Author Topic: Focus FK-2001 (Read 9482 times)

SCTony · « **on:** Sat, 28 November 2009, 18:57:05 »

Looks like a Focus FK-2001 and a Compaq, starting bid $1. Shipping $6.
Maybe it doesn't smell like hemp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370297673912&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Hak Foo · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 28 November 2009, 23:59:56 »

Quote from: SCTony;137040

Looks like a Focus FK-2001 and a Compaq, starting bid $1. Shipping $6.
Maybe it doesn't smell like hemp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370297673912&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Can he roll the Compaq up and smoke it?

microsoft windows · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 09:44:01 »

That's not a bad deal. The Compaq is a pretty good rubber dome and the Focus has some sort of white ALPS.

ricercar · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 12:03:34 »

Quote from: kishy;137104

And by tactics I mean I'll just make it more expensive for you if you don't let me have it

What's to prevent the other guy from doing the same to you?

microsoft windows · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 13:18:10 »

Quote from: kishy;137179

I don't know much about Focus overall but Googling reveals the 2001 is "clicky" and on this site some people have associated it with Alps. Good enough for me to be interested.

Especially if they're "simplified" - from what I read, the simplified ones are louder and more difficult to push, which is good.

It depends on what vintage of Focus you have. My Focus is from 1989 and has the complicated ALPS. They have a good feel to them and are almost as good as a Model M.

ch_123 · « **Reply #5 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 14:52:40 »

Going by the pics on Sandy's site, this is the original FK2001 with real-deal White Alps.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 14:58:01 »

This auction sure is a real deal starting at just a dollar.

chimera15 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 15:00:13 »

Quote from: ch_123;137225

Going by the pics on Sandy's site, this is the original FK2001 with real-deal White Alps.

Yeah, Sandy has a general guide, but I followed this and I got a 2001 with normal white simplified alps, not blue simplified still, so it's not 100%. There's some variation. The indication of the windows key and everything isn't a solid 100% delineation.

http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/focus2001.html

But yeah it looks to me like that's a type 1, but it's tough to tell, if so it'll most likely have real complicated ones. It might also be the windows key version though in which case it'll have fakes.

ch_123 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 15:05:40 »

Did yours also have an AT connector?

chimera15 · « **Reply #9 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 15:12:10 »

Quote from: ch_123;137232

Did yours also have an AT connector?

Yeah, I think so. I gave it to my mom. lol

microsoft windows · « **Reply #10 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 15:22:44 »

Does she use it on her computer?

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #11 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 16:09:58 »

I have a similar Compaq keyboard, they always warn you about how to use a keyboard properly as to reduce risk of injury.

SCTony · « **Reply #12 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 16:40:26 »

Simplified vs Complicated - is that what this pic shows? Simplified on the left and Complicated on the right? The switch on the right(complicated?) has a much better feel to me. Smoother and more refined. I tried taking the click-leafs out of the fk-2001 but it didn't work like I had hoped. Maybe greasing the click-leafs will do the trick.

SCTony · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 17:13:55 »

Yes, the Focus was not pleasant to use- that's why I tried removing the click-leafs. The T key doesn't work properly anyway so I am probably done with that board. The Leading Edge is quite nice though.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #14 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 17:29:02 »

My Focus from 1989 has the same style keys as that one with the 104 layout.

chimera15 · « **Reply #15 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 17:36:16 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;137235

Does she use it on her computer?

Yeah she does.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #16 on:** Sun, 29 November 2009, 17:38:35 »

Good for her. It's nice to see it when others finally see the light (of the clicky keyboard's NumLock).

cwilson · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 03:04:47 »

Hey if someone here won this, would they mind selling me the top right clip that holds the lid on the FK2001? I lost mine a year ago and haven't been able to use the lid since.

SCTony · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 06:22:59 »

Cwilson- mine came with two clips and no lid- you are welcome to them. Send me a pm for details.

chimera15 · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 06:44:26 »

Whoever won it, good buy, $12 all told, well done. wow.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 12:57:47 »

Quote from: webwit;137182

I'm the guy that snipes the bone from the two idiot dogs fighting over it using a tactic of bidding high and running out of steam early.

I can die happy. I'm agreeing with Webwit.

That "technique" Kishy, can also mean getting stuck with an overbid too. I'm sure you very well know this as a risk. I'm just saying this out loud in case some not too bright person stumbles across your comment and thinks he's found the secret to beating the system and becoming king of eBay.

If you're using "techniques" to screw over your competitor or come away with an amazing win... call it what it is... gambling. You win some. You lose some, but the house almost always wins in the end.

cwilson · « **Reply #21 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 15:00:03 »

SCTony, you are gentleman and a scholar, sir. I'll send you a pm and some moola for your kindness.

kishy I'll post some pics in this gallery as soon as I can (I don't know how to post pics here).

SCTony · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 15:39:50 »

"Anybody ever tried a Compaq rubber dome?" - Yes, I think Compaq has some very nice rubber dome keyboards. I picked up a KB-9963 at a thrift store and liked it enough to eBay a NIB one. Doesn't beat a mechanical kb but is nice.

chimera15 · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 30 November 2009, 17:03:31 »

Quote from: ripster;137538

Seller sent me this:

So it looks like I can dink around with the Compaq too.

Why the seller had this auction end at 4am East Coast Time I'll never know.

I was up, I shoulda bid. I didn't think it would go for that little. lol I kind of met my keyboard quota with the siig and scorpius I just bought, or I definitely would have.

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Author Topic: Focus FK-2001 (Read 9482 times)