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Title: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 21 December 2016, 06:47:45

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182394797325?ul_noapp=true (http://www.ebay.com/itm/182394797325?ul_noapp=true)

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: lancre on Wed, 21 December 2016, 15:26:32

Yeah I saw this quite recently, unfortunately it's $130 shipping to the UK  :rolleyes: - looks in pretty good condition though. Kinda surprised it hasn't been snapped up already. I guess no-one has any money left before Christmas.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 21 December 2016, 17:16:09

Untested and missing parts makes $70 a little high, but not unreasonable since this is the only model in true ANSI.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: juryduty on Wed, 21 December 2016, 19:56:31

There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: ander on Fri, 23 December 2016, 17:14:42

If you have a compatible cable (or can make one), and can source a reasonable replacement for the ALPS Esc key, this is a nice deal for a board that'd otherwise fetch well over $100.

Quote from: juryduty on Wed, 21 December 2016, 19:56:31

There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.

You're right, and I don't know why. Do they deteriorate? I've seen a couple of Northgates sold with laser-printed replacement logos (which the sellers mentioned up-front), and they looked fine to me. Some people require everything to be authentic, but the rest of us are primarily interested in how well stuff works.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 24 December 2016, 08:25:26

A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

And the missing key cap is tilde/accent which is an easier replacement than Escape.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: ander on Tue, 27 December 2016, 15:07:21

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 24 December 2016, 08:25:26

A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

Is that right? I thought it was something proprietary. Well, that's good to know. I have a NG somewhere around here with no cable, and had no idea when I'd get to try it. Thanks for pointing that out—you're as helpful as always.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:20:03

Some time back I made a series of posts saying that it would not work - even showed how to direct-wire a PS/2 cable from a donor board.

But it turned out that my male-male mini-DIN6 cable was bad and that was the actual problem.

Title: Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
Post by: mike52787 on Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:23:48

or just teensy it. usb modding solves all problems.