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Title: [sold] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: vivalarevolución on Sat, 20 April 2013, 18:21:46

$10 plus shipping.  Why am I selling for so cheap?  Because I harvested the caps!  They are Alps doubleshots.  I wanted to keep them if a custom Alps project comes to fruition.  Also, I had some trouble getting the board to work with a Mac, and I can't use it with a PqC at work because one of the adapters requires a driver installation and I can't install anything on my work computer.

Keyboard is a Focus Electronics FK-7000P.  It has this integrated trackball, which is kinda convenient.  Switches are a clicky Alps clone.  AT and serial connections. Everything works, all the lights work, the board is very clean and in good condition, despite being 20 years old.  I used the keyboard for typing, but couldn't get the trackball working because of previously mentioned driver installation problem.

I will include a few caps.  Odd-sized escape key, caps lock, num lock, scroll lock, and F7 (because half of the keycap stem broke in the switch).  Maybe space bar, because it's a 7-unit Alps spacebar that might be hard to find.

To get more keycaps caps, you can find another Focus Electronics board with a similar layout and harvest the keycaps from those.

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After Same keyboard, but I took the photo in different light.
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Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: vivalarevolución on Wed, 24 April 2013, 06:04:30

Come on.  I'm practically giving this thing away for parts.

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: do_Og@n on Wed, 24 April 2013, 06:39:44

I would buy this if I didn't already have almost 30 keyboards in my collection. GLWS!!!

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: vivalarevolución on Wed, 24 April 2013, 15:50:27

Quote from: do_Og@n on Wed, 24 April 2013, 06:39:44

I would buy this if I didn't already have almost 30 keyboards in my collection. GLWS!!!

Make that 31 in your collection.

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: ideus on Wed, 24 April 2013, 16:09:53

I understand you want to keep the caps, they are awesome, maybe in the thin side and light font.

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 24 April 2013, 16:11:38

Damn, CPTBadAss should have waited for this board to part out.

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: vivalarevolución on Sun, 28 April 2013, 06:57:05

Anybody? Anybody?

Title: Re: [FS] Interesting Keyboard with integrated Trackball
Post by: TheQsanity on Fri, 17 May 2013, 01:51:19

Interesting board. Awesome keycaps and price... Shame it wasn't a complete.