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Title: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN NOT PS2 VERSION!!!!
Post by: mike52787 on Wed, 14 September 2016, 15:51:55

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Graphics-granite-Keyboard-041-0136-001-for-Onyx-Indigo-New/112133997329?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D994834ed1d0f4a2d9d6bddb5d810fd19%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D18%26sd%3D252536956153 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Graphics-granite-Keyboard-041-0136-001-for-Onyx-Indigo-New/112133997329?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D994834ed1d0f4a2d9d6bddb5d810fd19%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D18%26sd%3D252536956153)
Perfect case, and the only sgi with a virgin white spacebar ive ever seen.

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: romevi on Wed, 14 September 2016, 15:53:20

Money, why must you have deserted me...

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: mike52787 on Wed, 14 September 2016, 15:58:32

Quote from: romevi on Wed, 14 September 2016, 15:53:20

Money, why must you have deserted me...

I actually bought another granite minutes before seeing this one. oops! the other one was 40$ cheaper though.

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: Hypersphere on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:08:51

Regarding the "New in Bag" SGI, is this the model that is particularly difficult to convert to USB?

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: mike52787 on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:10:07

Quote from: Hypersphere on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:08:51

Regarding the "New in Bag" SGI, is this the model that is particularly difficult to convert to USB?

no, its just ps2.
looking again, it might be, damn.

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: Hypersphere on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:13:50

If so, if the NIB SGI case accommodates the PCB and plate from a ps/2 model,  I suppose one could swap the insides into the pristine case and adorn it with the brand new caps.

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN
Post by: mike52787 on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:14:49

Quote from: Hypersphere on Wed, 14 September 2016, 16:13:50

If so, if the NIB SGI case accommodates the PCB and plate from a ps/2 model,  I suppose one could swap the insides into the pristine case and adorn it with the brand new caps.

or just desolder it and put in an at101 pcb

Title: Re: NOS SGI Granite 90$ BIN NOT PS2 VERSION!!!!
Post by: ThoughtArtist on Wed, 14 September 2016, 19:27:04

I can smell the pristine, virgin plastic from here