Wow, that's crazy that you got them so cheaply but then again I got this lot for a pretty cheap price as well. I think I commented on your Mark 8 TVT post how envious I am of that score but I think if someone is going to get that level of stuff at a cheap price it should be you, you truly love these pieces and you share them in your videos with the world rather than just hoarding them away and bragging about them. And yeah, the prices things go for now are ridiculous, so it's hard to saw what's "cheap". I blame the sellers mostly, for the crazy prices, they are so freakin greedy and as a result they have shifted the pricing to a point where the average person, like I, can hardly even dream of picking up something like say, a Cosmac Elf, and even if I had the income to make the purchase I wouldn't because it's not worth the price to me. The only reason I have any kind of collection at all is because I spend my evenings searching through ebay for hidden gems, things that are either listed in a way that they won't come up in the usual searches or just things that no one cares about but me. My best score was a homebrew computer, in an enclosure with a keyboard, and it was an auction that no one but me bid on. It's from the mid 80s so it's not an early piece but it is one of my favorite pieces. Haven't really done anything with it yet, need to get a better computer so I can dump the eprom before I try to fire it up.
That's amazing, I was wondering why in the world they would design the keytops that way, I mean they look cool but they also look like they belongs on a preschooler's toy, lol. What brand was your keyboard? I didn't really find anything on deskthority besides your post about your keyboard. Dare I post a pic on deskthority and ask if anyone knows anything about them?
Well, whenever I sell a piece I always use the money to purchase another piece that I want more, that way my collection gets better and better without spending much out of pocket money. I sold a couple pieces, namely a Cosmac Elf eprom programmer card and a RCA VP keyboard to fund this lot. I didn't really want to part with the keyboard but I felt I had to and besides I still have another RCA keyboard and an RCA color graphics terminal from the same series. Sorry, I don't get the chance to talk about this stuff much so when I do I go on, lol.....