[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Lionel Peterson]

What was once ubiquitous is now rare.

Honestly, that someone kept a Type 5 keyboard & mouse in new condition for
what, 20, 25 years is kind of amazing.

*Like* new, a set might be worth $25-50, depending, new a bit more, maybe $75.
I'd have a hard time justifying $100, let alone $100+70 shipping.

Ken

> On Jun 4, 2021, at 14:09, John Floren <john at jfloren.net> wrote:
>
> o;?I'm feeling a bit nostalgic and would like to acquire a Type 5 keyboard +
mouse, build a converter (https://github.com/xelalexv/suniversal should work,
since I've already got Arduino boards lying around), and use it on my desktop.
My editor (acme) makes heavy use of all 3 mouse buttons, so the Sun mouse
should be ideal, and of course I love a proper Unix layout keyboard.
>
> A quick look at ebay shows that used ones seem to be in the 75-100 dollar
range sans mouse, and the one provider of NOS sets I found is doing the dumb
$100 + $70 shipping game... Is this one of those cases where I need to just
watch ebay until a good deal comes up, or am I unlikely to ever find one for
less?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> th
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