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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Voixdelion on Wed, 06 July 2011, 11:26:20

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: Voixdelion on Wed, 06 July 2011, 11:26:20

http://cgi.ebay.com/Focus-FK-9000-Keypro-Keyboard-IBM-AT-XT-Vintage-Rare-/280701688385?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item415b1fda41

Looks to be in good shape.  $125 BIN + 30 shipping.  Maybe a little pricey, but these aren't getting any more plentiful.

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 06 July 2011, 14:51:39

That is seriously nice looking. If only it was an ANSI layout, rather than that stupid big ass enter key. Otherwise that would now be mine.

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: Voixdelion on Wed, 06 July 2011, 23:11:39

Heh heh - just noticed that the "for more information" in the description links back to GH: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:8097  

Is it being sold by one of ours? C'mon,'fess up!

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Wed, 06 July 2011, 23:40:37

Either that or someone googled the model number and found that. If I google "vivanco xm white" that's all I need to find links to missilemike's board that I bought.

@theferenc

You may just need to mod a board to do the standard layout. Or close to it. What I am suggesting is similar to what people have done to mode f at (which have bigass enter but small backspace). You just need to make a spot for the switch on the board in that spot (ansi |\) and solder wires that run from the switch in its new spot to where that switch usually is on that board.

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: theferenc on Thu, 07 July 2011, 01:22:15

Yeah, that was a thought I've had, but I'm not a big fan of non-easily-reversible mods.

Random note: typing on a kinesis advantage is not the easiest thing in the world to get used to. That sentence took WAY too long to type!

Title: Programmable KEYPRO FK-9000 (AKA FOCUS FK-5000/5001/9000) w working LCD calc. wht alp
Post by: jpc on Thu, 07 July 2011, 09:47:51

Quote from: theferenc;375210

Random note: typing on a kinesis advantage is not the easiest thing in the world to get used to.

It's worth your trouble. Not having RSI is easy to get used to. :biggrin: