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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nubbinator on Thu, 16 January 2014, 00:52:36

Title: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 16 January 2014, 00:52:36

If you want some Wyse caps, Cherry stabilizers, and a bunch of MX Blacks, this is a good deal:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-19-WYSE-840059-01-K-B-WY50-350-KEYBOARD-M1-/121255070894?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1c3b5d8cae

If I weren't so busy with other projects and work, I would probably pick it up myself.  You could either sell individual boards whole for a few bucks ($10 + shipping a board would cover your costs and earn you a profit), you could buy the boards, desolder the switches, and sell them cheap ($0.15-0.20 each) and come out ahead before even touching the cap sets, and so on.  And if there are any screw in PCB mount Cherry stabs, I call dibs on ~10 of them.

There's also a nice Omkikey Northgate for cheap right now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201020592108?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649


G80-8963LUBUS for ~$50 shipped (how has this not sold yet?):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX-8100-USB-Touchpad-Keyboard-G80-8963LUBUS-/121253912252?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3b4bdebc

G80-11900LPMUS-2 $50 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-11900-Series-Industrial-Keyboard-G80-11900-MX-11900-Black-/231129855198?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item35d069b4de

G80-11900LTMUS $40 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-G80-11900-TOUCHBOARD-KEYBOARD-WITH-MOUSE-PAD-MODOL-NUM-MX-11900-NIB-/151190380587?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2333a6202b

Title: Re: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: ebacho on Thu, 16 January 2014, 00:55:32

Also, for those who don't know, Soarer recently came out with a WYSE converter, making them even more attractive if you don't just want to rip the boards apart: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52597.0

Title: Re: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: berserkfan on Thu, 16 January 2014, 01:58:49

These things haven't sold, because I am not located CONUS and would die from the shipping.

 ^-^

Yes, I wanted the G80 also. But shipping would tack on another $40 to my costs. So I remain a window shopper  :(

Quote from: nubbinator on Thu, 16 January 2014, 00:52:36

If you want some Wyse caps, Cherry stabilizers, and a bunch of MX Blacks, this is a good deal:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/lot-of-19-WYSE-840059-01-K-B-WY50-350-KEYBOARD-M1-/121255070894?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1c3b5d8cae

If I weren't so busy with other projects and work, I would probably pick it up myself.  You could either sell individual boards whole for a few bucks ($10 + shipping a board would cover your costs and earn you a profit), you could buy the boards, desolder the switches, and sell them cheap ($0.15-0.20 each) and come out ahead before even touching the cap sets, and so on.  And if there are any screw in PCB mount Cherry stabs, I call dibs on ~10 of them.

There's also a nice Omkikey Northgate for cheap right now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201020592108?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649


G80-8963LUBUS for ~$50 shipped (how has this not sold yet?):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX-8100-USB-Touchpad-Keyboard-G80-8963LUBUS-/121253912252?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3b4bdebc

G80-11900LPMUS-2 $50 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-11900-Series-Industrial-Keyboard-G80-11900-MX-11900-Black-/231129855198?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item35d069b4de

G80-11900LTMUS $40 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-G80-11900-TOUCHBOARD-KEYBOARD-WITH-MOUSE-PAD-MODOL-NUM-MX-11900-NIB-/151190380587?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2333a6202b

Title: Re: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: jdcarpe on Thu, 16 January 2014, 06:50:59

FYI, those WYSE are not very good for harvesting keycaps and stabilizers. All the modifiers are 2-units or less in size, and use no stabilizers. The only stabilizer you get is the screw-down PCB mount on the 9.75-unit spacebar. The keycaps are really only good for the alphas and F-keys, and need lots of help for the mods, etc.

Desoldering the switches is also a pain, since every second switch likely has the pins bent to the PCB before soldering. :(

I know these things from experience.

Title: Re: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:57:38

I had one of those before and it wasn't that bad.  Not the easiest, but not that bad. It looks like someone grabbed the lot though.  And I think people pretty much expect you needing a moogle and/or a completely different set of mods when you buy a Wyse board.  There are only a few that really work well as donor boards.

Title: Re: Lot of 19 Wyse Keyboards ~$100 and other finds (G80s, etc)
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 16 January 2014, 19:21:40

Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 16 January 2014, 06:50:59

FYI, those WYSE are not very good for harvesting keycaps and stabilizers. All the modifiers are 2-units or less in size, and use no stabilizers. The only stabilizer you get is the screw-down PCB mount on the 9.75-unit spacebar. The keycaps are really only good for the alphas and F-keys, and need lots of help for the mods, etc.

Desoldering the switches is also a pain, since every second switch likely has the pins bent to the PCB before soldering. :(

I know these things from experience.

On mine it was every single swithc that was bent over before soldering. It made it a lot harder to desolder.

Quote from: nubbinator on Thu, 16 January 2014, 08:57:38

I had one of those before and it wasn't that bad.  Not the easiest, but not that bad. It looks like someone grabbed the lot though.  And I think people pretty much expect you needing a moogle and/or a completely different set of mods when you buy a Wyse board.  There are only a few that really work well as donor boards.

The WYSE moogle kit didn't cover all the caps required for this KB.