Early Amiga 2000 keyboard score!

[TjLaZer]

I won this so called rare Amiga 2000 keyboard on ebay, just got it in today and cleaned it up and got it working!!  A few keys didn't work at first but a few hard key presses and they all seem to be ok!!

Eat your heart out Doomy!!!!  

[Triton199]

looks like the exact same keys as an a500 keyboard, way cool!

[Kronos]

Triton199 wrote:
looks like the exact same keys as an a500 keyboard, way cool!

Huh ? I doubt there ever was an A500 with sqaure F-keys.

[Triton199]

hmm now that i think about it i guess not, havent had my a500 out in quite some time lol.

[da9000]

What's rare about it TJ ? I think I have a similar one... Tell me what to check for

[gdanko]

Watch out TJ! Now he may try to get you to "donate" it to him and curse you out if you don't!

Great find! But I still got ya beat.. until you get an Amiga Walker I have the most rare!

[TjLaZer]

Well this is the very first release Amiga 2000 keyboard.  Notice the function keys, they are square and bunched up, next look at the caps light key.  It is also considerably lighter than the rest of the keyboards!  And the red AMIGA keys!  

But overall it's nothing special.  Actually feels a little cheap.  Also the Amiga 2000 logo is different.

And here is Doomy's take on it of course!

[Zac67]

I've been using one of those (characteristic Caps Lock) on my A500 for years. It was shipped with the early Braunschweig A2000(A) models.
It used to crash on some games, so I made both keyboards switchable. ;-)

[da9000]

Well,

I don't know about Doomy (hmmmm...) and if what he says is true, but if we assume it is, then we can also assume I'm about $2400 richer! (I think I read on his link that each costs $1200, or was it $120?).  I've got two of these sitting in my place. Not so rare I guess?

Cheers

[gdanko]

Take what he says with a grain of salt. He fancies himself as an expert but I don't see anything extraordinary about his knowledge/skills.

[TjLaZer]

Well he says mint in box.  I do know these are rarer since they were fased out quickly with the newer heavier type, so they are rare.  Some guy was trying to sell one on ebay for a rediculous price recently, did you guys see it?  lol

[Zac67]

He's a very skilled and experienced - amateur. *SCNR*

[gdanko]

Was it Paul from the 64 and more store? He was selling one for 150 based on Doomy's banter about it being worth 1200.

[Ral-Clan]

Sadly, some people buy old Amiga stuff just to sell on Ebay.  Then they do a quick search on the web to ascertain the part's value, find Doomy's site, and believe his inflated value claims.  Then they try to sell it for this price on Ebay (and some buyers believe it).  The Ebay auction for the early A2000 keyboard last month(?) even linked to Doomy's site as "proof" of the $1200 value.

He seems to think that if he repeats his beliefs about a certain piece of hardware (A2000 being the flagship model / military spec), or a price ($1200 keyboard), enough times it will eventually become fact.  In some ways it has, because of other sellers using his advice as a pricing guide.

Have you seen the prices he assigns his joystick collection?  I would say they are inflated.

[da9000]

Heh,

it's been historically proven that you can make it true by saying it plenty of times... Anyways, yeah, Doomy on prices...