There was a Zenith keyboard I had been chasing after on Ebay for at least a few days, which has lead to some interesting finds, including a weird old alps SKCC terminal board that I asked about earlier in another thread. I eventually realized that the place selling it was a 10-15 minute drive from me, so I got in touch and took a little trip. Great guys running the place. They don't know much about keyboards, so I identified a few things for them as I went through them. Their Ebay guys weren't around and that specific keyboard wasn't forthcoming, but I shot them an offer of $200 for a stack of 4 cool (though in need of TLC) boards I found lying around. I would say it was more than fair for untested boards, in a package deal, without having to deal with shipping/returns, etc. That was all I brought with me anyway. Here they are:
The first is a weird old terminal keyboard of unknown origin. Thanks to user
Findecanor I know that it closely resembles a DEC VT100 terminal's keyboard. It appears to have Alps SKCC cream switches, and they have a few more of these as we speak. I had another post asking about them (which I'll update with more pictures) here:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104466.0The next is an early IBM Model M, part number 1390120, manufactured in 1986. It is missing some keycaps, and some of the keys feel a bit mushy.
The next is a Fujitsu keyboard with Fujitsu Peerless switches, most of which felt interesting/decent (I had never felt them before).
Finally, something close to what I have been hunting, a white label Zenith Z-150 with Green Alps switches, which are (understandably, when you see the pictures) a bit gritty at the moment.
I haven't tested any of these yet, but I have disassembled the mystery board and gotten some decent pictures of the interior. They'll be in the other thread about it.
What do you think. Cool finds? They also had some space invaders keyboards of various switch type, and a cool Corona luggable with switches I couldn't immediately identify off of the top of my head.