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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: didjamatic on Sun, 13 November 2011, 10:08:56

Title: Northgate Sighting on Grimm S01E03
Post by: didjamatic on Sun, 13 November 2011, 10:08:56

Ahh, the smell of a Vintage Northgate.

Looks like a post-1992 era Ultra T w/inverted T arrow cluster.  1993ish and later have the trapdoor at top left which exposes dip switches.  The earlier ones had 8 dipswitches on the back edge.  Red Esc keys were never on them to my knowledge so it's safe to assume a modern keyboard geek was involved.

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Grimm S01E03 20:15

Title: Northgate Sighting on Grimm S01E03
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 13 November 2011, 14:05:25

Hmm, that looks like that special OEM rebranded version with the nice blue doubleshot function key caps. Don't recall if they sold under the Northgate branding or not. Better ask the studio for more pics!

Title: Northgate Sighting on Grimm S01E03
Post by: AKIMbO on Sun, 13 November 2011, 15:52:44

Lmao...my GF made me watch that episode.  It's her new favorite show as of late.  I didn't catch the kb in that episode.

Title: Northgate Sighting on Grimm S01E03
Post by: didjamatic on Sun, 13 November 2011, 16:05:54

First Animated GIF I've made since the 90's... Not the best resolution so if anyone wants to improve it or play around with it, I got it from this clip:This Keyboard Smells Mechanical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxOKh7k4WQI)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-00qK9ICBbsA/TsA_FHghSOI/AAAAAAAACFA/Y0nw6GuE0H8/s800/this-keyboard-smells-mechanical.gif)