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Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 19 December 2008, 02:20:46

bought it. :) Just gloating.

the average selling price for it seems to be about $30 shipped.

I hope its in good enough shape that I can harvest the dampers/sliders.  It was the right part number (m3501). I just want to try them out and at this price I couldnt resist.

I'm also getting more interested in itln style experiment with alps, maybe I'll remove the leaf altogether but use the dampers.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: Chloe on Fri, 19 December 2008, 02:38:44

:lol:

There are five in this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Extended-Keyboard-II-M3501_W0QQitemZ120351598860

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 19 December 2008, 02:57:22

Quote from: Chloe;15337

:lol:

There are five in this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Extended-Keyboard-II-M3501_W0QQitemZ120351598860

$10 plus $30 shipping though. I think there are a couple right now for $30 total (with shipping).  The one I saw seems to have been a freak of pricing, tho it was also a little dirty, maybe thats why the guy discounted it so much. I just need the dampers, hopefully those are fine. It was basically $13 with free shipping.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: Chloe on Fri, 19 December 2008, 03:07:09

Quote from: wellington1869;15338

$10 plus $30 shipping though.

That seems alot. I didn't see a shipping fee, probably because I'm in the UK. They won't ship outside of the US.

Quote from: wellington1869;15338

It was basically $13 with free shipping.

That is a good price. They wanted $29.95 to ship to the UK.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: djones on Tue, 23 December 2008, 20:35:36

I just bought one of these on a whim... ($11 shipping to where I live.) What exactly do I need to connect it to a modern machine?

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: bhtooefr on Tue, 23 December 2008, 20:41:29

Unless your definition of "modern" is a blue and white PowerMac G3, you're gonna need a Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapter.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: wellington1869 on Tue, 23 December 2008, 20:42:50

I think you only need an adb to usb adapter (the most popular one (the only one?) seems to be the griffin imate (http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZgriffinQ20imateQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ)).

(or what bht said)

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: djones on Tue, 23 December 2008, 20:46:04

Quote from: wellington1869;15999

I think you only need an adb to usb adapter (the most popular one (the only one?) seems to be the griffin imate (http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZgriffinQ20imateQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ)).

(or what bht said)

Thanks for the info. but wow, didn't realize the adapter might cost me more than the board it self :|

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: wellington1869 on Tue, 23 December 2008, 20:49:18

Quote from: djones;16000

Thanks for the info. but wow, didn't realize the adapter might cost me more than the board it self :|

ya :) If you bid on it tho, average selling price seems to be around $20, IIRC.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 23 December 2008, 22:28:29

You could always modify another Alps 'board with it. :P

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: D-EJ915 on Tue, 23 December 2008, 22:59:59

Quote from: bhtooefr;15998

Unless your definition of "modern" is a blue and white PowerMac G3, you're gonna need a Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapter.

blue & whites were usb, you'd need the beige one to use ADB

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: bhtooefr on Tue, 23 December 2008, 23:34:29

From: http://lowendmac.com/ppc/blue-white-power-mac-g3.html

Quote

As on the iMac, USB has practically replaced ADB, but Apple left one ADB port on the B&W G3 for legacy peripherals.

The Yikes G4 based on the same motherboard dropped the ADB port, but the B&W G3 most definitely had one.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: iMav on Wed, 24 December 2008, 01:41:14

I haven't been able to persuade myself to buy used 'boards with all the new and NIB options currently available.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: Chloe on Wed, 24 December 2008, 10:19:21

I hope some NIB Dells turn up in the UK.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: sashomasho on Wed, 24 December 2008, 12:11:05

Quote from: Chloe;16071

I hope some NIB Dells turn up in the UK.

just find some friends and make a group buy - you can take 5 keyboards at the price of $7 each (you will have to make an offer) and the seller will ship all of them for another $50 to Europe (second shipping choice) , so this makes $85 for 5 keyboards, $17 for a nib alps keyboard is a pretty good price imho. i bought two and after that I saw that the shipping for 2 was the same as for 5 but it was too late to cancel the order. when they arrive and if I like them, I'll take another 5 with some friends willing to try a mechanical keyboard.

Title: aek II for $13 shipped on ebay
Post by: lam47 on Wed, 24 December 2008, 17:09:21

Im in for one chloe if you fancy it.