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Offline mrbill

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« on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 11:32:25 »
I believe these are the same boards as the Ricercar SPOSs (same seller), and have Cherry Browns.

G86-6241OEUAGSA

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200446096528

Just ordered one for myself...
« Last Edit: Thu, 04 March 2010, 11:45:10 by mrbill »
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IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 11:36:14 »
I second the Cherry browns (the article number is G80-blah, blah, blah). If you missed it the first time, now is your chance. These are fantastic 'boards.
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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 11:39:01 »
Speaking of Browns, not only did I trade for ricercar's pink MX11800, I snagged another off eBay for $20+shipping.  When the eBay board got here, the trackball didn't work, and the seller just gave me a full refund (letting me keep the board).  

That refund plus another $7 just paid for the SPOS.  Score!
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Keyboards:
IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
Available Free for Cost of Shipping: ABS M1, Solidtek KB-6600ABU, KeyTronic KB101Plus

Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 11:43:23 »
Sounds like a good haul to me. Well done.
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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 12:40:26 »
Aside from the Browns, what does everyone like so much about these? The compact layout?

Obviously the price is pretty good, but I'm not dying for all those extra buttons or a credit card reader. Plus you have to deal with the short right shift key and tilda placement.
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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 12:41:32 »
WARNING: That thread shows Pictures from the old auction; Serial number 0000019 is within my arms' reach, not with that seller. However, IIRC Tamsolutions IS the seller of 0000019 to me, so forgiveness is possible if this batch s from the same batch as the last batch.

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Aside from the Browns, what does everyone like so much about these? The compact layout?

The compact layout is nice. More importantly for my enjoyment, there's a tight feel to these Cherry browns that is unmatched with any other Cherry brown board I own. It's sort of like the difference between the feel of single shot and double shot key caps. I'd pay money for one of these if I didn't already have one. Heck, I even replaced a key in mine (Thank you ripster) to make it perfect instead of superior.
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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 12:46:42 »
Quote from: salcan;161795
Aside from the Browns, what does everyone like so much about these? The compact layout?
 
Obviously the price is pretty good, but I'm not dying for all those extra buttons or a credit card reader. Plus you have to deal with the short right shift key and tilda placement.

Compact layout
 
Cheap (for an NIB Cherry brown 'board)
 
Programmable
 
Some of the better-feeling Cherry brown switches available.
 
Durable keycaps
 
The layout sucks a little, but it's not horrible, though (I could easily make it a daily driver).  That said, the plusses far outweigh the minuses.
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Offline salcan

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 12:59:32 »
Quote from: itlnstln;161797
Compact layout
 
Cheap (for an NIB Cherry brown 'board)
 
Programmable
 
Some of the better-feeling Cherry brown switches available.
 
Durable keycaps
 
The layout sucks a little, but it's not horrible, though (I could easily make it a daily driver).  That said, the plusses far outweigh the minuses.


Yeah, hm. It's slowly winning me over. Anyone know the width/depth?
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Offline kw71

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 20:45:01 »
Man, the auction is closed with only 3 of the lot sold.  Grrr WTF!
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Offline kw71

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 04 March 2010, 21:24:58 »
Its a bit frustrating.  

From his auction -
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We will not end an auction early...please dont ask


I want an 8200 anyway, but I would have hit one of these if he hadn't closed it.  I want to play with the programmable keys but I'm not sure I can handle the lack of alt/meta keys on the right hand side of the space bar.  With the 8200 I could program a HEX keypad and some extra keys for macros etc.
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Offline elbowglue

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 14:27:10 »
Wooot it's back!  And I'm back from Hawaii.  Man this keyboard is awesome.

My M13 came in, it's an awesome beast to behold.  Love it.  It's not that loud either.  I have to seriously consider buying more of these.

When these keyboards were listed earlier they sold for $70 buy it now.

Salcan - it's in every post I ever posted. :)

BAAAH thats what I get for being out of town for 10 days, this listing is over.
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 18:26:07 »
Mine arrived today.  Serial # 36.

A number of the clear keytops were loose in the box, F7 was completely off its stem.  I put everything back into place and discovered that I was short one clear keytop.  Solved this problem by swiping the clear keytop from ESC, and replacing the ESC key with the black one I took off my Filco when I installed the Red ESC.

I need a Red ESC for this board, though.
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Keyboards:
IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
Available Free for Cost of Shipping: ABS M1, Solidtek KB-6600ABU, KeyTronic KB101Plus

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 18:30:16 »
I'll put a clear key cap thing in the bag with the spare purple caps for your 11802.

Did you get a CDROM with your SPOS? I didn't and I'm still annoyed.
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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 18:37:36 »
Quote from: ricercar;162832
I'll put a clear key cap thing in the bag with the spare purple caps for your 11802.


Thanks.  Oooh, wonder if I can put some of the purple caps off the 11802 on the SPOS...
 
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Did you get a CDROM with your SPOS? I didn't and I'm still annoyed.


I did; want me to rip it to an ISO and put it up somewhere?
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Keyboards:
IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
Available Free for Cost of Shipping: ABS M1, Solidtek KB-6600ABU, KeyTronic KB101Plus

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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 21:14:14 »
Quote from: ripster;162846
The clear tops are looser than Tiger Woods in Las Vegas.


I've already decided to take them off the Fkeys.  Unfortunately the FKeys from the MX11900 aren't as tall and don't look right, although they fit on the stems.
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Keyboards:
IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
Available Free for Cost of Shipping: ABS M1, Solidtek KB-6600ABU, KeyTronic KB101Plus

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 09 March 2010, 21:14:37 »
Mine arrived less than 10 minutes ago and I'm already typing on it! This is actually the first Cherry board I've typed on that doesn't have stabilizers in the Shift, Enter or Backspace keys, which makes them feel less stiff like they usually do on a Cherry board.

No CD for me, though it did come with a small plastic bag with two tiny rubber pegs in it. There's a sticker on it that reads "KeyBoard Feet - Do Not Discard". I plugged the pegs into two holes i found on the back two corners of the bottom of the keyboard they raise the keyboard to a comfortable angle for me.

Now on to trying out the card reader!
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[SIZE=0]Keyboards: [Cherry brown]: Filco White Otaku Tactile Touch [Cherry blue]: Filco Majestouch FKB104MC/EB [Cherry black]: Cherry G80-11900 [Capacitive]: Topre Realforce 87U [Buckling Spring]: IBM Model M 71G4644 - 1391401 [Alps black]: Dell AT101W
Previously owned: SGI AT-101 - Filco FKB104M/EB (traded with mp29k) - Cherry g80-3000LSCRC (sold to elbowglue) - iOne Scorpius M10 (sold to Hubbert) - 2x Compaq MX 11800 (sold to kcxme and TexasFlood) - Realforce 101 (sold to elbowglue) - IBM M13 (sold to stephenashelton)
For sale (PM if interested): Chicony KB-5191 (clicky white Cherry copies, like new)[/SIZE]

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« Reply #16 on: Wed, 10 March 2010, 09:37:54 »
My CDROM is a CD-R and my Mac says it's blank, but here's the latest version of the software anyway:

http://www.cherry.de/english/service/download.php?product_id=77
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Keyboards:
IBM Model Ms: 51G8572 (\'94, \'96), 1391401 (\'90), 1369050 (\'95, Dell), 1394946 (\'89 Industrial)
Unicomp Model Ms:  Customizer 104, SpaceSaver 104
Chicony: KB-5181, KB-5191
Cherry:  MX11800 (x2), G86-6241 "Ricercar SPOS"
Filco: FKBN87M/EB x2, Cherry Browns
Sold: Matias Tactile Pro 1.0 (x2), Kensington Studioboard Mechanical, Scorpius M10, AEK II (x2), Compaq 11900 (x2), IBM Model F (AT), Filco FKB104MC/EB
Available Free for Cost of Shipping: ABS M1, Solidtek KB-6600ABU, KeyTronic KB101Plus

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« Reply #17 on: Wed, 10 March 2010, 12:00:26 »
They were sold in our local store.

-tamsolutions
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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 10 March 2010, 13:00:30 »
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They were sold in our local store.

-tamsolutions


I guess that means they are all gone eh? damn
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

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« Reply #19 on: Fri, 12 March 2010, 03:49:51 »
Now I regret not buying two when I had the chance. My girlfriend is using mine and now she wants one :(
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[SIZE=0]Keyboards: [Cherry brown]: Filco White Otaku Tactile Touch [Cherry blue]: Filco Majestouch FKB104MC/EB [Cherry black]: Cherry G80-11900 [Capacitive]: Topre Realforce 87U [Buckling Spring]: IBM Model M 71G4644 - 1391401 [Alps black]: Dell AT101W
Previously owned: SGI AT-101 - Filco FKB104M/EB (traded with mp29k) - Cherry g80-3000LSCRC (sold to elbowglue) - iOne Scorpius M10 (sold to Hubbert) - 2x Compaq MX 11800 (sold to kcxme and TexasFlood) - Realforce 101 (sold to elbowglue) - IBM M13 (sold to stephenashelton)
For sale (PM if interested): Chicony KB-5191 (clicky white Cherry copies, like new)[/SIZE]

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« Reply #20 on: Fri, 12 March 2010, 04:31:37 »
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I've already decided to take them off the Fkeys.  Unfortunately the FKeys from the MX11900 aren't as tall and don't look right, although they fit on the stems.


The clear tops seem to stick better when there is a label under the top.  I'm wondering if a drop of rubber cement or something might help them stay on.

The MX11900 has keycap C in the F-key rows and numpad.  Maybe keycap E will fit better in the top row.  It seems like there is only one relegendable keycap.

I am going to look for a G80-3000 to get keys from.  That should work nice.
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« Reply #21 on: Sun, 14 March 2010, 11:18:50 »
Heh.  Tamsolutions is located in lindon, utah.  Didjmatic is located in bountiful, utah.  It's about a 50 minute drive.  They were sold "in local store".  Didjmatic is the only one selling these on ebay.  Looks like didjmatic's auctions are the only way to get these from now on.
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 15 March 2010, 07:27:24 »
That show really hit the ****ter this season.  It started to play like a broken record.   Bill gets into some ****; he devises some cockamamie plan to solve it which it does but starts some other, bigger ****; rinse and repeat.  Oh, and there's some other stupid, bull**** drama with the wife and kids.  In season 4, Bill's company goes under, the casino fails and Bill dies of a heartattack and sleep depravation from having to constantly deal with bull**** and not handling his work responsiblities.
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