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Offline Karura

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Looking for Vintage Blacks
« on: Tue, 16 December 2014, 07:54:00 »

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Offline Battou62

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Re: Looking for Vintage Blacks
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 16 December 2014, 08:40:23 »
I know this seller has a some non functioning PCE terminals that they will let go for cheap. Call them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wyse-ASCII-Keyboard-840338-01-Grade-B-to-save-you-money-/271703841323?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f42cf9a2b

Offline dorkvader

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Re: Looking for Vintage Blacks
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 16 December 2014, 09:29:11 »
I desoldered a board with vintage blacks (ancient WY50) and some of the the copper on the contact had oxidation.

Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: Looking for Vintage Blacks
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 16 December 2014, 09:36:33 »
Yes usually these are good for vintage blacks... but sometimes they have been refurbished and don't have vintage blacks or perhaps only a few... or they have been stored so poorly and so full of filth (inside the switch) that it ruins it.