5XKBM10140.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 12:57
by an_achronism
Agree, have a Viglen like this. They're decent but I wouldn't expect too much.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 12:59
by TNT
I think you might be right. But the keycaps look so much like alps Tai Haos
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 13:07
by Bjerrk
TNT wrote: 16 Jun 2021, 12:59
I think you might be right. But the keycaps look so much like alps Tai Haos
I guess! But did Tai Hao ever make 1.25U Escape keys? (I'm asking out of ignorance
)
That Esc key was (part of) what lead me to say BTC.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 13:13
by TNT
Yeah, my
Focus FK 5001 has one! (Shameless plug
). But this is a BTC, like you said. The F-row gives it away
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 13:23
by Bjerrk
TNT wrote: 16 Jun 2021, 13:13
Yeah, my
Focus FK 5001 has one! (Shameless plug
). But this is a BTC, like you said. The F-row gives it away
Shit, I even own one of those boards myself. That shows you how good my memory is. What were we talking about again?
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 Jun 2021, 21:54
by nearsky
IBM MAG CARD II / Model 6616:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234045002920
An utter behemoth in person.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 17 Jun 2021, 22:23
by Weezer
Very cool, but I think it is only the size of a regular full sized Selectric II
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 00:00
by TNT
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 02:22
by kelvinhall05
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 18 Jun 2021, 12:35
by TNT
Since it's the later generation, yes.
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 02:22
by Rayndalf
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 02:24
by raoulduke-esq
This is definitely the right time to sell SI before the market gets flooded with supply!
Re: Great/Interesting Finds
Posted: 19 Jun 2021, 03:00
by Rayndalf
raoulduke-esq wrote: 19 Jun 2021, 02:24
This is definitely the right time to sell SI before the market gets flooded with supply!
Yeah, I really really need to clean out some space before I get 40 of those buggers.