deskthority

Wrote about having spotted this on German eBay in the Interesting Finds thread, but ended up buying it myself as I just couldn't resist.

Well, it's Escom branded (the only really good keyboard I've seen from them so far, many I did see had Peerless switches or were RDs) in pretty good condition, particularly the switches (ALPS SKCM white, of course) work and click 100%. I love the numpad calculator with display and extra keys (haven't been able to check if they send any keycodes to the system that might allow remapping when not in calculator mode)! New batteries are on the way which, I hope, will fix the LCD. If not I'll have to try and source a replacement display.

I'll update the wiki shortly. Here are some pictures:

Super cool! I had a 3001, neat board but hampered by its subpar build quality.

A quick way to test the LCD is to hold the solar panel up a light, it should get enough light to fully function. They always die on those. Mine worked but was missing some characters.

Brilliant find! In Germany no less. ESCOM branding seems to have been quite common at least for the 2001 / 2002.

I've only ever seen Highscreen 2002s but I've read about the mythical black case Escom 2002s - now that would be a cool board to own. And then imagine it came with blue switches... However, I think by the time Focus made boards in ISO layout, ALPS had moved well into the 'white' era.

Keybug wrote: However, I think by the time Focus made boards in ISO layout, ALPS had moved well into the 'white' era.

Not quite:

wiki/Focus_FK-2002

Well spotted, seems to be very rare, though. I've looked 'under the hood' of 6+ Highscreen branded ones, all had whites. But I guess that just means that there's always hope!

Looks awesome! Always a treat to find an ISO Focus.

Awesome find, Focus were always an extremely interesting company IMO.

Let's hope we don't find a 5002 or I might have to mortgage my nothing.

Chyros wrote: Let's hope we don't find a 5002 or I might have to mortgage my nothing.