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Title: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 02 March 2013, 17:18:09
Looks OK and the price is fair and reasonable.

I really considered it, not because I need another one, but to re-sell at a higher price.

The board is cheap-ass but the switches are exquisite. I can't get past the small "Backspace" personally.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251237842856&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251237842856&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
Title: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: AKIMbO on Sat, 02 March 2013, 22:50:35
It's gone.  Nice find though! 

fohat, you have to get yourself some blue alps. 
Title: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 03 March 2013, 09:23:52
My dilemma is this: I am just getting too old to feel good with different layouts. I already use an F-122 as my daily driver, so even the move back to a straight-ANSI Model M, without the function keys on the left is starting to unnerve me.

Then when I use my laptop, forget it. I am looking down to find keys all the time, especially my beloved "Delete"

I almost bought one of didjamatic's boards a few weeks ago, an ancient caseless something with just the right blues for well under $100. I would have transplanted them into an AT101, but that is another time-consuming project and I have a dozen of those already.

Also, I have replaced a few switches and found it to be a difficult pita, removing over 200 switches and then putting over 100 back is not something that sounds like fun to me.
Title: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 04 March 2013, 09:11:36
where do you have your "delete" key on your F-122? Mine didn't come with "delete" at all.
Title: Re: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: AKIMbO on Mon, 04 March 2013, 14:21:27
where do you have your "delete" key on your F-122? Mine didn't come with "delete" at all.

I think he reprogrammed it so he has a normal six pack.
Title: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 04 March 2013, 15:55:01
Yes, I have the board as close to ANSI-standard as possible, with the 2nd Escape on the numpad where the Numlock used to be, and with Windows taking the place of F10 on the left function set.
Title: Re: Blue Monterey Chicony 5181 on ebay $32 shipped
Post by: ed_avis on Tue, 05 March 2013, 04:11:03
My F122 came with truly weird key layout ('Data Entry') but I swapped the keys from a Model M to it.  With Soarer's converter, the Delete key is in the normal place by default.