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Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: fluxrez on Sun, 04 September 2011, 21:04:20

Does anyone know what this thing is.  I paid $4 for it. Its a 5 pin DIN connector and has ALPS switches.

It has a built in calculator too.  That's why I grabbed it.  It was unique.

(http://i52.tinypic.com/11b5hrp.jpg)

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: TheAmpersand on Sun, 04 September 2011, 21:09:15

Looks like it is a Focus Fk-5001 (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?10204-Focus-FK-5001).

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: fluxrez on Sun, 04 September 2011, 22:13:56

Quote from: TheAmpersand;410672

Looks like it is a Focus Fk-5001 (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?10204-Focus-FK-5001).

nice,  that's exactly what it is.  I'm typing on it now.  Very nice feel to this thing.  I just bought a Rosewill RK-9000 about a week ago  and my wife is demanding to know why i'm using the $4 goodwill keyboard.

I think I'm getting hooked on this forum  and keyboards in general.

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: Clickey on Sun, 04 September 2011, 22:33:12

Lucky find, all I ever see at charity stores is rubber domes. I bet it has programable keys too.

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: fluxrez on Sun, 04 September 2011, 22:43:40

Keys are all double shots.  There is a macro button.  I love the eight arrow keys.   They work too.

Scratch that.  Theres a triple shot on here. =S

EDIT: nevermind.  its a double shot with printed text on the front side.

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 04 September 2011, 22:50:07

(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/johnjohns0n/ibmMmodel.jpg)

Found this at the flea market last week. 5$

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: REVENGE on Mon, 05 September 2011, 00:21:59

Quote from: fluxrez;410667

Does anyone know what this thing is.  I paid $4 for it. Its a 5 pin DIN connector and has ALPS switches.

It has a built in calculator too.  That's why I grabbed it.  It was unique.

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(http://i52.tinypic.com/11b5hrp.jpg)

That thing is $$$$$$. Sweet find!

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: redpill on Tue, 06 September 2011, 12:42:21

Turbo button FTW!

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: fluxrez on Wed, 07 September 2011, 10:15:06

Quote from: ripster;411468

I wonder if those are Simplified ALPS?  Nice flowered panties btw.

We will probably never know, unless you can tell without taking it apart.
And NO, we didn't buy panties at goodwill.  Its probably vintage clothes.  My wife buys vintage clothes at goodwill and resells them.

Quote from: redpill;411466

Turbo button FTW!

*eye roll*

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Wed, 07 September 2011, 10:35:00

Quote

I wonder if those are Simplified ALPS? Nice flowered panties btw.
We will probably never know, unless you can tell without taking it apart.

I'm pretty sure they're complex ALPS.

Super nice find - I also found a Focus 5001 at a Goodwill.

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: fluxrez on Wed, 07 September 2011, 10:36:51

There is old keyboards there all the time... I'm hoping to score some replacement key caps one of these days...  It looks a bit toothless.

Title: Mystery Keyboard found at Goodwill
Post by: one_each on Wed, 07 September 2011, 11:10:20

It has been so long since I used a Focus FK-2001 I had forgotten all about them.  It wasn't until recently when I wanted to build my own keyboard that I returned to a mechanical keyboard.  I'm running on a Cherry G80-8113 right now.  I love the tactical but the keys are a bit too stiff for my liking.  Wish I could find some Reds to try out, typing on a Cloud of B..bs sounds like fun. :D