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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: kadve on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:27:11

Title: New to the community. (and in need of some advice)
Post by: kadve on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:27:11

Hello everybody.

I have had an interest in keyboards (and buttons in general) for quite some time now but so far they have mostly been rubber dome stuff such as a Compaq with NMB rubber domes (currently in use) and a Fujitsu with, well, Fujitsu rubber dome.

Recently though i managed to come in contact with a guy who wants to sell me (really cheap) two classic AT mechanical-keyboards but one of them has made me a little bit unsure.

You see while the first one, a clicky Datacomp DFK102SDA03, was easy enough to identify, information about the second one which he claims to be a 'non clicky Honeywell 102WN' completely eludes me no matter where on the internet i search.

So does anyone here know anything about this mysteries keyboard? Would it be a good idea to buy it alongside the Datacomp one?

Thanks in beforehand, oh and please excuse my bad English.

Title: Re: New to the community. (and in need of some advice)
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:36:34

Quote from: kadve on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:27:11

Hello everybody.

I have had an interest in keyboards (and buttons in general) for quite some time now but so far they have mostly been rubber dome stuff such as a Compaq with NMB rubber domes (currently in use) and a Fujitsu with, well, Fujitsu rubber dome.

Recently though i managed to come in contact with a guy who wants to sell me (really cheap) two classic AT mechanical-keyboards but one of them has made me a little bit unsure.

You see while the first one, a clicky Datacomp DFK102SDA03, was easy enough to identify, information about the second one which he claims to be a 'non clicky Honeywell 102WN' completely eludes me no matter where on the internet i search.

So does anyone here know anything about this mysteries keyboard? Would it be a good idea to buy it alongside the Datacomp one?

Thanks in beforehand, oh and please excuse my bad English.

Welcome to Geekhack!

And you speak better English than the average American.

Title: Re: New to the community. (and in need of some advice)
Post by: CPTBadAss on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:37:25

Can you get the seller to send you a picture of the Honeywell pictures?

Title: Re: New to the community. (and in need of some advice)
Post by: kadve on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:09:21

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 23 July 2014, 07:37:25

Can you get the seller to send you a picture of the Honeywell pictures?

Of course. the upper is the datacomp while the lower is the honeywell.

and yes they are Swedish/Finish ISO, forgot to mention that.

Title: Re: New to the community. (and in need of some advice)
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 23 July 2014, 21:05:43

Welcome to Geekhack!

Now look what you've done!  If you search for Honeywell 102WN, guess which page comes up first?  This one! :))