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Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 06:47:45 »
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 15:26:32 »
Yeah I saw this quite recently, unfortunately it's $130 shipping to the UK  :rolleyes: - looks in pretty good condition though. Kinda surprised it hasn't been snapped up already. I guess no-one has any money left before Christmas.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 17:16:09 »
Untested and missing parts makes $70 a little high, but not unreasonable since this is the only model in true ANSI.
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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

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 19:56:31 »
There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 23 December 2016, 17:14:42 »
If you have a compatible cable (or can make one), and can source a reasonable replacement for the ALPS Esc key, this is a nice deal for a board that'd otherwise fetch well over $100.

Quote from: juryduty on Wed, 21 December 2016, 19:56:31
There seem to be a lot of these with missing labels.

You're right, and I don't know why. Do they deteriorate? I've seen a couple of Northgates sold with laser-printed replacement logos (which the sellers mentioned up-front), and they looked fine to me. Some people require everything to be authentic, but the rest of us are primarily interested in how well stuff works.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 24 December 2016, 08:25:26 »
A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

And the missing key cap is tilde/accent which is an easier replacement than Escape.
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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

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 15:07:21 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 24 December 2016, 08:25:26
A straight male-male PS/2 cable will work there.

Is that right? I thought it was something proprietary. Well, that's good to know. I have a NG somewhere around here with no cable, and had no idea when I'd get to try it. Thanks for pointing that out—you're as helpful as always.
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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:20:03 »
Some time back I made a series of posts saying that it would not work - even showed how to direct-wire a PS/2 cable from a donor board.

But it turned out that my male-male mini-DIN6 cable was bad and that was the actual problem.
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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

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Re: Another Northgate 101 at a better price
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 December 2016, 21:23:48 »
or just teensy it. usb modding solves all problems.
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