geekhack

geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: jacobolus on Tue, 11 November 2014, 15:12:07

Title: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: jacobolus on Tue, 11 November 2014, 15:12:07: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301388620031

I suspect this is the MX-mount Futaba switch variant (my suspicion is that’s what the F/S/A checkmarks are for on the outside of the box). But it might also be white Alps clones.

Someone could probably push the seller below $45 with the right offer.
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 11 November 2014, 15:27:14: That's a sharp looking keyboard.
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: ideus on Tue, 11 November 2014, 15:52:45: This is a really awesome calculator.
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 11 November 2014, 15:58:17: Quote
We have over 25 of them.They are all in the box and new condition.
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: Vanilla on Wed, 12 November 2014, 03:29:10: I have one of these in my project/ repair bin and the only thing that still works is the calculator. :))
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 17:30:57: Got it down to $35 + shipping. The switches are MX-mount futaba, the lock keys are yellow ALPS
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 20 November 2014, 18:36:55: Quote from: hwood34 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 17:30:57
Got it down to $35 + shipping. The switches are MX-mount futaba, the lock keys are yellow ALPS
What do those Futabas feel like? Do they have a snappy tactile point halfway (or 3/4 of the way) down, as some are reported to have, or do they feel like typing on wet cardboard, like the Futaba keyboard I have?
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 19:20:17: Quote from: jacobolus on Thu, 20 November 2014, 18:36:55
Quote from: hwood34 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 17:30:57
Got it down to $35 + shipping. The switches are MX-mount futaba, the lock keys are yellow ALPS
What do those Futabas feel like? Do they have a snappy tactile point halfway (or 3/4 of the way) down, as some are reported to have, or do they feel like typing on wet cardboard, like the Futaba keyboard I have?
Really nice tacitile feel. Didn't know how much I would like it but they've turned out to be some of my favorite setiches. And I didn't notice it before, I knew something felt different, but yeah the bump feels lower down than normal, but definitely snappier than MX clears
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: intelli78 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 19:23:23: Does it have an AT mode?
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 19:33:21: Quote from: intelli78 on Thu, 20 November 2014, 19:23:23
Does it have an AT mode?
Yup, switch for AT/XT
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: dante on Thu, 04 December 2014, 13:15:02: Is this board NKRO?
Title: Re: Focus FK-8000 calculator keyboard NIB, $45+shipping OBO
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 04 December 2014, 16:32:08: Quote from: dante on Thu, 04 December 2014, 13:15:02
Is this board NKRO?
nope