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Offline 127001

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Interesting Mystery Basket
« on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 15:01:14 »
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 15:06:32 »
are those rubber dome keys?
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Offline 127001

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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 15:09:11 »
The majority probably are, looked like there's a bunch of different stem types though. I thought I same an MX double shot in the with a broken stem but can't be sure.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 15:25:50 »
Apart from a couple of Alps at the front I can't see anything worthwhile.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 15:58:33 »
LOL.. $45 for that?

you can buy 9x $5 rubber dome boards and have more keys than that.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 16:01:37 »
I would be wary of this. Seller says there are over a 1000 keys, (looks to me even more from the dimensions). We dont know if the seller used key pullers gently to life the alps tops, so some of the alps stems must be twisted/broken and whatnot. Same for Cherry mx. More like SP grab bags, but with SP we knew that there will be a lot of colored & variety. Here we dont know what/how many keyboards were dismantled and we are paying more than the SP price for a majority of RD caps.

May be ask the seller for some more info about the keyboards he dismantled.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 16:03:20 »
Looking at his other items I'd just say he's being a little silly...
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 16:06:16 »
This is overpriced junk. Considering that the going rate for keyboards at thrift stores is $1-$3, you would do much better with a $20 bill there.

When I saw the thread title, I was thinking a wheelbarrow full for $20, and that it might be worth it for a cool art project.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 17:56:59 »
Not enough keys to make a horsey...
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 18:07:09 »
Perhaps enough for one of these ...

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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 18:12:15 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 08 December 2013, 18:07:09
Perhaps enough for one of these ...

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Damn, nice skull sculpture.  Might try something similar myself, when I have some spare time.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 23:44:10 »
Quote from: blueSmoke on Sun, 08 December 2013, 16:01:37
We dont know if the seller used key pullers gently to life the alps tops, so some of the alps stems must be twisted/broken and whatnot. Same for Cherry mx.

Evidence suggests you are correct:


Though I'm curious as to the colourway of the KB this came from. I wonder if it was a typewriter.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 23:45:56 »
i see some clacks in there
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 08 December 2013, 23:52:41 »
I see rubber dome, alps, broken mx, and a topre compatible doubleshot!

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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 09 December 2013, 00:06:55 »
All those seem to be the minority - most seem to be rubber dome keycaps.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 09 December 2013, 06:51:14 »
Well, somebody buy it. I might take some of the Alps off your hands, unless they are low-grade ABS.
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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 09 December 2013, 17:47:00 »
I see Maxi Switch rubber dome keys.  They look exactly like the keys on my Gateway Anykey, and the Maxi Sound keyboard (sometimes seen as a Bloomberg keyboard, Altec Maxi Sound keyboard, etc).   I was looking to make an Anykey with some of the nicer keys from the dark version of the Maxi Sound and some of the Angry Fruit Salad from a Bloomberg.  The Maxi Sounds are actually tolerable feeling, but the Anykey I have is miserable.  Sort of a dumb but cheap project.  Maybe I could swap the domes for the main array.

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Re: Interesting Mystery Basket
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 09 December 2013, 18:08:51 »
Quote from: Eiríkur on Mon, 09 December 2013, 17:47:00
I see Maxi Switch rubber dome keys.  They look exactly like the keys on my Gateway Anykey, and the Maxi Sound keyboard (sometimes seen as a Bloomberg keyboard, Altec Maxi Sound keyboard, etc).   I was looking to make an Anykey with some of the nicer keys from the dark version of the Maxi Sound and some of the Angry Fruit Salad from a Bloomberg.  The Maxi Sounds are actually tolerable feeling, but the Anykey I have is miserable.  Sort of a dumb but cheap project.  Maybe I could swap the domes for the main array.

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