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Offline sealcouch

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I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 16:35:00 »



This is the most beautiful rubber dome board I've ever seen. There's no way I could pass it up for 3 dollars.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 16:38:24 »
Ok that's really cool

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:07:51 »
A GB for a star trek themed set would be nice.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:18:32 »
I wonder why the keycaps are red in the picture but green out of the box
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:25:28 »
Hahaha cool, I was wondering what that was xD . Saw one on eBay the other day: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-Star-Trek-TNG-Computer-Keyboard-/220897388560?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item336e82a810

Does it type anywhere near nice? :p
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:29:38 »
That is... interesting
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 17:41:23 »
Missed opportunity not selling a KeyBorg.

A GB for a star trek themed set would be nice.

It's been done.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 18:36:02 »
:))  the stepped "1" key

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 18:41:37 »
IT's A KEYBOARD (eleventy-one and all that)

Not sure what's wrong with the "s" either.
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:32:40 »
I'm very glad that the box tells us what it is.
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:44:33 »
I love the look on the kid's face.

"Gee whiz, wow! Now I have a keyboard JUST LIKE... nobody on my favorite show uses."
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 22:29:19 »
That spacebar though!

"Space, the final frontier™"

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GB anyone?

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 23:16:10 »
And yes, in 1987 we would ask the computer store guy "Is it IBM PC compatible?". Because some computers were 99%, 98%.
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 23 February 2015, 23:17:03 »
Previous thread about this keyboard: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54265

Offline sealcouch

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 11:28:19 »
http://i.imgur.com/Lf5jOHD.jpg

There's a photo of the switch. Can't really ID it.

I actually just put this board on Amazon. it's the cheapest listing. It comes with an AT to PS2 Adapter.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 11:31:26 »
Oof. The pun on the space bar.

At least we know they got a good job making keyboards with Vortex later.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 11:34:19 »
Oof. The pun on the space bar.
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 12:27:24 »
I wonder why the keycaps are red in the picture but green out of the box

The one on the box is the evil universe version.
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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 20:36:59 »
I am seconding a Star Trek themed keyset.

That's just brilliant.

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 24 February 2015, 20:41:14 »
I am seconding a Star Trek themed keyset.

That's just brilliant.
Look into the Galaxy Class set, it is LCARS inspired.

Offline sealcouch

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Re: I found an awesome keyboard at Goodwill this morning.
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 25 February 2015, 10:49:43 »
I threw this on amazon if anyone wants it!