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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: PRISONER 24601 on Wed, 14 October 2009, 21:17:43
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http://stores.shop.ebay.com/RE-PC-ONLINE-STORE_Input-Devices_W0QQ_fsubZ6466582QQ_sidZ16970045QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322
I've been looking around this awesome forum for a few days now. What a great modding/collecting community you guys have here! This is my first post, figured I'd put something of substance up.
I was bitten by the keyboard bug a long time ago. Input devices make me all giddy (as does modding), and I've always gotta have quality mice/keyboard! I had a Model M back in the 90's... I miss it so much. Ever since that old trooper went kaput, it's been one bad keyboard after another. I have a few Keytronic membrane keyboards, but they're just not cutting it. Too "squishy", but better than most.
Anyway, the link above has some potentially interesting models, and I'm wondering- are any of them worth picking up? I can't find any info on them re: interface/switch type/etc.
I'm picking up a board with some Cherry Blue switches soon, but I also want some vintage gear to play around with!
Thanks!
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If I had the resources of that (More Cash Than Sense) guy, I'll buy the Vintage Fluke 1720A Programmer Keyboard just for the pretty Orange switches and contemplate the usage options later. Maybe an Orange Escape Key would look good as Red may represent a too panicky situation ?
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This Bilbo Computer Control Foot Pedals For AT PC Keyboard (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310163076322) is interesting. His prices are a bit steep though.
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Oh look. The seller has one of those 90's trackman trackballs. Logitech apparently fired the employee responsible for that design and replaced him with either women or drug addicts. I can't stand the sight of the more modern ones.
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Those SGIs are rubber domes, like ripster said.
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Oh look. The seller has one of those 90's trackman trackballs. Logitech apparently fired the employee responsible for that design and replaced him with either women or drug addicts. I can't stand the sight of the more modern ones.
Oh yea this attitude will really start some good long threads around here. Quite a few of us will only use one of those more modern Logitech Trackman Wheel Track balls. But I have to admit I have a couple of those older ones laying around here somewhere but I much prefer the newer ones because they fit your hand much better.
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If I had the resources of that (More Cash Than Sense) guy, I'll buy the Vintage Fluke 1720A Programmer Keyboard just for the pretty Orange switches and contemplate the usage options later. Maybe an Orange Escape Key would look good as Red may represent a too panicky situation ?
That keyboard has been reviewed (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:7076) here already and the reviewer did not really like it.
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Thanks for the info, guys. REPC has always been my local place for vintage input gear (lots of Model Ms have been had there)- but now thanks to you guys, I'm looking for something with Cherry blues.
I'll keep digging around. If anything more interesting shows up, I'll kick it in your direction.
Mucho Thankso
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Oh yea this attitude will really start some good long threads around here. Quite a few of us will only use one of those more modern Logitech Trackman Wheel Track balls. But I have to admit I have a couple of those older ones laying around here somewhere but I much prefer the newer ones because they fit your hand much better.
The older, slightly larger version fits my hand much better than the newer version. And I don't have big hands...