Vintage Mechanical Keyboard Hunting

Vintage Mechanical Keyboard Hunting

MechMerlin

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Marce Erreys
Marce Erreys - 21.09.2023 02:08

i've found a KU6-SG-1000 with alps keys, i don't know if it's mechanical. Anybody knows?

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Watcher3223
Watcher3223 - 06.08.2023 22:42

I was lucky today.

After watching a flick at the movies, I decided to stop by the local thrift store. They had some keyboards and I started tapping on the keys when I hit the keys on one keyboard that didn't feel anything like a rubber dome. I dug it out and it's a Das Keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches for $4.

Needless to say, it was a deal.

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Kim Jong OOF
Kim Jong OOF - 19.06.2023 18:27

These things are scarce in Canada as well for some reason. Worse is we don't have fancy keyboards like the Unicomp that you guys enjoy in america. We only have mainstream products here

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RedstoneMiner18
RedstoneMiner18 - 19.04.2023 01:06

I have a Dell gyum series, model m azerty [got scammed, the guy said it was qwerty], and a noname I still gotta unpack

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Brayden Rieck
Brayden Rieck - 20.11.2022 03:09

Great vid man

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AA K
AA K - 29.10.2022 20:09

What are the chances of my keyboard with 5 din at connector being a mechanical? How can I tell if it is? I don't want to damage it's keys, no keycap puller.

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SevenDeMagnus
SevenDeMagnus - 19.10.2022 07:47

New subscriber here.

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SevenDeMagnus
SevenDeMagnus - 19.10.2022 05:22

How much did you spend for gas though? X-D

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SevenDeMagnus
SevenDeMagnus - 19.10.2022 05:11

I wish there was a way to convert my original IBM KB-9910 membrane keyboard to mechanical.

Thank you. God bless, Revelation 21:4

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Obay Al Attar
Obay Al Attar - 12.05.2022 19:10

I have a WYSE keyboard that uses RJ9 connector. How can I get it work on USB?

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PapiyoneVineland
PapiyoneVineland - 17.04.2022 01:51

MechMelin, stop triggering me with all that talk of poor Model Ms being throwned in the trash!!! 😭😭😭 hahaha :p

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NLind
NLind - 09.04.2022 03:24

Yeah sadly the days of finding vintage mech keyboards at thrift stores are long gone. I remember in the 1990s I could easily find a Model M or OmniKey, AEK or IIGS keyboard and even a 122 key terminal F! (Austin MN home of Hormel, that's probably why the terminal F was at the store). Even here in Rochester MN, home of Mayo Clinic, nowadays it's the same crap seen here, once in a while I'll find a modern gaming mech board.. And sadly we don't have any recycling centers around, only in the Cities. And since I'm visually impaired I can't just hop into a car and drive. But I still look and hope.

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ryandontlikeyou
ryandontlikeyou - 08.02.2022 09:23

I have two WYSE Terminal keyboards and use some of the caps on my actual keyboard.

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Gavin
Gavin - 04.02.2022 22:56

WYSE PCE US x 2 , Cherry MX black, 1 working 1 for spares. FREE

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Luke
Luke - 02.02.2022 04:28

I've never seen this man without his hat........

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ɪʍραα
ɪʍραα - 08.12.2021 19:31

merlin i have a question, can you add anti ghosting or rollover to vintage boards, i have an compaq mx1800 i giot browns an few blues and a cherry mmx silver on the space the whole board thocks however anit ghosting is non exsiant in these days, i can only press a few keys a the time and when playing games makes it impossible to play . (Is there a way o make old boards anti ghost or add N KEY rollover)

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Max Twentynine
Max Twentynine - 08.12.2021 07:22

White alps are fine you should have taken it

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mp5
mp5 - 11.10.2021 05:18

$75 for a model m is a cop idk what you talking about

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Julian Pereira
Julian Pereira - 10.09.2021 14:34

He should've bought the AEK and IBM model Ms.. even at that price. He could have sold them for 100s today; even after heavy use.

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Golden R&B
Golden R&B - 31.07.2021 08:50

Dude, get a fade. Your hair looks so bad. The length on top is okay, but you gotta fade the sides and give yourself a lineup.

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Aleksander Mierzyk
Aleksander Mierzyk - 30.06.2021 15:50

im desparate. the only keyboard i can find is a cherry my 3000, should i get it? its 8 bucks.

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averag
averag - 23.05.2021 18:29

the xerox is maybe an 1800 from 1983? idk lol

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thetmaker
thetmaker - 13.04.2021 07:42

i want this to be a real series

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Sexy big Bama
Sexy big Bama - 14.03.2021 03:56

I love you mech Merlin!

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LegendaryLinc07
LegendaryLinc07 - 27.01.2021 23:35

The idea of Model M’s being tossed will haunt me for the rest of my years.

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Aquaferme134
Aquaferme134 - 14.01.2021 18:02

People need to also appreciate and differentiate between bad and good rubberdome keyboards, you probably missed some special keyboards there... for example, the BTC keyboards are rubber domes but suprisingly tactile! I think that with time, keyboard lovers will exapand their scope, as many mechanical keyboards don't event type that good also.

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Tismody
Tismody - 30.12.2020 22:55

you say $75 is too much for an ibm model m but im gonna buy a $178 wyse cherry mx keyboard and i'll never financially recover from it

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Justin C
Justin C - 21.11.2020 09:45

I go to recyclers and I found some pretty nice old vintage dome with sliders for $2 each. I sell them on ebay after restoring them and make a huge profit. I cant find any vint blacks or alp but at least I can buy them with the money I make from selling off other vintage boards.

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jacob
jacob - 02.11.2020 01:56

such a shame that all of these model ms have been getting thrown out...

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Malyk x²
Malyk x² - 20.10.2020 15:34

i got an acer mechanical keyboard its old from 2008 its white for the trim and black color from junk to gaming

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videos
videos - 15.10.2020 19:15

Found one on the upperroom of my house from the 80s

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Alpzepta
Alpzepta - 27.08.2020 20:04

Is there anyplace I can find vintage keyboard in Japan? Maybe PC98 keyboard

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HudsonGTV
HudsonGTV - 22.08.2020 09:37

Been to RE-PC. They had a dead unicomp model m for $50. Although you can definitely haggle with them.

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Dean Duffy
Dean Duffy - 11.08.2020 05:06

The last store you went to that box of black keyboards I found a Dell Windows 1998 quietkey not sure exactly what the model is but I know it is Dell Windows and I know it was made in 1998 so it's Windows 98

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UnkinderFiend
UnkinderFiend - 17.07.2020 02:51

I found a Redragon 1 handed gaming mechanical keyboard for $10. I know that this is not vintage but it still a good deal. I also found a Leopold Fc3456-A with brown switches at a good will outlet for $2, I do not know how old it is but I could not find any new ones on the internet.

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Heather London Pena
Heather London Pena - 12.07.2020 03:27

Wow this is surprising... The goodwill in kirkland is actually the one at the bottom of my hill.

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maxbro
maxbro - 25.06.2020 01:21

Dude, you drove SOOOOO far. From redmond to kirkland to lynwood down to down town seattle..... respect the commitment.

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DoWhatNow?
DoWhatNow? - 04.03.2020 10:36

i found an old KeyTronic "ergoforce" ps2 keyboard from the 90's yesterday in a foreclosure business building. I was told i could keep anything i found that i wanted. I found this keyboard, some really old mouses, and an old HP Pavilion PC with Windows 2000 on it and it works! Besides that i found a few brand new laptops still in the box. but they're just some old notebooks from like 2012 so not a huge find. I'll probably put linux on them or something. My favorite find is the old keyboard lol

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torreyscott12390
torreyscott12390 - 01.03.2020 23:27

If your still keyboard hunting, flea markets usually have tons of keyboards!

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MrTfuzz
MrTfuzz - 06.09.2019 18:21

So..I worked at a Goodwill distribution center responsible for donated tech..I would refurb the good stuff to be sold online and actually anything old wouldnt be thrown out..it would be cleaned up and sold online.. You wouldn't believe what people donate.. Old and new.. It just shocked me

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LaughTrack
LaughTrack - 23.08.2019 04:35

I found a thrift store mechanical keyboard for 4 bucks CAD. Not too shabby, I'm going to make it my main board from here on out.

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LongHaul PRO Fitness
LongHaul PRO Fitness - 15.08.2019 06:54

That was fun. I love thrifting. I’m researching how to use an older keyboard instead of the built-in that’s on my MacBook Pro. This video came up in my search. I had no idea I had company in my longing for the old keyboard feel. :)

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dr klener
dr klener - 01.07.2019 02:30

i've been trying to do this recently, but on public transit.

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Eli
Eli - 05.06.2019 02:52

found a nmb space invader keyboard and a dell at101w at my local thrift store for 1 buck each.

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