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Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: didjamatic on Tue, 26 January 2010, 19:02:08

$130 + $30 shipping to USA for a keyboard that doesn't function and needs soldering work done?
Holy smokes. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Leading-Edge-DC-3014-Keyboard-Blue-Alps-Sliders_W0QQitemZ250570349005QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item3a572819cd#ht_3520wt_1165)

(http://www.jack-nicholson.info/images/varia/jack-nicholson-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.jpg)

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 26 January 2010, 19:03:54

Someone has been reading Geekhack and thinks "O ho! These suckers will pay through their teeth for Blue Alps!"

Fact is, they're not *that* good.

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: didjamatic on Tue, 26 January 2010, 19:06:57

That, or he's been hanging out with this guy (http://cgi.ebay.com/BLUE-SLIDERS-ALPS-keyboard-Northgate-Omnikey-1989-CLEAN_W0QQitemZ380060655923QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item587d616133#ht_1496wt_1165) too much.

ALPS may be HAWT but not $160 for a broken keyboard HAWT.

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: ricercar on Tue, 26 January 2010, 20:23:52

For sale: $129 for your choice
- Broken Goldtouch Ergo, yellowing case, OTAKU-dyed keycaps mostly unmelted.
- Broken IBM Type M, cracked case, no rivets. two-piece keys.

(Joke, not to be confused with keyboard sale in my sig)

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: hyperlinked on Tue, 26 January 2010, 21:40:11

Quote from: ricercar;154009

For sale: $129 for your choice
- Broken Goldtouch Ergo, yellowing case, OTAKU-dyed keycaps mostly unmelted.
- Broken IBM Type M, cracked case, no rivets. two-piece keys.

(Joke, not to be confused with keyboard sale in my sig)

But are the RARE and CLICKY?

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: msiegel on Tue, 26 January 2010, 21:44:59

"hacker-style"
XD

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 27 January 2010, 07:01:41

Quote from: msiegel;154017

"hacker-style"
XD

Right, because that's what every hacker wants.  A loud, "clicky" keyboard.  They make you real stealth.

Title: ncbound10 Has Finally Lost it
Post by: Hak Foo on Wed, 27 January 2010, 22:09:08

Quote from: ricercar;154009

For sale: $129 for your choice
- Broken Goldtouch Ergo, yellowing case, OTAKU-dyed keycaps mostly unmelted.
- Broken IBM Type M, cracked case, no rivets. two-piece keys.

(Joke, not to be confused with keyboard sale in my sig)

Does otaku-dyed mean:

* Dyed by an otaku, so he got distracted by anime boobies and let 'em go black?

* Dyed the colour of an otaku (pasty white)