I think they're more common than that (I was able to find a few when I was first interested in the PC WYSE boards (back in 2011) ) but these are indeed quite uncommon. Not sure if it's worth the $125 starting bid for me though, since I can get the same functionality out of a normal WYSE board and a soarer.
I noticed it when it came up on my WYSE search. It's quite the find!
I think they're more common than that (I was able to find a few when I was first interested in the PC WYSE boards (back in 2011) ) but these are indeed quite uncommon. Not sure if it's worth the $125 starting bid for me though, since I can get the same functionality out of a normal WYSE board and a soarer.
I noticed it when it came up on my WYSE search. It's quite the find!
I could never find any of these boards in the states - they would often be listed at a generic reseller site as in stock when infact they were not. I imported a 900866 from China as they were the only source for these boards at the time - and even they didn't have the 900840.
I heard rumors that the 900866 had thin PBT's - since these are older maybe these have thicker ones?
Is there a reliable way to determine thick/thin? I've gone through 5-6 WYSE keyboards with vary combinations of thick and thin, some mixed on the same board, so it just seems rather haphazard.Interesting, all mine have been all of either one or the other. Usually it's only the older boards (WY-50, for example) that are guaranteed thick, from my experience.
I can't stress how rare this board is. I've never ever seen one in the last few years with being on GeekHack. Wyse made only two PC compatible versions - one AT (this) and one PS/2 (900866.)Indeed a nice keyboard ... but is it really that rare? You mean just the PS/2 version?
A fine addition to anyones collection.
link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WYSE-COMPUTER-PC-PCE-AT-KEYBOARD-CHERRY-SLIDERS-PS-2-Mold-Inject-Keytop-/261389480214)Hmm.. That case is pretty yellowed while the keycaps don't look yellowed at all. The case should be pure white. The keycaps are ABS, so they can yellow.Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzIwWDEyODA=/z/c-cAAOxyRhBS7t84/$_57.JPG)
I can't stress how rare this board is. I've never ever seen one in the last few years with being on GeekHack. Wyse made only two PC compatible versions - one AT (this) and one PS/2 (900866.)Indeed a nice keyboard ... but is it really that rare? You mean just the PS/2 version?
A fine addition to anyones collection.
If this particular board is the version with thick keycaps, it'd be slightly better, but not really a great deal in any sense of the phrase. I've sworn off WYSE sets in general for now at any rate.I'm almost certain this keyboard was made long after WYSE quit sourcing the "thick" keycaps for their keyboards. From what I was able to determine, the "breakout success for wyse was the WY50 in 1983, and they didn't start making PCs until late 1987 or 1988. Given that some (most? all?) wy60 keyboards have thin keycaps, I strongly suspect they will also be found here.