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

[Zoltan HERPAI]

On 06/04/2021 20:09, John Floren wrote:
> 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?
>
I've built that Suniversal converter and it's working fine, and to the 
amusement of many, being a standard USB HID device I've even used it 
even in the office - I work at a large financial firm so it's not the 
usual sight nowadays.

I don't think the price of the Type 5s will go down soon on the auction 
sites, so in my opinion you'll need to sit it out until a reasonably 
priced auction comes along - I could justify one for myself for $50, but 
more only if it's really rare or really in NOS state. Make sure you keep 
looking not only for the "type 5" string, as there might be ones which 
are incorrectly titled, usually unwillingly by the seller.

Regards,
Zoltan H