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Offline ricercar

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« on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 14:55:18 »
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 15:01:29 »
LOL!  That's pretty bad, it could qualify to enter my dirty keyboard treasure trove.
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 15:45:58 »
How can someone have the balls to even sell something like this? It needs to be thrown away.
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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 15:48:47 »
The Windows and menu keys were not double-shot on my Cherry POS 80-8955HPDUS-2. Were they, they'd have been sold last week to another geekhacker seeking what you seek.
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 15:51:05 »
To some people that board is an upgrade

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« Reply #5 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 16:10:56 »
Quote from: ricercar;147123
I really hate to think what this looks like inside

Not even that dirty I bet. It's mainly very heavily used. Would need a complete disassembly (preferably with gloves on) and thorough cleaning of course, but could be restored to a much less unsightly state. Cherry PBT keycaps are tough.

Now that smoker special...
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« Reply #6 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 16:18:50 »
My '96 G80-3000HEMDE doesn't have double-shot Win/Menu keys either, at least they don't have the typical stripe pattern underneath.
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Offline Viett

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« Reply #7 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 16:49:20 »
Brown cherry. Full rollover, too.

You can get cheaper / cleaner versions of this same board, though. This ended yesterday: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120511374815&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
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Offline Mercen_505

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« Reply #8 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 20:09:58 »
The IBM XT F I bought a little over a year ago was probably even worse off than the OP's pic. It cleaned up to near mint condition, but it took a lot of elbow grease. For the ~15 USD I paid for it (that includes shipping!), I'd say it was worth the effort.
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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 20:25:41 »
Quote from: bigpook;147142
How can someone have the balls to even sell something like this? It needs to be thrown away.


It just needs a little cleaning. You'll be surprised how possible it is to make those things look like new.
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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 20:35:58 »
It's pretty funny.  As a keyboard collector I've wondered if maybe these boards that have been used, might be worth more in this condition, rather than cleaned up, like guns, or knives that have been rusted and are collected. The market usually pays more for them if they are in original rusted condition...they call it a "patina". lol
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 22:00:06 »
Someone should buy it who has some time and motivation to see how clean they can get it.  I bet we'd all be surprised.
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Offline SCTony

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 23:33:13 »
My first M was very bad- not as bad as Smoking Man's, but bad. It cleaned up nicely I think.



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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 01 January 2010, 23:43:29 »
Quote from: SCTony;147215
My first M was very bad- not as bad as Smoking Man's, but bad. It cleaned up nicely I think.




Gah! It's the hair that's the worse part...just sick. lol

Course in 500 years maybe they'll dig up our keyboards from landfills and be able to clone us from the bits of dna left in them. roflol
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white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx

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