Let's play "will it be a brick"

[intelli78]

[Flyersfan1]

[billnye]

is only potato

[intelli78]

is only potato

50% brick, 50% potato

[heedpantsnow]

I put tree fiddy on brick.

[FrostyToast]

Is this one just a loaner or legitimately yours to keep?

[intelli78]

Seller seems legit but isn't a regular member of the community... and no offense, but... Croatia. Lil b nervous

[billnye]

Is this one just a loaner or legitimately yours to keep?

no leases round here boi

[intelli78]

Is this one just a loaner or legitimately yours to keep?

This one will finally be mine

[Jokrik]

no, i've a good feeling....

[FrostyToast]

Is this one just a loaner or legitimately yours to keep?

This one will finally be mine

Even if the board was a brick, the only thing that would really matter would be how even and we'll it was aged right?

[wlhlm]

You said that there less than 10 of these keyboards+keycaps out there. How many of them are known to you as being owned by community members and how much are owned by someone unknown by your estimation?

[heedpantsnow]

And most of them ended up in Soviet bloc, which would be Croatia and we don't have a huge membership in that area.

Can't wait for you to get it!

[Flyersfan1]

Can't wait for the photo dump, how's the condition of this one Intelli?

[intelli78]

Even if the board was a brick, the only thing that would really matter would be how even and we'll it was aged right?

Naturally.

You said that there less than 10 of these keyboards+keycaps out there. How many of them are known to you as being owned by community members and how much are owned by someone unknown by your estimation?

I have no idea at all. I'm sure there are some undiscovered ones out there. I really don't know how to guess, no idea how many were even made to begin with. Maybe a few dozen?

[azhdar]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

[whentheclouds]

is this a second TA board you're getting? what happened to the one you bought for $1k

[intelli78]

is this a second TA board you're getting?

Yeah but the first one was a loaner sent to Massdrop. This one is mine, and more likely to be a cinder block.

Edit: This is the one I bought.

[whentheclouds]

ooh. must be nerve racking 

[FrostyToast]

Well they could have trashed a lot of the boards after they became useless. Banks shred their equipment, including keyboards in case there is precious information stored on any of it.
There is no way that there were only 10 boards ever made.

[intelli78]

Well they could have trashed a lot of the boards after they became useless. Banks shred their equipment, including keyboards in case there is precious information stored on any of it.
There is no way that there were only 10 boards ever made.

Yea. I would guess there were a few thousand ever made, not many left. Maybe it's more than a few dozen, but I highly doubt more than a handful of additional boards will ever be found. Any that remain are either in basements/attics, junk piles, landfills, etc.

Edit: When I said a few dozen, was referring to remaining units, not units originally manufactured.

[heedpantsnow]

What kinds of customers did the originals end up with?  Banks?  Government?  Foreign firms?

[intelli78]

What kinds of customers did the originals end up with?  Banks?  Government?  Foreign firms?

To the best of my knowledge the Dario 286 was just a regular consumer machine.

[wlhlm]

You said that there less than 10 of these keyboards+keycaps out there. How many of them are known to you as being owned by community members and how much are owned by someone unknown by your estimation?

I have no idea at all. I'm sure there are some undiscovered ones out there. I really don't know how to guess, no idea how many were even made to begin with. Maybe a few dozen?

Oh, I thought you wrote the Massdrop text.

Originally manufactured in Germany in 1989, the TA Dario keyboard was only sold for a few months in Europe with a 286 PC/AT mail-order bundle. It was destined for obscurity; by 1989, 286 systems were already on their way out, and moreover, 1990 brought the fall of the USSR and the political reshaping of Germany and Eastern Europe, the exact regions into which the Dario 286 was sold. Of the few units produced, nearly all were lost to history. Today, fewer than 10 TA Dario keyboards are believed to exist.

[intelli78]

I did write the Massdrop text. So, it would better read "known to exist." I have cataloged all I can find on the web and it's ~10. Beyond that it's just speculation. There could be a warehouse of 50,000. There could be 0. My guess is it's much, much closer to the latter.

[billnye]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

Typical French europoor complaining about countries that are more successful than them

[azhdar]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

Typical French europoor complaining about countries that are more successful than them

You really triggered me by assuming that living in the french province made me a French,
I prefer to identify myself as a Gallic, Vercingétorix will always be my true leader, Charlemagne was a fraud.
Please respect my identity.

[paicrai]

[baldgye]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

Typical French europoor complaining about countries that are more successful than them

lmao

[inlikeflynn]

hopefully its at least a teal brick

[iri]

Seller seems legit but isn't a regular member of the community... and no offense, but... Croatia. Lil b nervous

Ah, Croatia.

[intelli78]

Aww shiiiiiiee

[azhdar]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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sorry that's a brick

[Jokrik]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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i can feel your heartbeat man...

[heedpantsnow]

What's in the box!!!!!!!!!!

[Photekq]

nice brick bruh

[Zeal]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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That's some sketchy taping.

And where do people even find a silver box?

[Joey Quinn]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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That's some sketchy taping.

And where do people even find a silver box?

Agreed, hopefully that was in another box.

I think it may be a clothing box.

[billnye]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

Typical French europoor complaining about countries that are more successful than them

You really triggered me by assuming that living in the french province made me a French,
I prefer to identify myself as a Gallic, Vercingétorix will always be my true leader, Charlemagne was a fraud.
Please respect my identity.

You are not a a member of the Aryan race, therefore you get no respect

Sorry frenchie

[heedpantsnow]

Looks like a brick from the Berlin Wall in a silver box.

[azhdar]

Typical white american privileges.
No respect for your europeans ancestors.

Typical French europoor complaining about countries that are more successful than them

You really triggered me by assuming that living in the french province made me a French,
I prefer to identify myself as a Gallic, Vercingétorix will always be my true leader, Charlemagne was a fraud.
Please respect my identity.

You are not a a member of the Aryan race, therefore you get no respect

Sorry frenchie

as soon as you'll have send me the CMYW caps ima destroy to face M8

[paicrai]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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confirmed brick

[swill]

What's in the box!!!!!!!!!!

+1, come on...  The suspense is real... 

[Novus]

10/10 would blow up doll again

[heedpantsnow]

10/10 would blow up doll again

Whoa, that changed directions...

[tbc]

10/10 would blow up doll again

pretty sure they send out real girls from croatia...

[LechnerDE]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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Dafuq dude! Open dat ****ing box and take pictures ...... of the brick :p

[PunksDead]

Aww shiiiiiiee

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Dafuq dude! Open dat ****ing box and take pictures ...... of the brick :p

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

le bricked

[inanis]

The suspense is killing me!