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Title: $10 Tandem Computers 840358-25 with Cherry Blacks (2 Hours Left!)
Post by: mogo on Mon, 16 November 2015, 13:22:22

A good looking vintage terminal keyboard wthat actually has a picture with a cap removed, revealing the authentic Cherry MX Black switch. Nicely sculpted OEM DCS profile rows. The arrow keys are interesting too. Double-shot (confirmed, thanks JD!), maybe dye-sub? For 10 bucks, this could be a very affordable harvest at the very least, but just be aware that it has the telephone style (RJ11?) plug.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandem-Computers-840358-25-Vintage-Mechanical-Keyboard-Cherry-Black-w-Cable/181927748855?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandem-Computers-840358-25-Vintage-Mechanical-Keyboard-Cherry-Black-w-Cable/181927748855?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/pi4AAOSw14xWQRYr/s-l1600.jpg)
(http://gincore.com/image.php?id=61569:db22b43f4161416ec325d54ed8d2a7539705e629)

2 hours left at the time of posting though.

Title: Re: $10 Tandem Computers 840358-25 with Cherry Blacks (2 Hours Left!)
Post by: mogo on Mon, 16 November 2015, 13:24:01

also, those CTRL keys are cray  :p

Title: Re: $10 Tandem Computers 840358-25 with Cherry Blacks (2 Hours Left!)
Post by: jdcarpe on Mon, 16 November 2015, 13:33:02

Rebranded WYSE PCE keyboard. Old or possibly vintage MX blacks (probably a combination of both), and usable with a modern PC with Soarer's WYSE converter.

Caps will be double shot ABS, in SP's DCS profile. Caps were made by Comptec, who got acquired by SP.

Title: Re: $10 Tandem Computers 840358-25 with Cherry Blacks (2 Hours Left!)
Post by: mogo on Mon, 16 November 2015, 13:36:44

Nice! Thanks JD  :thumb: