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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Tue, 09 July 2013, 08:26:40
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Not in the best of condition, but the price is not too bad. Probably worth it for a project.
If this has the orange Alps, you could harvest them for under $0.50 each.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160)
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If you're just interested in harvesting switches this auction (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-Vintage-Apple-Desktop-Bus-Mac-Keyboards-LOT-1-/130943255641?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1e7cd38459) might be a good one to watch. It has three Apple Alps keyboards and one rubber dome and free shipping.
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If this has the orange Alps, you could harvest them for under $0.50 each.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160)
The seller is lying. That is not an Apple Extended Keyboard, but a Apple M011A (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Apple_M0110A). It was the second keyboard for the Apple Macintosh. It has some vintage linear switches made by Alps, that are not compatible to the common Alps SKCL/SKCM.
It does not even talk ADB, but some proprietary protocol. Hasu has made a converter, Lowpoly is known around here for having converted the predecessor (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=20898.0) to this one (the M0110) to USB (having chucked the PCB).
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For that cheap, I have a desire to 'lowpoly' it - but I know I wouldn't like the layout when I was finished.