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Title: Commodore PC-5 $110 shipped, OBO
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 10 November 2014, 12:52:33
I got them down to $89 after I offered $70, but it's still too high for me.  Maybe someone will get an offer they like for it.  It's an old G80 board with MX Blacks and inverted color scheme (still a little different from the beige and cream of other Cherry boards).  The pictures are crap which is why I'm not really willing to offer a ton for it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Keyboard-PC-5-plug-in-at-the-front-panel-/201213473543?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed941f307&autorefresh=true
Title: Re: Commodore PC-5 $110 shipped, OBO
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 11 November 2014, 09:09:30
Beware, this is a proprietary protocol serial keyboard... so unless you want to hook it up to an old Commodore computer, its probably strictly going to be a collectors showpiece. It's not much good as a source for donor caps since it has such a strange layout.
Title: Re: Commodore PC-5 $110 shipped, OBO
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 11 November 2014, 12:04:44
Beware, this is a proprietary protocol serial keyboard... so unless you want to hook it up to an old Commodore computer, its probably strictly going to be a collectors showpiece. It's not much good as a source for donor caps since it has such a strange layout.
Seebart@DT told me earlier that his works with just a DIN>PS2 connector..
Title: Re: Commodore PC-5 $110 shipped, OBO
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 13 November 2014, 22:12:30
The later model for PC-10 speaks AT, you can tell them apart on sight as those don't have the 2 1.5 Num Lock/Scroll Lock but 3 1x keys in their place on the numpad section.