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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: N8N on Fri, 17 August 2012, 17:28:22
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I didn't do my homework and bought a board that was advertised as PS/2 but wasn't. I went back and looked at the ad and it gave the part numbers, so I'm an idiot. Make me an offer; space bar and top of case are slightly yellow. This is the dampened Alps, is why I bought it. Unfortunately I didn't realize that it wouldn't work until today when I found a PS/2 cable @ Goodwill...
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What do you mean it was advertised as PS/2 but wasn't? If this was on ebay you could very easily dispute the transaction. What interface does it use if not PS/2?
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It uses a PS/2 connector, but actually communicates through an SGI proprietary protocol. Unfortunately it looks identical to the real deal PS/2 Granite dampened Alps board and I didn't check the numbers. Was not advertised as tested or working, so it's not like the seller actually tried it and misrepresented it... The ad did say PS/2 but that is the only inaccuracy, and it is in fact a PS/2 connector. I also got it like a month ago and have been too busy to get a cable (I didn't have a single detachable PS/2 cable in my junk box) until I picked one up at the Goodwill the other day.
If someone wanted to take an old AT101 and do a vulcan keyboard meld to get the "good" switches, this might work. In fact I wonder if the matrix is the same; the case looks very similar. Unfortunately the only other Alps board I have laying around is an AT101W that's well loved.
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I had one of these a year ago. Then I found a guy who collected SGI equipment. He had an even rarer vintage Cherry board, and we swapped.
BTW, what is the model number on your board? I had forgot to write mine down.