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Offline jcrouse

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Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« on: Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:49:36 »
Well, tomorrow I am traveling three hours to visit a co-worker at his farm. He claims he has a box of about 50 "old keyboards", some with AT connectors and curly cables. He has been in IT for 30 years so I am hoping this turns out to be a worthwhile trip. More to come ....

John
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:52:01 »
Quote from: jcrouse on Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:49:36
Well, tomorrow I am traveling three hours to visit a co-worker at his farm. He claims he has a box of about 50 "old keyboards", some with AT connectors and curly cables. He has been in IT for 30 years so I am hoping this turn out to be a worthwhile trip. More to come ....

John

Awww yeah.......good luck John!  Hope you find some goodies.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 01:33:09 »
I'm hoping you get a box full of model F's.
(and other excellent keyboards ofcourse)
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Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 12:29:56 »
Keep us updated John! Hope it'll be worth your time :)
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 12:31:07 »
I hope you find an SSK or a Model M you'd be willing to sell to me! :P  Seriously though, if you find anything good, take some pics.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 13:44:48 »
I hope you find more nice keyboards than you know what to do with, and feel like selling some here. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for an 1800.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 15:05:21 »
I'm not sure if I've actually come out and said it jcrouse, but...



Heh heh heh, just kidding. But here's to hoping you land a nice haul!
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 15:57:15 »
You're probably going to get that treasure chest of keyboards, not visiting your co-worker  ^-^
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 18:15:31 »
Quote from: danielucf on Sat, 09 March 2013, 13:44:48
I'm keeping my eyes peeled for an 1800.

Ahhh YES, the very BEST Cherry keyboard's ever made.  Make sure you get some.  Although getting specific key-sets (recent Group Buys here) to cover the whole keyboard can be problematic.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 09 March 2013, 21:38:06 »
Quote from: jcrouse on Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:49:36
Well, tomorrow I am traveling three hours to visit a co-worker at his farm. He claims he has a box of about 50 "old keyboards", some with AT connectors and curly cables. He has been in IT for 30 years so I am hoping this turns out to be a worthwhile trip. More to come ....

John

LOL.  A friend of mine did something similar once and came across a fair condition 1972 BMW 2002 tii sitting in a barn, which he bought on the spot.  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/1972_BMW_2002_NY.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1972_BMW_2002_NY.jpg&h=1608&w=2512&sz=201&tbnid=NMFZGYsdushdDM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=141&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbmw%2B2002%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=bmw+2002&usg=__GGKaKqN3i8Pdb9MCJMwofEZ1OOE=&docid=a68IZK4OQveOMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G_87Uf6hAcb-0gGcz4CgCg&sqi=2&ved=0CD8Q9QEwAg&dur=52.  (car in picture is just an example, and is not the actual car my friend bought.)

So keep your eyes open! 
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 15:44:15 »
Is anyone else following this thread as closely as I am?
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 15:57:16 »
I am curious, but my passion has probably priced what I want out of my range .....
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 17:38:23 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 10 March 2013, 15:57:16
I am curious, but my passion has probably priced what I want out of my range .....
Lucky guy! It's uncommon you have a barn full of cats that aren't sleeping on the corvertible tops all day.

I speculate a huge cache of IBM 1387033's or beam spring.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 10 March 2013, 17:46:08 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 10 March 2013, 15:57:16
I am curious, but my passion has probably priced what I want out of my range .....
That story was insane.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 06:31:38 »
John.....what did you find?!
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Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 07:04:14 »
Oh the anticipation is killing me!:D
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 11:17:49 »
He never came back from the farm!  :eek:
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 11:19:25 »
Quote from: danielucf on Mon, 11 March 2013, 11:17:49
He never came back from the farm!  :eek:

My dog went to "the farm" when I was a little kid... at least that is what my parents told me.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #18 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 12:52:26 »
Farm accident?  I'm a city kid, but I heard how dangerous them farms can be.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #19 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 13:11:58 »
When I arrived he just got home from his farm, secondary residence. He had been putting up fencing all day and did not want to drive 45 minutes to go back again. He brought 5 home in the trunk of his car. There are a couple of old ones with white alps switches and a couple of PS2 membranes. I brought one of the alps home. It is in nice shape but I am guessing not worth much. Now I have to go back down in a few weeks.

John
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #20 on: Mon, 11 March 2013, 22:07:33 »
Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 11 March 2013, 13:11:58
When I arrived he just got home from his farm, secondary residence. He had been putting up fencing all day and did not want to drive 45 minutes to go back again. He brought 5 home in the trunk of his car. There are a couple of old ones with white alps switches and a couple of PS2 membranes. I brought one of the alps home. It is in nice shape but I am guessing not worth much. Now I have to go back down in a few weeks.

John

Nooooo! The suspense is killing me   :'(
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #21 on: Wed, 13 March 2013, 17:26:40 »
Geekhack teaches patience grasshoppa!
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« Reply #22 on: Wed, 13 March 2013, 18:14:37 »
I call dibs!!!!
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #23 on: Wed, 13 March 2013, 21:09:45 »
So, here is one of the boards. The switches seem to be white alps. Or at least they are alps and are white in color. I really have no clue. I do know that this one is in great shape and the keycaps are like new. What the hell is something like this even worth, if anything (I know, there is a thread for that :))

15613-0

15615-1

Thanks,
John
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #24 on: Thu, 14 March 2013, 01:07:38 »
The FCC-ID is for NMB (1989): must be the OEM.

I don't know what ALPS are worth. Looks to be in excellent shape, though. Are those doubleshots?
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #25 on: Thu, 14 March 2013, 01:28:07 »
Yeah, that Alps board looks like it's in mint condition, from your pic.  Somebody who likes Alps will snap it up, I'm sure.
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Re: Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #26 on: Thu, 14 March 2013, 01:56:22 »
That really depends. Are they double shot or possibly dye sub?
Oh and I didn't post here before but to be honest....
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Wishful Thinking and Fingers Crossed
« Reply #27 on: Thu, 14 March 2013, 10:14:14 »
If you get a board with blue alps, please let me know :p
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« Reply #28 on: Thu, 14 March 2013, 16:43:46 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Thu, 14 March 2013, 01:07:38
Are those doubleshots?

They are not doubleshots.

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