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【IC】Rare IBM, Cool Switch, Awesome Keyboard 【PM FOR PURCHASE】【NEW CONTROLLER】

类型: IC
作者: 127001
发布时间: 2013-12-30 21:38:55
更新时间: 2014-01-14 20:05:45
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52888.0


Okee dokee, so here is the deal:
So after talking with the seller he has said that he’s willing to sell them for about $25 a piece if you contact him via email and pay via PayPal. This price does not included the cost of shipping. I have purchased one of the boards from him this way and will likely get the other missing part number from him in time.
PLEASE BE AWARE:
He doesn’t double box them by default and it would only end up bringing up the shipping cost. There is really no reason for a second box in my opinion.
This guy has really gone out of his way to tell me about this product and has been nothing but helpful and very professional.
If you wish to purchase one of these boards please PM me and I will forward his contact info to you.


NEW CONTROLLER:
Quote from: Soarer on Tue, 14 January 2014, 19:48:04 Just posted a bit more info on modding these using my controller code here :D
Okay, so I think that we may have found a supply of some pretty cool, weird IBM Keyboards. I’m making this to see if there would be any interest in the community and if people would be driven enough to make a converter for these.


Here is the keyboard:

They are, from what I understand, NIB:



Here is the connector:


It has vintage green linear alps with a 3.5mm travel (I did not take this photo, if you did please PM me):



I don’t know if these are MX compatible or not. Not MX compatible apparently…

I think that this is just such a cool keyboard. I hope people have interest in this; they deserve love :P. Please let me know if you do.
EDIT:
Quote from: Parak on Mon, 30 December 2013, 23:11:50 I originally spotted them on reddit after someone found a few boxes really cheap at some surplus dealer (not ebay). I inquired about them since they haven’t been seen before by keyboard aficionados (so to speak), noted vintage green alps, and left it at that for him to possibly decide on what to do with them. A week or two later though I found them on ebay as well, at which point the interested parties got samples, then everyone else via group buys and such :P
I’m almost wondering if they got any circulation at all, as all we’re seeing are NIB examples..
http://deskthority.net/deskthority-awards-2012-f34/the-deskthority-award-2012-t4550.html/#p87127
http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/ibm-5954339-t4564.html - apparently Soarer did the micro replacement test at some point and I didn’t even know about it. Sneaky Soarerses!
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/chinese-ibm-keyboard-proxy-t4688.html group buy
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/chinese-ibm-keyboard-proxy-round-2-t4913.html another group buy
So looks like probably usable with a bit of work if Soarer can chime in on the progress. Feel is decent enough for a linear (I’ve tried better, but far rarer switches), but for me it’s more of an IBM curio as I’m not a linear fan at all, and prefer buckling springs and such :D

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