Author Topic: What did you find today? (e-cycler, thrift store, dumpster & garage sale finds!) (Read 35483 times)

brainT · « **Reply #50 on:** Wed, 09 July 2014, 17:11:54 »

A couple Model M's with funky keycaps:

ComradeSniper · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun, 03 August 2014, 15:45:18 »

A pretty gross Leading Edge KB with SMK MX mount switches.

Feels really weird. It feels very tactile if I press the key slowly, but when I type on it at full speed the tactility pretty much goes away and it's more akin to an MX Brown.

kaje · « **Reply #52 on:** Mon, 11 August 2014, 23:16:00 »

NMB RT-101+ with beige Space Invader tactile switches.

Cleaned up:

ComradeSniper · « **Reply #53 on:** Thu, 14 August 2014, 22:24:14 »

Got a hookup with a guy who takes in broken computers and builds up working PCs and donates them to disabled combat vets. He's got multiple storage units full of computer equipment so I can only imagine there are a bunch of vintage mech boards in there. He was happy to let me search around one of his storage units today and I snagged a blue label model M (he even let me have it for free!). Looking forward to seeing what else he has when I've got some more spare time.

nubbinator · « **Reply #54 on:** Thu, 14 August 2014, 22:31:11 »

Quote from: ComradeSniper on Thu, 14 August 2014, 22:24:14

Got a hookup with a guy who takes in broken computers and builds up working PCs and donates them to disabled combat vets. He's got multiple storage units full of computer equipment so I can only imagine there are a bunch of vintage mech boards in there. He was happy to let me search around one of his storage units today and I snagged a blue label model M (he even let me have it for free!). Looking forward to seeing what else he has when I've got some more spare time.

Damn, that will be cool. Hopefully you make some fun Alps discoveries. #AlpsHipster4Life

digi · « **Reply #55 on:** Thu, 14 August 2014, 22:34:33 »

Went to a recycler in the Bay last weekend..just a bunch of domers and junk, but it's always fun anyways

gogusrl · « **Reply #56 on:** Sat, 27 September 2014, 07:47:30 »

Just got this combo of 6 keyboards for ~60$
His description was :
1. IBM 1390714. missing keys
2. Bunker Ramo 125-600389
3. Vendex P/N 112763-001. XT connector
4. Unitek K-151L.
5. Junior XT (Hall effect)
6. terminal keyboard VDT-52S/microcomputer Cub-Z.

rowdy · « **Reply #57 on:** Thu, 02 October 2014, 06:08:14 »

Quote from: gogusrl on Sat, 27 September 2014, 07:47:30

Just got this combo of 6 keyboards for ~60$
His description was :
1. IBM 1390714. missing keys
2. Bunker Ramo 125-600389
3. Vendex P/N 112763-001. XT connector
4. Unitek K-151L.
5. Junior XT (Hall effect)
6. terminal keyboard VDT-52S/microcomputer Cub-Z.

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Welcome to Geekhack!

An interesting way to start a keyboard collection ;)

gogusrl · « **Reply #58 on:** Thu, 02 October 2014, 08:40:33 »

Hehe thx, didn't even notice that was my first post here. Guess I've been more active on DT. Still a beginner, buying everything I can get my hands on to check everything out.

bazh · « **Reply #59 on:** Fri, 03 October 2014, 10:26:32 »

found this baby at the trash place, don't have a clue what it is but it has really nice tactile feels

davkol · « **Reply #60 on:** Fri, 03 October 2014, 10:41:56 »

NMB rubber dome AFAIK, not a bad one for sure.

silas1128 · « **Reply #61 on:** Sat, 04 October 2014, 15:42:27 »

Found this guy a few days ago...

http://imgur.com/a/IVCoK

Fnzzy · « **Reply #62 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51 »

Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

digi · « **Reply #63 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:29:13 »

Quote from: Fnzzy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51

Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

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now that's a freaking score! nice job man!

snoopy · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:37:47 »

Quote from: Fnzzy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51

Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

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good basis for a custom keyboard project. you got smooth switches and nice keycaps... and that for 2Euro... good find.

hwood34 · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:46:12 »

Quote from: Fnzzy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51

Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

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dang man, nice find!

digi · « **Reply #66 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:47:26 »

Quote from: snoopy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:37:47

good basis for a custom keyboard project. you got smooth switches and nice keycaps... and that for 2Euro... AWE$OME find.

ftfy

Fnzzy · « **Reply #67 on:** Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:48:55 »

Quote from: snoopy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:37:47

Quote from: Fnzzy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51
Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

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good basis for a custom keyboard project. you got smooth switches and nice keycaps... and that for 2Euro... good find.

It's my third Cherry double shot set now. I have one ANSI and two ISO sets. But at least I got some smooth blacks and some extra stabilizers that I can use for future projects (planning on building a Viper and a NerD 60).

It was hard to stay calm in the thrift shop when I saw it lying around in a box with the mx black exposed. :thumb:

digi · « **Reply #68 on:** Tue, 21 October 2014, 22:55:09 »

I "recovered" this big ass swintec typewriter from disposal, I don't know much about it but the caps were cool..Too bad they're too big for cherry mx, hah.

frosty · « **Reply #69 on:** Wed, 22 October 2014, 00:27:32 »

Quote from: Fnzzy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:25:51

Went to a thrift shop today and found a Cherry G80-1000HAD with MX Blacks for 2€. Comes with german double shots and a missing F1 key. And those blacks feel so incredibly smooth!

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Dang, at that price, it's certainly a great deal! Nice find! Are the switches vintage blacks or normal blacks? o.o

Quote from: digi on Tue, 21 October 2014, 22:55:09

I "recovered" this big ass swintec typewriter from disposal, I don't know much about it but the caps were cool..Too bad they're too big for cherry mx, hah.

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I like the caps a lot! Too bad they don't fit :( Any idea what switches are on the typewriter?

edit: Multi-quoted a extra post.

jwaz · « **Reply #70 on:** Mon, 02 March 2015, 14:48:05 »

Haul from this past weekend:

Flyersfan1 · « **Reply #71 on:** Mon, 02 March 2015, 14:55:08 »

Quote from: jwaz on Mon, 02 March 2015, 14:48:05

Haul from this past weekend:

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Awesome! Nice ALPS caps, and is that a Model F XT?

jwaz · « **Reply #72 on:** Mon, 02 March 2015, 15:16:33 »

Yup, tons of good Alps stuff. Blue Alps, SGI, AEK and old white T-mount. '86 and '88 NIB Model Ms were a nice surprise. The XT F got dropped in the parking lot but I was going to use it for parts anyway.

I'm pretty stoked on the PVM too.

hwood34 · « **Reply #73 on:** Mon, 02 March 2015, 16:31:04 »

Quote from: jwaz on Mon, 02 March 2015, 14:48:05

Haul from this past weekend:

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jacobolus · « **Reply #74 on:** Mon, 02 March 2015, 19:35:47 »

Quote from: jwaz on Mon, 02 March 2015, 15:16:33

Yup, tons of good Alps stuff. Blue Alps, SGI, AEK and old white T-mount. '86 and '88 NIB Model Ms were a nice surprise. The XT F got dropped in the parking lot but I was going to use it for parts anyway.

Where’d you get it?

DamnDan · « **Reply #75 on:** Mon, 09 March 2015, 04:23:47 »

I finally can add something to this thread!

On Saturday i went to the thrift store and found me a Swedish model M for 1zł (about 0,25$).

It was horribly dirty and missing the "9" key, but had original ps/2 cable

Before:

Aftuh:

All in all a fully functional model M for a miniature amount of money

Btw: Any clues about the fact that the numpad legens are violet O,o?

Ps: Does anyone have a spare "9" key?

rowdy · « **Reply #76 on:** Tue, 10 March 2015, 04:57:15 »

An excellent find - congratulations!

No idea why the legends were a different colour - fading, perhaps? Although unlikely as the primary legends are still black.

DamnDan · « **Reply #77 on:** Thu, 12 March 2015, 09:18:55 »

Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 10 March 2015, 04:57:15

An excellent find - congratulations!

No idea why the legends were a different colour - fading, perhaps? Although unlikely as the primary legends are still black.

Thanks!

I was really happy to find and clean it

As for the legends...now that you mentioned it they do look faded instead of violet O,o wierd that other legends did not fade

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #78 on:** Thu, 12 March 2015, 17:20:10 »

*FINALLY* I spot something even worth mentioning. I didn't pick these up but I did find them:

Compaq Rubber Dome with a weird and cool layout

IBM Selectric Correcting II - I *really* wanted this but it's missing parts and the keyboard seemed jammed.

Keytronic with really nice rubber domes. Didn't wear well though because the home row felt linear compared to the very nice tactile bump on the rest of the keys.

I did pick this up for real cheap though

Touch_It · « **Reply #79 on:** Thu, 12 March 2015, 19:11:42 »

Nothing...again. Vice city though brings back a lot of memories

. I'd also like to tulle on a selectric some day

Jotokun · « **Reply #80 on:** Sat, 04 April 2015, 18:45:41 »

Today was a good day.

Gateway 2000. Rubber dome, with cherry compatible doubleshots.

Goldtouch KeyOvation. Really light rubberdomes.

IBM Wheelwriter. The typewriter part is broken, but I'm hoping I can yank the keyboard off and get it going standalone.

Wyse ASCII. Aside from a damaged space bar stabilizer, this thing is remarkably clean. Cherry blacks, beautiful doubleshot keycaps.

rowdy · « **Reply #81 on:** Sun, 05 April 2015, 05:37:25 »

Are your Gateway doubleshots? I have a similar Gateway keyboard and although MX compatible, they are not doubleshots (from what I remember).

Jotokun · « **Reply #82 on:** Sun, 05 April 2015, 11:24:30 »

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 05 April 2015, 05:37:25

Are your Gateway doubleshots? I have a similar Gateway keyboard and although MX compatible, they are not doubleshots (from what I remember).

Yep

They're the same profile as the Wyse caps, and the alphanumerics seem to have the same font. Deskthority's wiki says the Wyse caps were made by Signature Plastics, wouldn't be surprised if these Gateways were as well.

rowdy · « **Reply #83 on:** Mon, 06 April 2015, 05:07:54 »

Quote from: Jotokun on Sun, 05 April 2015, 11:24:30

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 05 April 2015, 05:37:25
Are your Gateway doubleshots? I have a similar Gateway keyboard and although MX compatible, they are not doubleshots (from what I remember).

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They're the same profile as the Wyse caps, and the alphanumerics seem to have the same font. Deskthority's wiki says the Wyse caps were made by Signature Plastics, wouldn't be surprised if these Gateways were as well.

Lucky you!

I checked mine - definitely not DS.

DamnDan · « **Reply #84 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 05:21:23 »

Not thrift but pretty much dumpster find

Got some of the g81-3000 my company was getting rid of (don't ask why capless, they needed 1u caps for promotion stuff...just don't ask).

Two of them still had lasered german caps (YAY). And the rest will be left for modding i guess

(there is about 15 shells in there)

Problem is i kinda sorta started to enjoy the MY

SixtyLife · « **Reply #85 on:** Wed, 08 April 2015, 12:35:11 »

Quote from: DamnDan on Wed, 08 April 2015, 05:21:23

Not thrift but pretty much dumpster find

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Got some of the g81-3000 my company was getting rid of (don't ask why capless, they needed 1u caps for promotion stuff...just don't ask).

Two of them still had lasered german caps (YAY). And the rest will be left for modding i guess :P (there is about 15 shells in there)

Problem is i kinda sorta started to enjoy the MY :P

lol nice.. I just tried white MYs for the first time a few weeks ago. thinking about it makes me shudder :D

jwaz · « **Reply #86 on:** Sat, 18 April 2015, 15:37:29 »

Solid haul from this morning:
Options '94, Lexmark '93 and an IBM '88
Northgate Omnikey
Sony BVM and PVM

and a complimentary lady bug 🐞

BlueNalgene · « **Reply #87 on:** Tue, 09 June 2015, 12:30:38 »

This thread has been quiet for a month, time to apply necromancy.

I was walking to work today, and there is a thrift store en route. I found something outside that was half off that I just couldn't live without.

I paid $4 for this ugly ass chair. It was a ***** to carry home, too. No clue if it works. I might be just as happy if it doesn't, since I have a small pile of practice amp parts that need a home. I can't wait to get home and test it. Amazon says it was probably a good deal.

KH · « **Reply #88 on:** Tue, 09 June 2015, 14:34:24 »

That's a nice chair! Not ugly at all!

rowdy · « **Reply #89 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 17:52:26 »

Looks like something out of Star Trek!

BlueNalgene · « **Reply #90 on:** Thu, 11 June 2015, 18:08:06 »

Quote from: KH on Tue, 09 June 2015, 14:34:24

That's a nice chair! Not ugly at all!

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 11 June 2015, 17:52:26

Looks like something out of Star Trek!

The power supply connection was bad, so I did a little light soldering and it works. The sound quality is good, though the phono jack has a lot of static. Thankfully the RCA audio are in good condition.

It is super uncomfortable to me though. There is something inside that hits me in the middle of the back. It is kinda low for a computer chair, and I don't have a console to game on using it, let alone a TV.

Clearly there is only one option. I'm going to tear the ****er apart, restuff the thing, add in some speakers I harvested from some practice amps, throw in some better amp hardware, hardwire the power cable, and put some rollers on it. I needed a new desk chair anyway. Might as well pimp it out like there is no tomorrow.

jwaz · « **Reply #91 on:** Mon, 27 July 2015, 14:13:42 »

sadbox and I hit one of our go-to spots this weekend, came up with some good stuff, pictures to come.

sadbox · « **Reply #92 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 00:23:25 »

Bad news first:
A Datalux spacesaver with MEI switches. Cost me $20. I didn't have the heart to haggle after hearing the price for the other board.

And the wonderful:
An awesome condition Model F AT for $10.

Bonus Points:
jwaz with the loot and some grumpy old dude behind him.

Mooksie · « **Reply #93 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 00:43:07 »

Sweet finds. That pic is hilarious.

jwaz · « **Reply #94 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:17:06 »

bahahah I look so nonplussed about the whole thing.

we got the dealz though, any bay area fools that want to come kick and buy sweet keyboards for no money should get at me

)

digi · « **Reply #95 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:22:50 »

haha, that's an awesome pic, swagged out with keyboard treasures on bart.

I might have to change my avatar to that old farts pic too.

jwaz · « **Reply #96 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:26:58 »

Quote from: digi on Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:22:50

haha, that's an awesome pic, swagged out with keyboard treasures on bart.

I might have to change my avatar to that old farts pic too.

) YES. can this be a thing now?

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #97 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:27:55 »

ROFL Jwaz, you look absurd in that picture.

jwaz · « **Reply #98 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:28:29 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 29 July 2015, 12:27:55

ROFL Jwaz, you look absurd in that picture.

I know. I am not so photogenic -,-

Firebolt1914 · « **Reply #99 on:** Wed, 29 July 2015, 14:25:39 »

Jwaz is actually the old guy

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Author Topic: What did you find today? (e-cycler, thrift store, dumpster & garage sale finds!) (Read 35483 times)