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Hi, I'm the guy who got the PERQ 1 keyboard from Chris for a $100 donation. Since I got @'ed here, I felt the need to state: 1) The PERQ 1 KB is foam and foil, and isn't a space cadet full of wild keys, so I don't think the keyboard collectors are after them for BIG MONEY. (Which is great, I wish they all were undesirable.) It's rather nasty vacuum form and I'd be surprised to find out the keyboarders want 'em. 2) I've re-foiled it 3) To defend my honor I feel the need to clarify that I've attached it to a *REAL PERQ 1* which is otherwise complete. No USB, raspberry PIs, etc. 4) I can provide any reference info on it to folks who need. Thx, ~ I On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 6:04 AM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Oh weird. Who did I send that keyboard to then. Oh, Ian. I did send it > to him with the request he dump the ROMs and such so other people can > build replicas, I'd say reach out to him. > > Josh: Do you need a Perq1 or Perq2 keyboard. I have a pair of P2 > keybards but then again I also have a pair of Perq2's in addition to one > Perq1 and a second Perq1 shell with just the disk drive. > > It's finally (a) warming up and (b) people getting vaccinated so maybe I > can get some help this summer removing more of that stuff. The Microvax > 3400 is not going to go up the steps easily... > > C > > On 4/23/2021 12:22 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > > > > > > On 4/22/2021 7:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > >> On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > >>> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to > >>> a food bank of his choice. > >> > >> josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor > >> > > He already chimed in. His search also triggered as soon as it was > > posted. Up to 4900 in first hour. Ridiculous. > > > > One has to wonder for these two (another keyboard maybe a month ago) > > where the machines are these are "liberated" from, or if the actual > > owners are missing them. > > > > thanks > > Jim >
Re: Is this a new record?
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 4:20 PM Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/164815576309 > > $9570 for a keyboard. There were several retracted bids around $5,500, $9,000, and $10,000 which were retracted immediately after they were placed. I wonder if that was bidders placing high bids just to probe what the current high bidder upper limit was before retracting their probe bid. That's one of the reasons why it isn't the best idea to place your true high bid early, and instead wait until the very end.
Re: Is this a new record?
Oh weird. Who did I send that keyboard to then. Oh, Ian. I did send it to him with the request he dump the ROMs and such so other people can build replicas, I'd say reach out to him. Josh: Do you need a Perq1 or Perq2 keyboard. I have a pair of P2 keybards but then again I also have a pair of Perq2's in addition to one Perq1 and a second Perq1 shell with just the disk drive. It's finally (a) warming up and (b) people getting vaccinated so maybe I can get some help this summer removing more of that stuff. The Microvax 3400 is not going to go up the steps easily... C On 4/23/2021 12:22 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: On 4/22/2021 7:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor He already chimed in. His search also triggered as soon as it was posted. Up to 4900 in first hour. Ridiculous. One has to wonder for these two (another keyboard maybe a month ago) where the machines are these are "liberated" from, or if the actual owners are missing them. thanks Jim
Re: Is this a new record?
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 7:33 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Not anymore. I still need to figure out if/how to get the big monitor > out, but the little one is safe, as are two digitizers (one complete), a > mouse thing, and a keyboard. > I am still on the hunt for a PERQ keyboard and display for a unit I recently acquired, though it's far from urgent. > > And so many floppies. Oi. > If you need help imaging them, I'm happy to share the load. - Josh > > C > > > On 4/22/2021 10:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > >> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to > >> a food bank of his choice. > > > > josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor >
Re: Is this a new record?
> $9570 for a keyboard. Insanity! Is it gold plated? On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:22 PM jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 4/22/2021 7:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > >> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to > >> a food bank of his choice. > > > > josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor > > > He already chimed in. His search also triggered as soon as it was > posted. Up to 4900 in first hour. Ridiculous. > > One has to wonder for these two (another keyboard maybe a month ago) > where the machines are these are "liberated" from, or if the actual > owners are missing them. > > thanks > Jim >
Re: Is this a new record?
On 4/22/2021 7:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor He already chimed in. His search also triggered as soon as it was posted. Up to 4900 in first hour. Ridiculous. One has to wonder for these two (another keyboard maybe a month ago) where the machines are these are "liberated" from, or if the actual owners are missing them. thanks Jim
Re: Is this a new record?
Not anymore. I still need to figure out if/how to get the big monitor out, but the little one is safe, as are two digitizers (one complete), a mouse thing, and a keyboard. And so many floppies. Oi. C On 4/22/2021 10:30 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor
Re: Is this a new record?
On 4/22/21 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. josh dersch is looking for a keyboard and a monitor
Re: Is this a new record?
Chuck and et al, I just showed this to a friend of mine. She sent me a one word reply: 'Stupid'. I have to agree. GOD Bless and Thanks, rich! On 4/22/2021 8:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/22/21 5:13 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately? That’s a really good question. Are they being used for emulators? If so, I can sort of understand this. The reason I have a DEC VT420 sitting next to my desk is so that I can have the appropriate keyboard, when I need it. It uses LAT to talk to PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha systems (mostly emulated these days). I’ve been seriously considering a Honeywell terminal, for accessing my Multics system (I have used the VT420). As far as I can tell, they're being hacked to use as gaming keyboards. At least the IBM beam-spring ones seem to be. Makes little sense to me. --Chuck
Re: Is this a new record?
On 4/22/21 5:13 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk > wrote: >> >> Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food >> bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately? > > That’s a really good question. Are they being used for emulators? If so, I > can sort of understand this. > > The reason I have a DEC VT420 sitting next to my desk is so that I can have > the appropriate keyboard, when I need it. It uses LAT to talk to PDP-10, > PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha systems (mostly emulated these days). > > I’ve been seriously considering a Honeywell terminal, for accessing my > Multics system (I have used the VT420). As far as I can tell, they're being hacked to use as gaming keyboards. At least the IBM beam-spring ones seem to be. Makes little sense to me. --Chuck
Re: Is this a new record?
On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food > bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately? That’s a really good question. Are they being used for emulators? If so, I can sort of understand this. The reason I have a DEC VT420 sitting next to my desk is so that I can have the appropriate keyboard, when I need it. It uses LAT to talk to PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX, and Alpha systems (mostly emulated these days). I’ve been seriously considering a Honeywell terminal, for accessing my Multics system (I have used the VT420). Zane
Re: Is this a new record?
Jesus, I just traded a Perq1 keyboard to a guy for a $100 donation to a food bank of his choice. What is it with keyboards lately? C On 4/22/2021 7:36 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/164815576309 $9570 for a keyboard. As much as I'd like to find a keyboard for my Lambda's second head, I somehow doubt that's going to happen. And now I think I need to go find a really, really (really) safe place to keep the keyboard I *do* have... I really hope that whomever bought it is going to mate it with an orphaned Lisp Machine. Otherwise they belong in a shallow, unmarked grave. g.
Re: Is this a new record?
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/164815576309 $9570 for a keyboard. As much as I'd like to find a keyboard for my Lambda's second head, I somehow doubt that's going to happen. And now I think I need to go find a really, really (really) safe place to keep the keyboard I *do* have... I really hope that whomever bought it is going to mate it with an orphaned Lisp Machine. Otherwise they belong in a shallow, unmarked grave. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
Re: Is this a new record?
I have a number of keyboards that folks of this ilk like (several Symbolics keyboards and a number of 3278/9 keyboards). Fortunately, they're all connected to respective machines. I did see that someone (on ebay) had taken an APL 3278 keyboard and converted it to USB! Grr. These people make me mad. On 4/22/21 4:19 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/164815576309 $9570 for a keyboard. As much as I'd like to find a keyboard for my Lambda's second head, I somehow doubt that's going to happen. And now I think I need to go find a really, really (really) safe place to keep the keyboard I *do* have... - Josh -- TTFN - Guy
Is this a new record?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/164815576309 $9570 for a keyboard. As much as I'd like to find a keyboard for my Lambda's second head, I somehow doubt that's going to happen. And now I think I need to go find a really, really (really) safe place to keep the keyboard I *do* have... - Josh
