Author Topic: Old FK-2001 in the local Goodwill  (Read 1176 times)

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Offline dbme

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Old FK-2001 in the local Goodwill
« on: Sun, 16 June 2013, 18:40:35 »
Anytime I am at thrift stores/yard sales/fleas markets (often) I always keep an eye on the keyboards hoping for a good Model M to show up.  Well, I found another old favorite of mine I owned back in the 90's.  The FK-2001, $5.95 at goodwill, hiding in a box under a stack of crappy Dell Quietkeys and HP media garbage.  The top is filthy, but all the caps are there and look good, no dust cover.  White ALPS switches, the big-a enter key, and the \ key between right ctrl and alt.

Talk about lucky.  As time permits I am going to get the requisite adapters, clean it up, and I am not sure I want to keep this baby or sell it.  What would you do with it?





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Re: Old FK-2001 in the local Goodwill
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 16 June 2013, 19:02:23 »
I love the switches and salvaged them. You could pull the switches and wait for the GH60 Alps or TKL Alps project that are coming up.

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Re: Old FK-2001 in the local Goodwill
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 16 June 2013, 20:08:07 »
The case is yellowed but the switches look clean.

Freshen it up and use it, those are good boards.
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