Model 130 PM Professional MPC.....
Ok, you don't have 'sticky keys' that started the model after this one. You do have 2 memory chips which allows the maximum amount of memory for macros. It is Mac/PC switchable. Are you Mac or PC?
I have the same unit for sale for about the same amount, actually with shipping would be about $20 more. I'll also offer it without 1 of the memory chips (since most people have no use for it) at a $30 discount. So I guess you got a better deal than buying mine. Feel good now?
As for the USB, you can get a Y-mouse by Pi Engineering. It holds some key programming. I have several of these, but they are very pricey. But a straight up USB adapter should be fine, no?
Anything else?
EDIT---The only Kinesis changes would be to get red switches instead of the browns it comes with, that will cost about $100. You can put O-rings on the key caps (NICE!) that's about $5-$20 depending on which ones. You can get qwerty/dvorak dual legend key caps for about $45 or so.
You can get rid of the yellow by taking the keyboard apart and putting the plastic in oxy-clean in the sun for a few hours. There is a monster thread here where a few of us did that.
You can take it to the beach and have all the girls oooh and aaaah over it
Thanks very much for the detailed info.
I'm mostly a Mac guy, but I do work on PCs some of the time. No more legacy Macs at the moment...I have adapters for both PS/2 and ADB to USB, anyway, so it's not a big deal.
That Y-mouse looks neat, but also overkill, at least for now.
I think I'll be OK with the brown switches, but to be honest the only Cherry switches I've really typed on are the blues (I did press the keys on a Kinesis with browns for a few minutes, and they seemed nice, but I have no idea how they compare to the reds). Maybe one day I'll get a chance to type on some reds and decide I want them, but for now I think the browns will do. Still, it's nice to know that they offer those as replacements.
I'm familiar with the retr0bright process (I've restored a couple of Apple Extended Keyboards, and I've got a pile of double-shot Wyse keycaps to restore over the next couple weeks), so no issues there (other than general lack of sun in Seattle this time of year, but I have a UV lamp for this already).
The qwerty/dvorak keys...those are available from Kinesis, right (I won't have to scrounge eBay or the classifieds to find them)? I think those might be the only upgrade I need early on.
Now I'm even more excited for this thing to get here....I think it's going to be great as-is. I'm trying to resist the temptation to go poke the seller for a shipping status update (and give him tomorrow to get it out)