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Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: retsteel on Sun, 03 June 2012, 17:44:19
should I go get it quicklike?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/sys/3055440627.html (http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/sys/3055440627.html)
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: megnin on Sun, 03 June 2012, 17:52:05
Too late, I just did.  Thanks for the tip!  ;-)  [Just kidding]
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: retsteel on Sun, 03 June 2012, 18:37:31
it's pretty darn local...
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Gawkbasher on Sun, 03 June 2012, 18:54:54
Just emulate the damned thing.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 03 June 2012, 18:59:54
It's a pretty sweet keyboard, though it would be sad to cannibalise it when it's part of a working setup.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Enki on Sun, 03 June 2012, 19:42:26
Quote from: Daniel Beardsmore;606897
It's a pretty sweet keyboard, though it would be sad to cannibalise it when it's part of a working setup.

For $15, I would.  That's like 3 lattes.  I'd pay $15 for the "entertainment value" of futzing around with the thing for a couple of hours...and you might even get more out of it than that if that keyboard is a keeper.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: retsteel on Sun, 03 June 2012, 19:44:25
15 dollars also happens to be 75 packs of ramen, just putting that out there. also I contacted him and it turns out that there is no power cord with the thing... more issues.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Enki on Sun, 03 June 2012, 19:49:35
Quote from: retsteel;606921
15 dollars also happens to be 75 packs of ramen, just putting that out there. also I contacted him and it turns out that there is no power cord with the thing... more issues.

Pretty sure you'd get more nutrition out of the lattes.  Just putting that out there.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: retsteel on Sun, 03 June 2012, 19:50:50
Quote from: Enki;606925
Pretty sure you'd get more nutrition out of the lattes.  Just putting that out there.

probably true
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 03 June 2012, 20:16:18
Quote from: retsteel;606921
also I contacted him and it turns out that there is no power cord with the thing... more issues.

Apple didn't seriously use a custom power cord, did they? There can't be anyone who doesn't have a surplus of kettle leads to throw away.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: Enki on Sun, 03 June 2012, 20:19:42
Quote from: Daniel Beardsmore;606938
Apple didn't seriously use a custom power cord, did they? There can't be anyone who doesn't have a surplus of kettle leads to throw away.

I had a Mac Classic, and I recall that it had a standard power cable.  I'm going to guess that even if this one doesn't, obtaining a cable wouldn't break the bank...what's another latte or two?
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: retsteel on Sun, 03 June 2012, 21:33:25
again, that could be like 50 ramen meals! anyways, I'm pretty lazy, so if any other MN folks wanted to pick it up I would not be offended.
Title: should I snatch this?
Post by: REVENGE on Sun, 03 June 2012, 23:24:27
Nice one! If it were local, I'd pick it up for the keyboard. Retrobrite + Hasu converter