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Offline elbowglue

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Northgate Omnikey 101 $50 bin
« on: Sun, 23 May 2010, 20:38:58 »
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Offline bitflipper

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Northgate Omnikey 101 $50 bin
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 23 May 2010, 20:44:31 »
They call it a "trap door". It's a hinged piece of plastic door with the label on top. I wonder if Bob @ Northgate Keyboard Repair has a spare?
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Offline ricercar

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Northgate Omnikey 101 $50 bin
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 23 May 2010, 22:32:41 »
Been there. Sold mine.

How do you say "I bought, I typed, I sold" in Latin?
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Offline EverythingIBM

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Northgate Omnikey 101 $50 bin
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 23 May 2010, 22:33:50 »
Hmmm... those kind of look like the keyboards my school was throwing out.
They were ALPS, and the alt text was green, and the ctrl text was red.

But I was only interested in the IBM ones at the time, so, they've long been chucked out, oopsies!
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Offline TexasFlood

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Northgate Omnikey 101 $50 bin
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 23 May 2010, 22:47:53 »
Quote from: elbowglue;186198
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Northgate-Omnikey-101-Keyboard-Programmable-/110537214704?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19bc880af0#ht_500wt_947

Don't know much about northgates but this can be yours for $50 buy it now.  And it has a normal layout (gasp!)

Missing the logo though.


Except for missing the Dip Switch cover, seems like a good deal, if you do the BIN, keeps the price from running up like bidding can do.  I've already got one so won't be bidding.
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