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Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: phototristan on Sat, 02 October 2010, 16:37:02

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190451475815&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_2924wt_1069

Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: WhiteRice on Sat, 02 October 2010, 17:59:27

Space Saved

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Post by: kriminal on Sat, 02 October 2010, 19:10:50

$149? mmkay...

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Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 02 October 2010, 19:23:53

Hey! What a steal! They even tested the keyboard and it powered on!

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Post by: isp on Sat, 02 October 2010, 20:17:04

I'm in for five.

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Post by: TexasFlood on Sat, 02 October 2010, 21:11:35

Quote from: phototristan;229075

Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190451475815&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_2924wt_1069

It's all relative...
(http://asset.soup.io/asset/0444/2113_6412.jpeg)

Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 02 October 2010, 21:13:29

Whoah that almost looks like graves...

How geeky would it be to have a keyboard gravestone?

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Post by: TexasFlood on Sat, 02 October 2010, 21:46:13

Quote from: keyboardlover;229197

Whoah that almost looks like graves...

How geeky would it be to have a keyboard gravestone?

Reminds me of the below picture from The New York Times slideshow
"A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers in Ghana" (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html)

(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump-slide-J0GU/20100815-dump-slide-J0GU-slide.jpg)

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Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 03 October 2010, 05:19:09

You can almost make out the buckling springs.

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Post by: didjamatic on Sun, 03 October 2010, 08:44:50

It's definitely buckling springs, you can see the barrels and guide inserts.
Double Fkey row, Vertical enter key, + shaped arrow cluster... ding ding ding!

(http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/Images/1390876.jpg)

Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: TexasFlood on Sun, 03 October 2010, 09:35:38

Quote from: didjamatic;229250

It's definitely buckling springs, you can see the barrels and guide inserts.
Double Fkey row, Vertical enter key, + shaped arrow cluster... ding ding ding!

Yes, I did notice the double f-key row and shaped arrow cluster, :wink:.

Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sun, 03 October 2010, 12:11:33

Quote from: TexasFlood;229199

Reminds me of the below picture from The New York Times slideshow
"A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers in Ghana" (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html)

Well... maybe people shouldn't throw away those nice keyboards and donate them to geekhack members?

I'd certainly take one of those things for free if its fate was to be in some place in ghana...

Maybe it's still there... anyone visiting ghana?

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Post by: WhiteRice on Sun, 03 October 2010, 12:22:48

Quote from: ripster;229285

I have very nice Nigerian females inviting me to visit their country all the time.

Hot college coeds want me...

Title: Newsflash - it's not a Space Saver!:
Post by: TexasFlood on Sun, 03 October 2010, 12:58:21

Quote from: kishy;229277

Well, certainly, I should know what they look like...after all, I'm typing on one right now (and every one of my posts for the last two months).

I did/do have doubts about the pic though...as much as I think I see key barrels, the key tops look too flat. Difficult to tell.

The key shape and spacing look right. As for the keys being flat, the picture is low resolution but you can see like curve shaped dirt markings on the corners of some of the keys like what should the the 4 and 7 keys on the numeric keypad.  I wonder if there are at least some two piece keys as some keys clearly have markings but others seem not to.