Author Topic: looks like one, walks like one, but dont have the IBM logo like one (Read 7417 times)

bazemk1979 · « **on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:09:58 »

what you guys make of this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ibm-keyboards-new-/280815570434?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6034982221428923833

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:14:37 »

Hard to say. I've seen boards that look like that be MX or domes made by Keytronic... If I had to guess, I say MX blacks with SP doubleshots.

bazemk1979 · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:19:06 »

what sort of connection it has,looks like PS/2?

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:26:37 »

Looks like XT/AT. Be nice if it was AT since then you could easily use it with an AT to PS/2 adapter.

SmallFry · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:29:56 »

Anyone going to place a bid on one? Don't look at me...I don't need another board.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:36:48 »

If I'm reading that right, it's for 10 boards? I really don't need all that, but it's tempting. What a deal if thats the case and they are in fact AT MX boards.

dorkvader · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 01 February 2012, 21:49:51 »

Interesting: most 'boards I know of don't have 2x keys in the F-row. Looks like some interesting legends on the arrowblock. I'd bid, but I don't like ISO, and shipping is really expensive at $25

Magna224 · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:49:57 »

Im going for it most likely

OkGold · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 01:12:47 »

Quote from: lysol;505856

Hard to say. I've seen boards that look like that be MX or domes made by Keytronic... If I had to guess, I say MX blacks with SP doubleshots.

> Keytronic

Keytronic boards PLAGUE this part of Ontario, I hate it, they look identical to model M's until you
A • feel how **** they are
B • see that gawdy ~Keytronic~ logo

BiNiaRiS · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 03:27:01 »

they look very similar to these:
http://www.computerwholesellers.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/MVC-058S.JPG

Espirt 125C terminal boards.

dorkvader · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 07:50:10 »

I'm still saying it's cherry blacks w/ doubleshot keycaps. The case is very similar to WYSE/other.

Reminds me a little of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-901879-01-Keyboard-20-Function-Keys-RJ-9-/320695431125?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item4aaaefefd5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-901028-01-Terminal-Keyboard-TESTED-/360234403012?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item53dfa4c4c4

poxeclipse · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 08:20:17 »

They are Cherry black. I asked the seller to post a picture, and they did.
The package weighs 34 pounds. Nice arrow shots too.
Wow, this will be The Gladiator, part deux !

7bit · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 08:54:41 »

Holy ****!

OK, who organises the group buy?

OkGold · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:12:21 »

shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! are those blacks or browns?

yeah lets do this dudes

how exactly do we do an auction as a group buy? I'm thinking
• gain interest, hopefully we can get 10 people/enough people to buy 10
• If not, we just split them
• we agree on a median/highest amount we'd all be willing to pay, plus a static contribution for shipping
• bid accordingly, don't go over the median, try and snipe it if things get heated
• Ship to the most central location possible

I'd be in for up to $15 or so, $20 tops

edit: oh, and last 2 to join get the out of boxers? not like it's a huge deal

7bit · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:14:37 »

Quote from: OkGold;506329

shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! are those blacks or browns?

yeah lets do this dudes

how exactly do we do an auction as a group buy? I'm thinking
• gain interest, hopefully we can get 10 people/enough people to buy 10
• If not, we just split them
• we agree on a median/highest amount we'd all be willing to pay, plus a static contribution for shipping
• bid accordingly, don't go over the median, try and snipe it if things get heated
• Ship to the most central location possible

I'd be in for up to $15 or so, $20 tops

I did this before. We need someone who bids on them and then collects mone and ships these out.

It must be someone from the US who wants at least one for himself.
I'd be in for one at $25 plus shipping.

poxeclipse · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:21:03 »

Quote from: OkGold;506329

shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! are those blacks or browns?

yeah lets do this dudes

how exactly do we do an auction as a group buy? I'm thinking
• gain interest, hopefully we can get 10 people/enough people to buy 10
• If not, we just split them
• we agree on a median/highest amount we'd all be willing to pay, plus a static contribution for shipping
• bid accordingly, don't go over the median, try and snipe it if things get heated
• Ship to the most central location possible

I'd be in for up to $15 or so, $20 tops

edit: oh, and last 2 to join get the out of boxers? not like it's a huge deal

I'm in for one, maybe more if necessary. The seller said they are made in Taiwan.

OkGold · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:38:49 »

I know it's been like.. seconds, i'm sure we'll get some more people interested by the end of the day, but magna, will you be coming in with us or going against us? the idea of any GH'er bidding on this too will really drive the price up :/ I keep reminding myself that it's an AT keyboard and it's not such a big deal, but having some vintage black action would be neat

DrSchlock · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:41:07 »

Count me in on one

DrSchlock · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:42:46 »

Btw, who's going to do the bidding? Should we designate someone so the rest of us don't bid and drive up the price?

OkGold · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:53:32 »

definitely, this is a pretty complicated afair

in an ideal world we'll get exactly 10 people on board, and hopefully within those we have someone who
• lives in (hopefully north-eastern) US
• has some seniority/feedback on GH
• has a reliable internet connection and an Ebay account

now, less than 10 people we can deal with, the issue comes when more than 10 are interested. This is a public auction, and is therefore available for anyone to pick up and try to resell. Anyways, it's just something to consider, I think once we have our full list we'll need to get a private discussion going about price, as it would be foolish to do so in public

poxeclipse · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 09:54:16 »

The seller replied that it's written Cherry on them and they are black, not brown.

mmmty · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 10:15:58 »

In for 1. Sorry, can't bid or ship since I'll be travelling soon.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 10:42:12 »

99% sure they would just be SP caps. I've had a few nearly identical MX boards for terminals, and they all had thin SP doubleshots.

andrewjoy · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 10:56:56 »

darnit you guys in the US have all the fun i would love one but shipping would be a pain in the ass

BiNiaRiS · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:28:42 »

I can volunteer to bid on these and distribute them. But choosing who gets what is gonna be a pain in the ass.

I could go with the first 10 people to post in this thread? or a raffle of some sort? haha. ideas?

Here would be the order list based on post order:

bazemk1979
lysol
SmallFry
dorkvader
Magna224
OkGold
BiNiaRiS
poxeclipse
7bit
DrSchlock

Cutoff:
mmmty
harrison
andrewjoy

If anyone from the top 10 doesn't want in someone else can get in. i know a couple up there are EU so shipping isn't going to be fun.

poxeclipse · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:41:14 »

Quote from: BiNiaRiS;506442

I can volunteer to bid on these and distribute them. But choosing who gets what is gonna be a pain in the ass.

I could go with the first 10 people to post in this thread? or a raffle of some sort? haha. ideas?

Here would be the order list based on post order:

bazemk1979
lysol
SmallFry
dorkvader
Magna224
OkGold
BiNiaRiS
poxeclipse
7bit
DrSchlock

Cutoff:
mmmty
harrison
andrewjoy

If anyone from the top 10 doesn't want in someone else can get in. i know a couple up there are EU so shipping isn't going to be fun.

I'm on the list, it's ok. Thanks BiNiaRiS.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:42:58 »

I'm not interested. I already have a few boards I need to go through and fix / part out and get rid of.

andrewjoy · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:52:48 »

leave me out unless you cannot get rid of them the shipping would be crazy expensive

REVENGE · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:56:30 »

Nice. I ask the questions, and get nothing in the end.

OkGold · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 13:21:16 »

Awesome BiNiaRiS! thanks for volunteering

The way I see it so far is

Claimed spots in the group buy:
1 • new, sealed box • 7bit - Berlin/Germany
2 • new, sealed box • OkGold - London/Ontario/Canada
3 • new, sealed box • poxeclipse - Toronto/Ontario/Canada
4 • new, sealed box • DrSchlock - Cincinnati/Ohio
5 • new, sealed box • mmmty - Somewhere in the US
6 • new, sealed box • BiNiaRiS - Portlan/Oregon
7 • new, sealed box • HOLD
8 • new, sealed box • OPEN
9 • new, open box • OPEN
10 • new, open box • OPEN

shown interest in the product, not confirmed for GB:
• harrison
• Magna
• REVENGE
• bazemk1979

so I really don't think we can finalize the list, since the bottom four really haven't voiced any interest in joining (except REVENGE, we'll hold a spot for him assuming he wants in), lots of people in the thread aren't necessaries interested in one

REVENGE · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 13:34:29 »

I will pass, thanks for including me. SP doubleshots, I got that backspace and spacebar from the grab bag, probably a few other keys as well. Somebody (7bit!) disassemble it and take some pics! Would be nice to see who OEM'd it.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #31 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 13:55:47 »

Last one I had that was in that layout, had nothing but ANSI keyboard 2.0 made in Korea printed in the pcb. It's not even a freaking ANSI board! Another one simply said made in Thailand. No part numbers, or anything else useful.

OkGold · « **Reply #32 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:04:15 »

So I figure we'll start talking game plans in a few hours, hopefully we get our 10 by then, but if we don't we'll welcome people until the bell tomorrow. We have 24 hours to get our **** together, so just make sure you check your pm inbox tonight/tomorrow and confirm with us!

poxeclipse · « **Reply #33 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:24:39 »

Quote from: lysol;506519

Last one I had that was in that layout, had nothing but ANSI keyboard 2.0 made in Korea printed in the pcb. It's not even a freaking ANSI board! Another one simply said made in Thailand. No part numbers, or anything else useful.[/QUOTE

Were they good keyboards ?

poxeclipse · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:26:41 »

Quote from: lysol;506519

Last one I had that was in that layout, had nothing but ANSI keyboard 2.0 made in Korea printed in the pcb. It's not even a freaking ANSI board! Another one simply said made in Thailand. No part numbers, or anything else useful.

How were those boards ? Did you use them ?
We are in uncharted waters here, so any previous experience is welcome.

TranscendingLogic · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:36:01 »

I'll take one. And I can take care of the remainder if nobody else wants them.

litster · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:58:14 »

Count me in for one.

OkGold · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 14:58:56 »

Awesome! thanks Trancending, so just to confirm I have you interested in paying up to 4 shares for the 4 boards? let me know how you want the last 4 to proceed, we could either leave it open to the public, or just let the users that have shown interest a chance to confirm/decline.

Claimed spots in the group buy:
1 • new, sealed box • 7bit - Berlin/Germany
2 • new, sealed box • OkGold - London/Ontario/Canada
3 • new, sealed box • poxeclipse - Toronto/Ontario/Canada
4 • new, sealed box • DrSchlock - Cincinnati/Ohio
5 • new, sealed box • mmmty - Tampa/FL.
6 • new, sealed box • BiNiaRiS - Portlan/Oregon
7 • new, sealed box • TranscendingLogic - Unknown location
8 • new, sealed box • f16pilotjumper - Antelope Valley/California
9 • new, open box • OPEN
10 • new, open box • OPEN

shown interest in the product, not confirmed for GB:
• harrison
• Magna
• bazemk1979

TranscendingLogic · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:14:23 »

Definitely leave them open to those who are interested, but may have missed out for whatever reason.

f16pilotjumper · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 15:58:50 »

I'm in for one at $20 + $2.5 of the original shipping + shipping to me from someone else in the US

mmmty · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 16:08:25 »

Woohoo - I'm in. Tampa/FL.

TranscendingLogic · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 17:40:30 »

I think you need to add litster to the list.

litster · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 17:57:08 »

Quote from: litster;506574

Count me in for one.

Quote from: OkGold;506575

Awesome! thanks Trancending, so just to confirm I have you interested in paying up to 4 shares for the 4 boards? let me know how you want the last 4 to proceed, we could either leave it open to the public, or just let the users that have shown interest a chance to confirm/decline.

Claimed spots in the group buy:
1 • new, sealed box • 7bit - Berlin/Germany
2 • new, sealed box • OkGold - London/Ontario/Canada
3 • new, sealed box • poxeclipse - Toronto/Ontario/Canada
4 • new, sealed box • DrSchlock - Cincinnati/Ohio
5 • new, sealed box • mmmty - Tampa/FL.
6 • new, sealed box • BiNiaRiS - Portlan/Oregon
7 • new, sealed box • TranscendingLogic - Unknown location
8 • new, sealed box • f16pilotjumper - Antelope Valley/California
9 • new, open box • OPEN
10 • new, open box • OPEN

shown interest in the product, not confirmed for GB:
• harrison
• Magna
• bazemk1979

Should I be at the 9th spot?

DanGWanG · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 18:04:01 »

Can I get last spot?

BiNiaRiS · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 18:28:16 »

Quote from: litster;506723

Should I be at the 9th spot?

you should be the 8th spot.

litster · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 19:01:46 »

Quote from: BiNiaRiS;506746

you should be the 8th spot.

Or 7th. I posted before TransendingLogic and f16pilotjumper, but they are at 7th and 8th.

poxeclipse · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 19:11:40 »

Now I pray for the bid to be $1 ... maybe $2.

litster · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 19:15:59 »

Quote from: BiNiaRiS;506746

you should be the 8th spot.

yes, 8th, behind Transendinglogic. :-) I didn't see he has a post just ahead of mine.

DrSchlock · « **Reply #48 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 19:18:16 »

If I'm reading this thread right, I see:

Claimed spots in the group buy:
1 • new, sealed box • 7bit - Berlin/Germany
2 • new, sealed box • OkGold - London/Ontario/Canada
3 • new, sealed box • poxeclipse - Toronto/Ontario/Canada
4 • new, sealed box • DrSchlock - Cincinnati/Ohio
5 • new, sealed box • mmmty - Tampa/FL.
6 • new, sealed box • BiNiaRiS - Portlan/Oregon
7 • new, sealed box • TranscendingLogic - Unknown location
8 • new, sealed box • litster - Unknown / Washington
9 • new, open box • f16pilotjumper - Antelope Valley/California
10 • new, open box • DanGWanG - Chicago / Illinois

OkGold · « **Reply #49 on:** Thu, 02 February 2012, 21:44:09 »

awesome guys! sorry for the mixup!

thanks so much for the full list! makes things a lot simpler

PM sent in 2 groups! give me some feedback, let me know if you didn't get one

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Author Topic: looks like one, walks like one, but dont have the IBM logo like one (Read 7417 times)