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Offline poco

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« on: Thu, 02 June 2011, 21:03:44 »
I came across a clicky keyboard at work recently. Curious about the type of switches it had, I later returned with a key puller, and discovered that it has blue ALPS switches. I really like the feel of them. They're tactile and clicky, but not nearly as annoying as Cherry blues. I took a couple pictures of the keyboard as I cleaned it. Does anyone have an idea what it's worth?


All squeaky-clean! (Sorry about the cell phone photo quality.)


After removing the keycaps, and dusting it out with a data vac.


Before cleaning. It looks like those are double-shot caps, if I'm not mistaken.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 02 June 2011, 21:30:17 »
usually $30-$70 on ebay for similar models from the same era. might be able to get a bit more out of it since its in better condition that most of what i see on ebay though.
« Last Edit: Thu, 02 June 2011, 21:35:34 by lysol »
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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
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Offline poco

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 02 June 2011, 22:11:53 »
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Good find. This one on ebay is almost $200!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-PACKARD-BELL-KEYBOARD-BLUE-ALPS-SLIDER-OLD-LOGO-/260791031896?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3cb85b5858#ht_5408wt_1139

Oh wow! That's the exact same keyboard!
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Offline didjamatic

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 02 June 2011, 23:27:13 »
Nice board Poco!  Very rare to find Blue ALPS + Large Backspace + ANSI Enter key + Double Shots.  Very nice.
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Offline ch_123

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 03 June 2011, 06:16:11 »
Anything with Blue Alps is worth quite a lot of money usually, especially if it's readily PC compatible.
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Offline poco

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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 03 June 2011, 11:18:55 »
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Anything with Blue Alps is worth quite a lot of money usually, especially if it's readily PC compatible.

 
Yeah, I'm using it right now with a Blue Cube.
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Offline Grimey

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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 03 June 2011, 13:08:01 »
That is a thing of beauty, good find.  I am experiencing a modest amount of keyboard envy.
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Packard Bell T9201 with Blue ALPS - What's this worth?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 04 June 2011, 23:05:36 »
Personally, I'd say that the one sitting on ebay for $200 means that it isn't selling and is therefore not worth quite that much. But that seller seems to be known for listing things in such a way.
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