Hello, I was looking into more vintage boards and one that came up was the IBM Pingmaster, and have a couple questions on them
I have heard that there were being sold at one point for like 30 USD, I understand that vintage stuff has shot up in price massively, so I was wondering what a good price for a pingmaster, I saw on another thread that 75 USD and under is a good price for them, but that was over a year ago, so I'm not sure about today's value of it, so I would to know a good price before I spend my money, to make sure I'm not getting ripped off.
Obviously ebay isn't a good option for buying one (One is on ebay for 500 AUD on ebay australia) so I would like to know if there are any other spots to potentially find a pingmaster internationally, if I need to go to use that option?
How common are the pingmaster, on the same thread that I looked at they said they were fairly common but there is only 4 or 5 on ebay internationally so I'm quite confused about that. Would they also be common in japan as well, like in thrift shops and the like, as If I ever go to Japan I could pick one while I'm there.
Finally, I know that Alps switches are very prone to dust and may need to be cleaned in order for it to be good, are the SKCC line like in the pingmaster, more or less resistant to dust compared to the SKCL/M series?
would like to know about this stuff before I buy one.