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[SOLD] Northgate Omnikey 101 with Matias Quiet Clicks
« on: Sun, 16 August 2015, 16:28:49 »
Time to make some room.

This is a complete tested working Northgate with a yellowed case and keys. Besides the color, there are not any other problems.

I removed the original switches and replaced them with Matias quiet clicks and the board probably does not have more than a few hours use on it since. I was 2 switches short, so I used the originals for Num Lock and Caps Lock, partly because I wanted a sound to remind me that they had been pressed (if accidentally).

The original keyboard had seen some real use, the keys have a fair bit of shine (especially the space bar) and the yellowing is uneven, but they are doubleshot caps (in colors for some) and so the legends are still full. I am not that good with Retro-brite but I suspect that it could all be brightened up considerably by someone who knows what he is doing.

I cleaned and painted the metal plate, and replaced all the wire stabilizer tabs and lubed the stabilizers.

$45 shipped domestic US.

I have some other Omnikey 101 parts that I will ship free with the keyboard such as the original switches (in decent shape but well-used) for $15 and a PCB with several of the soldering pads up or off for $5 additional.

« Last Edit: Sun, 16 August 2015, 19:01:30 by fohat.digs »
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He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
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Re: [FS] Northgate Omnikey 101 with Matias Quiet Clicks
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 16 August 2015, 18:31:50 »
sale pending

shipping will be US Post Office
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
- Franklin Roosevelt 1933

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Re: [FS] Northgate Omnikey 101 with Matias Quiet Clicks
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 16 August 2015, 18:52:53 »
Great price. Someone got a good deal.
   

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Re: [FS] Northgate Omnikey 101 with Matias Quiet Clicks
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 16 August 2015, 18:58:33 »
The case is pretty yellowed and the keys are worn, but it was probably worth the price for the Matias switches alone.
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
- Franklin Roosevelt 1933