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Old Apple keyboard on ebay
« on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 08:26:40 »
Not in the best of condition, but the price is not too bad. Probably worth it for a project.

If this has the orange Alps, you could harvest them for under $0.50 each.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160
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Re: Old Apple keyboard on ebay
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 10:54:15 »
If you're just interested in harvesting switches this auction might be a good one to watch.  It has three Apple Alps keyboards and one rubber dome and free shipping.

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Re: Old Apple keyboard on ebay
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 18:32:51 »
If this has the orange Alps, you could harvest them for under $0.50 each.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161062182025&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:3160
The seller is lying. That is not an Apple Extended Keyboard, but a Apple M011A. It was the second keyboard for the Apple Macintosh. It has some vintage linear switches made by Alps, that are not compatible to the common Alps SKCL/SKCM.

It does not even talk ADB, but some proprietary protocol. Hasu has made a converter, Lowpoly is known around here for having converted the predecessor to this one (the M0110) to USB (having chucked the PCB).
« Last Edit: Tue, 09 July 2013, 18:41:09 by Findecanor »
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Re: Old Apple keyboard on ebay
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 09 July 2013, 21:54:26 »
For that cheap, I have a desire to 'lowpoly' it - but I know I wouldn't like the layout when I was finished.
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