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Offline jacobolus

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Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 03:20:54 »
I think many (most? all?) of these are white Alps, since they were produced a bit later than the DC-2014/3014 keyboards which used blue Alps switches, but it’s a nice standard 101-key ANSI layout and thick doubleshot keycaps:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181511948441

Pictures of one here http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38349.0 http://imgur.com/a/50Ywl/layout/blog
« Last Edit: Sun, 31 August 2014, 12:14:04 by jacobolus »

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 12:10:28 »
The one you posted definitely isn't white ALPS:

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 12:13:26 »
Yeah, I asked him to pull a keycap. :)

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 13:00:24 »
Well the price of this is going to escalate quickly....  :))

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 31 August 2014, 23:10:20 »
man, things that get posted on geekhack ****ing get bid up quickly, not a great find at all anymore

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 01 September 2014, 01:53:33 »
man, things that get posted on geekhack ****ing get bid up quickly, not a great find at all anymore

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 01 September 2014, 09:41:01 »
things that get posted on geekhack get bid up quickly, not a great find at all anymore

True.

An open auction is not a "Great Find" because it is something that will seek its own price.
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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 01 September 2014, 20:43:57 »
Just sold one of these with white caps for $100.

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Re: Leading Edge DC 2214, blue Alps, 101-key ANSI layout
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 02:33:39 »
things that get posted on geekhack get bid up quickly, not a great find at all anymore

True.

An open auction is not a "Great Find" because it is something that will seek its own price.


I think that depends on how popular it is. Blue alps always shoot way up.
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