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Offline leos

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« on: Mon, 11 January 2010, 16:17:45 »
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 11 January 2010, 18:21:02 »
Fourth last is an AT one. Now, if they only shipped outside of Germany...
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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 11 January 2010, 18:24:08 »
Layout? What layout? I was too busy paying attention to the €1 Model F...
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 11 January 2010, 18:33:35 »
I think it's something to do with that 'smiley face U' that they love.

Now why the UK (and Ireland by extension) ended up with a layout that's somewhat similar to the US one, but ever so slightly different, is what keeps me awake at night...
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 11 January 2010, 19:03:20 »
Recycled Goods has a P70 for sale. Apparently it's not functioning properly, but hey, you get one of IBM's Alps plate spring keyboards.
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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 12 January 2010, 16:32:08 »
Quote from: ch_123;150156
Recycled Goods has a P70 for sale. Apparently it's not functioning properly, but hey, you get one of IBM's Alps plate spring keyboards.

Seems like knowing the hot end of the soldering iron from the cold one may be helpful with those these days. The floppies are most critical (as for other PS/2s), as they aren't dust-protected very well and seem to use these lousy early surface mount electrolytics of M2 fame. Last time I used it, my P70 would also take two attempts to boot up, so it seems it needs some work elsewhere as well.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 12 January 2010, 19:11:38 »
Interesting stuff, especially given how expensive PS/2 machines were...

How is the keyboard on that P70? Any good?
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Offline sandy55

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 12 January 2010, 20:54:45 »
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How is the keyboard on that P70? Any good?


Not good because of casing and construction as a keyboard.
Get 5576-001 or 002 if you really want to try and examine said switches.
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Offline bsvP585hUO2Y6

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 15 January 2010, 06:48:57 »
webwit wrote on 5980 September 1993:

> This looks very interesting, go for it!
> http://cgi.ebay.de/DEC-IBM-UNIVAC-Ho...QQcmdZViewItem

Tempting; he's living in the next village from here.  Looks like the
electromagnet is missing its bell though...
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Offline Mental Hobbit

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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 15 January 2010, 14:05:49 »
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Fourth last is an AT one. Now, if they only shipped outside of Germany...


Just sold at 77€. Highest price for a keyboard I've seen so far on German ebay, but I've followed it only for a weeks.
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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 15 January 2010, 14:44:51 »
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Looks like a beam spring keyboard..

The clue's in the name, and the magnificient mess of wires and coils around the switches - it's a Hall Effect keyboard with Micro Switch switches.
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 15 January 2010, 15:08:33 »
Honeywell is the company that owns Micro Switch.
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Offline Mental Hobbit

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 18 January 2010, 11:29:56 »
Some clown playing stupid games again. Hope ebay fees will eventually eat up his profit.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 18 January 2010, 14:11:17 »
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Some clown playing stupid games again. Hope ebay fees will eventually eat up his profit.


What's the history here?
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Offline keyb_gr

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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 18 January 2010, 14:59:14 »
Looks like two different boards to me.
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Offline Mental Hobbit

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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 18 January 2010, 15:13:58 »
There are several white label M's on ebay.de at any time, going for 25€ on average. And this one goes to 40+ within hours? Doubt it.
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 18 January 2010, 15:25:18 »
Could be two clueless buyers fighting?
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