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Offline jacobolus

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clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« on: Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:27:47 »
Kinda dirty, supposedly has some sticky switches, and there’s some silly writing in sharpie on the back, but someone might still want it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291431319693
« Last Edit: Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:30:10 by jacobolus »

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 13 April 2015, 06:58:28 »
That doesn't look too bad, just surface dirt.

I had one of those that I bought for parts but it was just so nice (including native PS/2 with no drama) that I sold it on to somebody who really wanted it intact. Was that you, Jacobolus, or maybe rjrich?
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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 15:21:59 »
I picked this up, unfortunately, the seller wrapped in a couple layers of 3/16 bubble wrap and threw it in a USPS large flat rate box with no other packing. As a result, it now has 2 broken key caps and a 1 inch crack in the lower left corner of the case.  :mad:

This is the third keyboard I have received loose in a USPS large flat rate box. Got lucky of the first two. Why are so many sellers so cheap on packing?
« Last Edit: Thu, 16 April 2015, 15:41:50 by engicoder »
   

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:04:20 »
I have a Hi-Tek parts board with about 1/2 to 2/3 of its keys.

Tell me what you need, if they are common standard 1x I may be able to help you.

Also have spare switches but they are nasty to work with because they have 4 very thin wire "legs" and no strain relief at all.
"However, my view has changed in recent days. Trump’s behavior is so bizarre, so unhinged, and so counter to his short-term interests that the most likely explanation for his actions is that Trump either believes or knows that he is mentioned in the Epstein files in ways that are even more damaging than the blowback he is getting for not releasing the files."
- Greg Pfieffer 2025-07-21

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:17:53 »
Turns out dirty, it was. Smells of diesel, so I suspect it spent its life inside some type of repair shop. Here a few quick photos:

97511-0
97513-197515-2
97517-397519-4
97521-597523-697525-7

There is a small door in the rear of the case. The PCB has the footprint for what looks like could have been a set of dip switches, which is missing.
« Last Edit: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:31:41 by engicoder »
   

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:21:38 »
I have a Hi-Tek parts board with about 1/2 to 2/3 of its keys.

Tell me what you need, if they are common standard 1x I may be able to help you.

Also have spare switches but they are nasty to work with because they have 4 very thin wire "legs" and no strain relief at all.

Broken caps were
1. Center stepped caps lock with lock symbol
2. Left alt