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Offline ekeppel

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Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay (now $49.99 + shipping)
« on: Thu, 27 October 2016, 21:11:09 »
High chance there are blue Alps in this, but I've heard that white is also a possibility.  Thought I would share it with everyone.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Northgate-Omnikey-102-Mechanical-Keyboard-AT-XT-/152296565257?hash=item2375952a09:g:BisAAOSw44BYErB-

Not sure about the price, but I know these can be hard to find and the prices even for white Alps Omnikeys have really gone up lately.

Eric
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 07:29:19 »
Surprised that this one is still sitting here with only 3 watchers.
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 08:03:32 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 28 October 2016, 07:29:19
Surprised that this one is still sitting here with only 3 watchers.
I agree, I can already tell that it's not exactly squeaky clean, but nonetheless that thing should've gone hours ago for that price xD .
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 08:41:43 »
How likely is it that it will have blue Alps?
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 09:17:55 »
Quote from: Hypersphere on Fri, 28 October 2016, 08:41:43
How likely is it that it will have blue Alps?
Quite likely. Until one exception a little while ago we've only ever seen blue Alps ones I think.
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 09:59:06 »
From what I can tell from the photos, this 102 is far from pristine. The plate is certainly corroded.
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:05:13 »
Quote from: Hypersphere on Fri, 28 October 2016, 09:59:06
plate is certainly corroded.

90%+ of old Alps plates are corroded to some degree.
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:10:20 »
The switches are white
I just asked him. Lol
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Offline Hypersphere

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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:13:10 »
Yes, indeed. One can always fantasize about finding one whose owner has never used the board and kept it stored under an atmosphere of dry argon. ;)

@Ir0n: Thanks for letting us know!
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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:28:22 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:05:13
Quote from: Hypersphere on Fri, 28 October 2016, 09:59:06
plate is certainly corroded.

90%+ of old Alps plates are corroded to some degree.
Definitely very true, but I've never seen corrosion on unused specimens. I've found the degree of corrosion to be a valuable indicator in helping determine the condition of Alps boards.

EDIT: if they're white Alps, it might be the one with white Alps that sold a while ago xD .
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Offline ekeppel

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Re: Northgate OmniKey Gold Label 102 on eBay...
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 03 November 2016, 19:20:56 »
Looks like they recently lowered the price to $69.99.  Hard to believe it's still there.  I recently sold one of my much newer 102s for more than this.

EDIT 11/4: They must really want to be rid of this keyboard.  Just dropped it again another $10 to $59.95
EDIT 11/7: And dropped again to $49.95

Eric
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