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I got an unusual keyboard that made me very excited. However, it will not boot up, so I am selling it "for parts or repair" because I simply don't have the time or energy to analyze and fix it. The problem may be as simple as a loose wire, or the controller could be dead. All the parts are present and it seems to be solid and intact. On startup, the 3 LEDs do not flash, and POST gives me a "keyboard error or no keyboard present"

It is a buckling spring keyboard of a type that I had never seen before, and it is very different. Certainly not IBM, the case and cord are translucent clear plastic with a pebbled texture. The front is marked "Precision" and the clear-on-clear embossed label is all but impossible to read. It has patent numbers from various countries starting with Germany, but, surprisingly, I do not see any mark telling where it was made.

It is pretty cool looking, and has Windows keys and a PS2 connector on an attached straight cord. It is fairly lightweight, too.

I would like to keep it, but my life is hectic these days and I just know that I will not be able to tinker with it anytime soon. $50 shipped domestic, $90 international.


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Re: FS: Buckling Spring Precision keyboard - transluscent IZITK-105M
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 September 2012, 06:46:14 »
Bump for final price drop.

Clearly, this thing has not gotten any takers, although it has been viewed on ebay 300 times (maybe mostly gh'ers, who knows?).

I will sell it here for $28 shipped domestic, $70 international.

PM me, otherwise it will go back on the shelf and I will fix it myself one day.

Thanks, Harry
"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30