Yak, mate, I know exactly what you mean about the prices. Like, $135 is the cheapest you can get? Get real, dude! Yeah, I get the whole "collector" thing but the truth is, you're selling a three-decade-old keyboard! A KEYBOARD! Not a computer! A KEYBOARD! FOR A COMPUTER! That was MASS PRODUCED! I mean, WTFH? It's not like you're selling the keyboard of, I don't know... "FM Towns" or some other exotic computer that only... I don't know... 3 were ever built!
Anyways, I'm ranting... So, I got my first and so far only -A at the bargain price of... £5 plus £20 shipping costs from the UK. Yes, it was one hell of a bargain. Right now, I have another offer for a Japanese one for $25 plus shipping, which I consider a fair price for the keyboard. Most of the links Hasu sent me are from $28 - $38, which is a bit on the high side but not unreasonable. Finally, yeah, $30 for postage is again, reasonable for US Mail which gets here in a week to ten days anyhow. I know, I've had lots of stuff shipped from the US to Greece.
So... let me know what you think.
Oh, yeah, and... my keyboard never stopped responding. Ever. And I don't have pull-ups. I do, however, have been using the B-port instead of the F-port of the teensy (it says so in the Atmel manual, B-port has 'stronger' outputs). I'm also using the original Apple coiled cable and a handset jack with (thankfully) nice thick wires inside.
And I know what you mean about the cursor keys. That's why I switched to the -A. Can't live without immediate access to cursor keys, keypad and ins, del and home, end. In fact, I'm used to using the entire keyboard, but at least the ins, del, home, end and such keys are available on the keypad combined with shift, by default. The arrows too, but... I want them there, to be used *with* shift for selecting text and ****. Hey ho.
@Hasu... I'd need one or two keyboards from you too, mate. If it's ok... and you can verify switches and stuff... I'd like at least one of those @ 3500 yen or the 2800 yen, if it's Mitsumi switches. Could you ask the seller, please?