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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Z Redux on Thu, 18 June 2009, 00:57:02

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: Z Redux on Thu, 18 June 2009, 00:57:02

Link. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Datahand-Personal-Edition-briefly-used_W0QQitemZ260429106239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item3ca2c8cc3f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
 
I found this while perusing ebay. I don't follow Datahands, so I have no idea if it's a fair price or not. They do seem to be rare, though.
 
Just a heads-up for anyone interested.
 
-Z

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: Shawn Stanford on Thu, 18 June 2009, 07:33:59

I'm sure it's no surprise, but these got a nod as one of the World's Wierdest Keyboards from PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/161402-8/the_worlds_weirdest_keyboards.html

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 18 June 2009, 07:54:12

Our own Webwit uses one as his daily driver.

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: zwmalone on Thu, 18 June 2009, 08:09:09

Quote from: itlnstln;97309

Our own Webwit uses one as his daily driver.

Actually, he uses the DataHand Pro...

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 18 June 2009, 08:10:38

Quote from: zwmalone;97311

Actually, he uses the DataHand Pro...

Details...
 
:)

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 18 June 2009, 10:48:31

Quote from: ripster;97357

ALL keyboards should have that extra chip. I told Lowpoly that for his miniboard as well.

It just needs to work right.  My Northgate is programmable, but the programming chip has a known glitch in it that causes the 'board to spaz-out and causing not to output keystrokes.  When you reboot, it just outputs random keystrokes whe you press a key.  You have to shut down the PC and reset the keyboard.  It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's a pain in the a*s.

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: cchan on Thu, 18 June 2009, 12:24:25

Quote from: ripster;97326

As far as I can tell it has the world's lightest keyboard switch - it's a magnetic switch.  Lightest except for that weird DIY British guy's that looks like an Organ keyboard.

http://mykeyboard.co.uk/

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: cchan on Thu, 18 June 2009, 13:11:42

Quote from: ripster;97422

Tim Tyler looks familiar.  "Imagine all the keyboards, imagine how light they'd be, ...."

Show Image

(http://irom.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/johnlennon1.jpg)

I suppose that Tim does have that kind of aspect about him...

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 18 June 2009, 14:38:06

Quote from: ripster;97427

Well, I'm just jealous. My hair style resembles my CH Trackball.

Strung out on coke?

Title: [ebay US] Datahand Personal - Used - $500.00 BIN
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 18 June 2009, 15:42:58

Quote from: ripster;97289

I like how they include a pic from the movie "Contact".   A itty bitty Jodie Foster there.

Show Image

(http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!BT)BO5Q!mk~$(KGrHgoH-DwEjlLl3z,yBKKIDVsLrQ~~_1.JPG)

Are you sure it isn't Jodie 90?

Quote from: ripster

Well, I'm just jealous. My hair style resembles my CH Trackball.

No ... it can't be ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jBA-fePb0

That closeup of the DataHand explains a lot, it probably isn't as hard to learn as I thought.