Hi there,
I'm new to these forums and have a question.
The other day I bought a Compaq MX-11800 keyboard the other day at one of my local thrift stores for around $5.00. It stood out to me because it was nothing I ever saw before, and made me think it would've been used with a rackmount Compaq server. I have a few Compaq ProLiant servers in my basement that are around the age of this keyboard, beige, so I thought it'd be something to compliment my existing equipment.
I did a search online for this keyboard and found that it has a huge following, especially on these forums, and ones on eBay seem to be highly priced! Are these keyboards truly worth that much, being like $100.00 or so in an auction for a Buy-It-Now?
I tested my keyboard out and mine works 100%, all the keys do what they're supposed to do, and the trackball works, too. It doesn't seem to have any yellowing and has the rubber feet on the bottom to raise the keyboard up higher.
I remember awhile ago I had some sort of a Northgate keyboard that was worth a lot of money ($100.00?) - and I sold it on eBay. What is this Compaq one worth, about? I have no attachment to it, really, I just bought it since it looked very odd and seemed to be used with servers.
Photo of what I have -
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ImageShack.usI didn't clean the price sticker off of it. The black smudge that's off of the price sticker that's on the keyboard will clean off, because I bought a lot of things from the thrift store before and cleaned that smudge off of other things similar to this in the past.
Thanks -
- Mike.