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Offline jacobolus

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clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« on: Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:27:47 »
Kinda dirty, supposedly has some sticky switches, and there’s some silly writing in sharpie on the back, but someone might still want it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291431319693
« Last Edit: Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:30:10 by jacobolus »
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Offline fohat.digs

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 13 April 2015, 06:58:28 »
That doesn't look too bad, just surface dirt.

I had one of those that I bought for parts but it was just so nice (including native PS/2 with no drama) that I sold it on to somebody who really wanted it intact. Was that you, Jacobolus, or maybe rjrich?
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Offline engicoder

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 15:21:59 »
I picked this up, unfortunately, the seller wrapped in a couple layers of 3/16 bubble wrap and threw it in a USPS large flat rate box with no other packing. As a result, it now has 2 broken key caps and a 1 inch crack in the lower left corner of the case.  :mad:

This is the third keyboard I have received loose in a USPS large flat rate box. Got lucky of the first two. Why are so many sellers so cheap on packing?
« Last Edit: Thu, 16 April 2015, 15:41:50 by engicoder »
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Offline fohat.digs

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:04:20 »
I have a Hi-Tek parts board with about 1/2 to 2/3 of its keys.

Tell me what you need, if they are common standard 1x I may be able to help you.

Also have spare switches but they are nasty to work with because they have 4 very thin wire "legs" and no strain relief at all.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline engicoder

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:17:53 »
Turns out dirty, it was. Smells of diesel, so I suspect it spent its life inside some type of repair shop. Here a few quick photos:

97511-0
97513-197515-2
97517-397519-4
97521-597523-697525-7

There is a small door in the rear of the case. The PCB has the footprint for what looks like could have been a set of dip switches, which is missing.
« Last Edit: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:31:41 by engicoder »
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Offline engicoder

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Re: clicky space invader battleship, $40+shipping OBO
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:21:38 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 16 April 2015, 16:04:20
I have a Hi-Tek parts board with about 1/2 to 2/3 of its keys.

Tell me what you need, if they are common standard 1x I may be able to help you.

Also have spare switches but they are nasty to work with because they have 4 very thin wire "legs" and no strain relief at all.

Broken caps were
1. Center stepped caps lock with lock symbol
2. Left alt
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