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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: orihalcon on Tue, 17 October 2017, 21:41:47
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/182837893598
$150 seems fair these days, don't think it will stick around for long.
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There appear to be two different boards in that listing, and it's listed as an OmniKey for some reason Oo .
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I saw that one. Back in the 1980s, a Northgate sold stand-alone keyboards, and people who bought them as replacement/upgrades did so because they wanted a better keyboard.
My guess is that somebody bought a Northgate and put the Leading Edge into its box.
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Still looks pretty decent overall, might well be a good board :) .
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Looks like there are 4 offers pending on it, won't be long now!
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Well, it says it has blue Alpses, but there's no photo of the switches, and a Chicony 5181 (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Chicony_KB-5181) is much more likely to have blue SMK Alps-mount (AKA "Monterey") switches, which are often mistaken for the much rarer Alps SKCM Blues (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Alps_SKCM_Blue).
I, personally, have never seen a 5181 with actual blue Alpses, have you? I imagine probably what's going on here. I'm just saying.
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Also notice in the description:
> THERE WILL BE A 25 PERCENT RESTOCKING FEE ON ANY RETURNED ITEMS!!! NO MATTER WHAT!!!
So if you if you did get Montereys and tried to point out the difference, I'm guessing you wouldn't be dealing with the most understanding sellers.
On the plus side, this has given me a fun opportunity to italicize a bunch of stuff.