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"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 15:26:32 »
Yeah I saw this quite recently, unfortunately it's $130 shipping to the UK  :rolleyes: - looks in pretty good condition though. Kinda surprised it hasn't been snapped up already. I guess no-one has any money left before Christmas.
      
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 17:16:09 »
Untested and missing parts makes $70 a little high, but not unreasonable since this is the only model in true ANSI.
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 19:56:31 »
There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 23 December 2016, 17:14:42 »
If you have a compatible cable (or can make one), and can source a reasonable replacement for the ALPS Esc key, this is a nice deal for a board that'd otherwise fetch well over $100.

There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.

You're right, and I don't know why. Do they deteriorate? I've seen a couple of Northgates sold with laser-printed replacement logos (which the sellers mentioned up-front), and they looked fine to me. Some people require everything to be authentic, but the rest of us are primarily interested in how well stuff works.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 24 December 2016, 08:25:26 »
A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

And the missing key cap is tilde/accent which is an easier replacement than Escape.
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 15:07:21 »
A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

Is that right? I thought it was something proprietary. Well, that's good to know. I have a NG somewhere around here with no cable, and had no idea when I'd get to try it. Thanks for pointing that out—you're as helpful as always.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:20:03 »
Some time back I made a series of posts saying that it would not work - even showed how to direct-wire a PS/2 cable from a donor board.

But it turned out that my male-male mini-DIN6 cable was bad and that was the actual problem.
"The Trump campaign announced in a letter that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.”
“Any split that is higher than 5%,” the letter states, “will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”"

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:23:48 »
or just teensy it. usb modding solves all problems.