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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ekeppel on Thu, 03 August 2017, 15:48:15
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Low starting bid on this one, and it comes with the display as well!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Monitor-Terminal-Keyboard-Blue-Clicky-Spring-Data-General-Dasher-D-200-/272789867372
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Edit: The seller added additional photos, and the thing actually powers up. Pretty darn cool. :-)
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Damn, I was hoping to get this D: . From what I've read it's foam and foil, but it looks pretty cool.
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Well, I'm not bidding on it myself... Just sharing. I do hope you get it though, as I would love to see it reviewed! :-D
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Hmmm, it seems to have been relisted actually. Originally the listing was only for the keyboard, but now there's a monitor as well. It also didn't list that it was for a Dasher, it was listed as a generic keyboard.
This is ultra ****, because the shipping is now much higher, and the listing has already attracted bidders. Goddammit, when am I going to be able to get one of these?! >.>
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They sure are pretty. That colourway... And the monitor is even more Jetsons-y than the Jetsons:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2L8AAOSwlhpZg4vi/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/8f/73/31/8f7331ee97b8fc19c348d9d0eaf2e51e--os-jetsons-hanna-barbera-cartoons.jpg)
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That monitor is probably about the most awesome looking monitor in monitor history. Vertical Xerox monitors are pretty cool as well.
Am I the only one that thinks the keyboard is interesting, but not particularly good looking?
Edit I should clarify, I DO like the colors, but that is about it. It looks better sitting with the monitor.
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That monitor is probably about the most awesome looking monitor in monitor history. Vertical Xerox monitors are pretty cool as well.
Am I the only one that thinks the keyboard is interesting, but not particularly good looking?
Yeah, that monitor is really something. They don't make them like that anymore, that's for sure! :-)
When I saw the keyboard originally, I was outside in the sun and on my phone, so the pictures were hard to see and I thought it was some modern chinese knock-off or something because of the looks. Shows you how much I know about DG, lol.
The auction had several revisions since I first noticed it. Sad to say, I'm fairly certain that the original listing was buy-it-now for $49.95, and had a very generic description along the lines of 'vintage keyboard'. :eek:
A while later, the seller removed the buy-it-now option and made it an auction, also adding the monitor. Then shortly after I shared the listing here, they apparently did some additional research and revised the auction again (as Chyros mentioned) adding more photos and a better description. I guess they actually cancelled the original auction and relisted it after changes.
Had I known more about DG, of course I would have bought it for the original BIN price, but as most of you know, I'm generally an IBM guy, and my knowledge of other brands is rather limited. Missing something like that definitely makes me feel stupid, but I guess we live and learn right? :'(
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That monitor is probably about the most awesome looking monitor in monitor history. Vertical Xerox monitors are pretty cool as well.
Am I the only one that thinks the keyboard is interesting, but not particularly good looking?
Edit I should clarify, I DO like the colors, but that is about it. It looks better sitting with the monitor.
I think the keyboard looks amazing. Yes, the monitor is amazing as well, but unfortunately its inclusion has massively driven up the price and shipping, so now I can't afford it anymore D: . Which is ultra ****, I've wanted one of these for quite a while now!
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Wow, that monitor and keyboard is very impressive.
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That monitor is probably about the most awesome looking monitor in monitor history...
Not quite as awesome as this one:
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Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game (http://www.pcworld.com/article/246042/computer_space_and_the_dawn_of_the_arcade_video_game.html?page=3)
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Went for $525 in the end. Holy ****balls, someone really wanted that monitor! Oo
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Sold... You may want to tag your topic.