Author Topic: Post your BS boards here! (Read 433513 times)

beehatch · « **Reply #450 on:** Sun, 27 September 2015, 22:58:06 »

Quote from: BlueNalgene on Sun, 27 September 2015, 22:02:59

Time to finally show off my 'finished' model M.

In early March this year, I bought a Model M from Jixr on the cheap.

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The keyboard was bolt modded, had a wonky membrane, and no cable. I did a few mods to it.

I dyed the caps aqua colored. I oriented the caps in the same direction in the bath, and that gave them a nice gradient.

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I removed the old connector and added a Teensy for USB capabilities. I actually went through a few Teensys in the process. I had a Teensy 2.0, but while soldering it I damaged one of the resistors/capacitors and the socket. I did some work on it with the Teensy 2.0+, but I am going to use that for another project. I bought a Teensy LC, but the ARM processor was giving me ****. So I finally went with another 2.0.

I also desoldered all of the old crappy green LEDS and resistors on the breakout board. I put in their place some bright blue LEDs and appropriate resistors for them.

So here we go:

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I have a BS Brobot from the 4/20 sale on the esc

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and a pair of glorious multi-shot Krap bonus caps on the pause and scroll lock buttons.

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I'm pretty proud of the usb connector. I took the old DIN socket and ripped it all to hell with my Dremel. I made little slots so the teensy board would slide in and super glued it to that spot. I filled in the open area with epoxy clay so it looks fairly clean.

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So that is my sexy modded Model M.

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Oh my god. This board is freaking beautiful. I've never been a big fan of full-size but I think you just changed my mind about them. This this this this this is awesome!

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HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #451 on:** Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20 »

Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

Jokrik · « **Reply #452 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 00:52:21 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20

Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

What type of keycaps is that? that yellow extra lettering
looks really good

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #453 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:42:15 »

Quote from: jokrik on Mon, 28 September 2015, 00:52:21

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20
Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

What type of keycaps is that? that yellow extra lettering
looks really good

That's the APL set from Unicomp, a reproduction of the original APL set. The original is much cleaner and has crisper legends. The_Beast had some comparison shots at one point. It's a great set and I love it, it's just a bummer knowing that it could/should have been better.

rowdy · « **Reply #454 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:42:15

Quote from: jokrik on Mon, 28 September 2015, 00:52:21
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20
Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

What type of keycaps is that? that yellow extra lettering
looks really good

That's the APL set from Unicomp, a reproduction of the original APL set. The original is much cleaner and has crisper legends. The_Beast had some comparison shots at one point. It's a great set and I love it, it's just a bummer knowing that it could/should have been better.

Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #455 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 07:52:58 »

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:42:15
Quote from: jokrik on Mon, 28 September 2015, 00:52:21
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20
Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

What type of keycaps is that? that yellow extra lettering
looks really good

That's the APL set from Unicomp, a reproduction of the original APL set. The original is much cleaner and has crisper legends. The_Beast had some comparison shots at one point. It's a great set and I love it, it's just a bummer knowing that it could/should have been better.

Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

As with most things we put on our keyboard...nope! But it looks nice! ;D

rowdy · « **Reply #456 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 21:36:44 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 28 September 2015, 07:52:58

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:42:15
Quote from: jokrik on Mon, 28 September 2015, 00:52:21
Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20
Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

What type of keycaps is that? that yellow extra lettering
looks really good

That's the APL set from Unicomp, a reproduction of the original APL set. The original is much cleaner and has crisper legends. The_Beast had some comparison shots at one point. It's a great set and I love it, it's just a bummer knowing that it could/should have been better.

Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

As with most things we put on our keyboard...nope! But it looks nice! ;D

+1

njbair · « **Reply #457 on:** Mon, 28 September 2015, 22:15:18 »

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 27 September 2015, 21:46:20

Quote from: cgbuen on Sat, 26 September 2015, 16:29:17
Salute on my dirty Kish https://instagram.com/p/7yIa3PnGYK/

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Sweet :)

But that's cable's far too white for the keyboard!

Nothing a quick butt-flossing couldn't take care of.

pr0ximity · « **Reply #458 on:** Fri, 02 October 2015, 09:31:24 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 27 September 2015, 23:49:20

Hmm, well mine isn't quite as cool as BlueNalgene's, but oh well! Someone asked for some more pics of this board so here goes nothing.

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

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Model M by HoffmanMyster, on Flickr

Makin' me miss my BS Nightowl :'(

Great looking board, always wanted a set of OG APL caps, but I don't think I'm willing to pay the premium for them.

raymogi · « **Reply #459 on:** Fri, 02 October 2015, 23:16:57 »

Just got her today. Super clean and bolt modded.

rowdy · « **Reply #460 on:** Sat, 03 October 2015, 01:32:25 »

njbair · « **Reply #461 on:** Sat, 03 October 2015, 07:17:42 »

You guys are making me WTB an RGB pack from Unicomp.

ander · « **Reply #462 on:** Sat, 10 October 2015, 04:20:58 »

Whoa, Rowdy, Lexmark made a SSK? What planet have I been on?

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40

Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

Naah. It just looks cool. Any time you can get keys with mysterious-looking secondary legends, you shouldn't hesitate. Things like that can even give meaning to a life that otherwise doesn't have much... Whenever I'm feeling insignificant, I plug in the swell GE Marquette Model M that I got from Dorkvader:

...and it cheers me right up. How many other KBs have a "Fick" key? (That's Dork's photo, BTW, not mine.)

pr0ximity · « **Reply #463 on:** Sat, 10 October 2015, 05:20:06 »

Quote from: ander on Sat, 10 October 2015, 04:20:58

Whoa, Rowdy, Lexmark made a SSK? What planet have I been on?

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40
Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

Naah. It just looks cool. Any time you can get keys with mysterious-looking secondary legends, you shouldn't hesitate. Things like that can even give meaning to a life that otherwise doesn't have much... Whenever I'm feeling insignificant, I plug in the swell GE Marquette Model M that I got from Dorkvader:

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...and it cheers me right up. (How many other KBs have a "Fick" key?)

:eek: Wow, love those legends.

"Pull-back" -> "Wave", instructions from Her Majesty's PC.

rowdy · « **Reply #464 on:** Sat, 10 October 2015, 05:55:13 »

Quote from: ander on Sat, 10 October 2015, 04:20:58

Whoa, Rowdy, Lexmark made a SSK? What planet have I been on?

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 28 September 2015, 01:46:40
Of course the big question is - does anyone still use APL, and would they find such a keyboard useful?

Naah. It just looks cool. Any time you can get keys with mysterious-looking secondary legends, you shouldn't hesitate. Things like that can even give meaning to a life that otherwise doesn't have much... Whenever I'm feeling insignificant, I plug in the swell GE Marquette Model M that I got from Dorkvader:

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...and it cheers me right up. (How many other KBs have a "Fick" key?)

That is a very nice keyboard :)

I wonder if there is a catalog of all Model M keycap sets that IBM made. it would be a large volume.

Glissant · « **Reply #465 on:** Sat, 10 October 2015, 07:56:49 »

ander · « **Reply #466 on:** Mon, 12 October 2015, 03:07:01 »

Isn't putting one of those robot keys on a Model M sort of like putting a Transformers hood ornament on your Mercedes? Whatever blows your skirt up, though. :?)

azhdar · « **Reply #467 on:** Mon, 12 October 2015, 04:26:34 »

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 03 October 2015, 01:32:25

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I had forgotten your clack was a BS one. Beautiful board

And those RGB kits make me wish once again that unicomp wold offer Iso shift in RGB :|

rowdy · « **Reply #468 on:** Mon, 12 October 2015, 05:21:49 »

I might have posted this picture in another thread, but the keyboard is so large that it deserves to be posted in two threads

This is a project board - the intention is to convert it to ANSI, bolt mod it, find suitable replacement keycaps, clean it up in general, and install some sort of converter to make it work on my computers.

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #469 on:** Mon, 12 October 2015, 08:50:09 »

Quote from: ander on Mon, 12 October 2015, 03:07:01

Isn't putting one of those robot keys on a Model M sort of like putting a Transformers hood ornament on your Mercedes?

Oooooh.

* HoffmanMyster wants to see what this would look like.

ander · « **Reply #470 on:** Tue, 13 October 2015, 18:43:14 »

Quote from: Ander

Whenever I'm feeling insignificant, I plug in the swell GE Marquette Model M that I got from Dorkvader...

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Quote from: pr0ximity on Sat, 10 October 2015, 05:20:06
:eek: Wow, love those legends... "Pull-back" -> "Wave", instructions from Her Majesty's PC.

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 10 October 2015, 05:55:13
That is a very nice keyboard :) ... I wonder if there is a catalog of all Model M keycap sets that IBM made. it would be a large volume.

Just thought I'd mention that an M with this key set has just appeared here on eBay for $80 or Make Offer w/free shipping:

Unlike mine, this board was actually used with these keys, as its label shows it was made for GE Medical Systems. It also has a red "Emerg" cap at F12. ("Help! The patient I'm testing is singing a Neil Diamond tune!")

It also has no logos. I thought I'd seen one with a GE Med. Sys. logo, but I may be imagining it. Or this one may have had one and it's been removed.

In the interest of full disclosure, the original (pre-GE) Marquette boards have a Marquette logo at the upper left, a surface-mounted badge in the upper right with tech-support phone numbers, and say "Manufactured for Marquette Medical Systems" on the back. So purists may want to hold out for one of those. Still, it's an unusually vivid (and fun, I think) custom cap set on any board.

And yes, I'd normally post this in Great Finds, but we hadn't already been discussing it there.

pr0ximity · « **Reply #471 on:** Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:53:16 »

Finished painting and ready for reassembly!

raymogi · « **Reply #472 on:** Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:55:14 »

Quote from: pr0ximity on Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:53:16

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Finished painting and ready for reassembly!

I don't like blue but goddamn that thing is sexy.

mougrim · « **Reply #473 on:** Fri, 16 October 2015, 12:05:09 »

Quote from: raymogi on Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:55:14

Quote from: pr0ximity on Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:53:16
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Finished painting and ready for reassembly!

I don't like blue but goddamn that thing is sexy.

It'll be even sexier in pure red, though :)

Snowdog993 · « **Reply #474 on:** Fri, 16 October 2015, 12:20:30 »

Quote from: pr0ximity on Tue, 13 October 2015, 19:53:16

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Finished painting and ready for reassembly!

Looking great so far! I can't wait to see the finished product! Blue and Red are great colors! Yellow and Copper and Green too! It will look awesome!

rowdy · « **Reply #475 on:** Fri, 30 October 2015, 04:16:57 »

Look what I found: Post your buckling spring board.

This thread was created 18-08-2014, some 11 months AFTER the above thread.

Should they be merged?

BlueNalgene · « **Reply #476 on:** Fri, 30 October 2015, 13:51:23 »

Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 30 October 2015, 04:16:57

Look what I found: Post your buckling spring board.

This thread was created 18-08-2014, some 11 months AFTER the above thread.

Should they be merged?

Merge, I don't want to have to keep up with two of the same thread.

SamirD · « **Reply #477 on:** Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:02:14 »

Quote from: BlueNalgene on Fri, 30 October 2015, 13:51:23

Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 30 October 2015, 04:16:57
Look what I found: Post your buckling spring board.

This thread was created 18-08-2014, some 11 months AFTER the above thread.

Should they be merged?

Merge, I don't want to have to keep up with two of the same thread.

I second this merge. Easier to see all the BS awesomeness in one place.

njbair · « **Reply #478 on:** Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:13:36 »

That could be the slogan for /r/mk: "all the BS in one place"

I'll see myself out now.

SamirD · « **Reply #479 on:** Fri, 30 October 2015, 23:53:19 »

Quote from: njbair on Fri, 30 October 2015, 22:13:36

That could be the slogan for /r/mk: "all the BS in one place"

I'll see myself out now.

Hahaha! "Goodnight everybody!"

mrgoldenzombie · « **Reply #480 on:** Sat, 31 October 2015, 00:18:29 »

Quote from: dorkvader on Sun, 17 August 2014, 15:01:43

Quote from: TacticalStache on Sun, 17 August 2014, 14:56:21
he said that they're unicomp

and you're only gonna post the one?

It's just the one I have out and am using right now.

Edit: uploading now

Quote from: mougrim on Sun, 17 August 2014, 15:02:19
I left some original keycaps on - Numpad, F1 - F10 and others. But all alphanumerics are Unicomp-printed, and yes, some of them also side-printed.

Yeah, you can tell from the font that those numpad keycaps came from an AT or PC/XT model F.

Unicomp did a really good job there!

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Right to left.

Top row 2* IBM "unsaver" model F, IBM "pingmaster" japanese keyboard (in box), "Rubber dome M 101
next row: "oldest known" 122-key model F, KB assembly has been replaced with a NIB one (rest of KB is in a box)
Next row: IBM DIsplaywriter keyboard, IBM correcting selectric II, IBM dome 122-key (in box), PC/XT model F (in foam)
next row: IBM 3278 keyboard
Next row IBM 3178 keyboard, IBM wheelwriter 10 series 2 (boltmodded), IBM AT model F
next row: M13
next row: IBM terminal KB (parts unit), unicomp 104-key, AT&T KB305 terminal emulator variant (the buckling spring at&t board)
next row: IBM 4704-200, 2* IBM 4704-100, 1390120, IBM LPFK (cherry M8 switches)

In the corner are my lightsaver and ergodox half gamepad.

That's all the IBM I could find.

Edit: missing 2 wheelwriter keyboards I have in a box somewhere.

The motherload

pr0ximity · « **Reply #481 on:** Mon, 02 November 2015, 06:22:32 »

Before:

After:

Updated build log here.

SamirD · « **Reply #482 on:** Mon, 02 November 2015, 11:55:22 »

Amazing! Must feel awesome!

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #483 on:** Mon, 02 November 2015, 21:15:18 »

That escape got me like <3

pr0ximity · « **Reply #484 on:** Mon, 02 November 2015, 21:37:01 »

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That escape got me like <3

Oooh.... vat iz dat

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #485 on:** Mon, 02 November 2015, 21:39:33 »

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Quote from: CPTBadAss on Mon, 02 November 2015, 21:15:18
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That escape got me like <3

Oooh.... vat iz dat

FFS caps!

naasfu · « **Reply #486 on:** Tue, 03 November 2015, 01:38:47 »

Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 03 October 2015, 01:32:25

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ahh, this was the on-board shot i was hoping for.

the yellow tri looks awesome and goes well with the rgb mods too.

Misha353W · « **Reply #487 on:** Sat, 28 November 2015, 15:54:32 »

Here's my recent purchase! And yes, it's filthy

At first I had some plans with it, but it just looks too cool as is

so I've bought another slightly newer one that misses a few keycaps to stuff around with. My cat is using that one as a buckling spring mattress right now so I'll photograph it later

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HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #488 on:** Sat, 28 November 2015, 17:01:24 »

Quote from: Misha353W on Sat, 28 November 2015, 15:54:32

Here's my recent purchase! And yes, it's filthy
At first I had some plans with it, but it just looks too cool as is so I've bought another slightly newer one that misses a few keycaps to stuff around with. My cat is using that one as a buckling spring mattress right now so I'll photograph it later )

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No pics of kitty lounging on keyboard?? :P :))

Looks good! The 122s sure are a beast of a board.

Misha353W · « **Reply #489 on:** Sat, 28 November 2015, 17:29:20 »

Quote from: HoffmanMyster on Sat, 28 November 2015, 17:01:24

No pics of kitty lounging on keyboard?? )

Nah I didn't want to wake him up, you wouldn't see much of the keyboard anyway

rowdy · « **Reply #490 on:** Sat, 28 November 2015, 23:39:28 »

Quote from: Misha353W on Sat, 28 November 2015, 15:54:32

Here's my recent purchase! And yes, it's filthy
At first I had some plans with it, but it just looks too cool as is so I've bought another slightly newer one that misses a few keycaps to stuff around with. My cat is using that one as a buckling spring mattress right now so I'll photograph it later )

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Very nice!

Filthy it may be, but nearly every Model M cleans up very nicely.

An another set of keycaps to collect - many of these I have seen have different legends on the 24 function keys or on the extra keys to the left.

invariance · « **Reply #491 on:** Thu, 17 December 2015, 05:07:12 »

Oooohhh 122's are sooooo pirdy!

I was 2 days away from receiving one when holidaying in the States a few years ago.
F'n USPS held onto it for 2 weeks and decided to deliver it a few days after I left.

Last I heard is it didn't make its way back to the seller, so some c*** got it for free.

fanpeople · « **Reply #492 on:** Thu, 17 December 2015, 05:29:42 »

Quote from: invariance on Thu, 17 December 2015, 05:07:12

Oooohhh 122's are sooooo pirdy!

I was 2 days away from receiving one when holidaying in the States a few years ago.
F'n USPS held onto it for 2 weeks and decided to deliver it a few days after I left.

Last I heard is it didn't make its way back to the seller, so some c*** got it for free.

I bet they thought it was just some piece of junk and threw it in the bin.....

rowdy · « **Reply #493 on:** Thu, 17 December 2015, 20:00:34 »

Quote from: invariance on Thu, 17 December 2015, 05:07:12

Oooohhh 122's are sooooo pirdy!

I was 2 days away from receiving one when holidaying in the States a few years ago.
F'n USPS held onto it for 2 weeks and decided to deliver it a few days after I left.

Last I heard is it didn't make its way back to the seller, so some c*** got it for free.

That is a sad story

Quote from: fanpeople on Thu, 17 December 2015, 05:29:42

I bet they thought it was just some piece of junk and threw it in the bin.....

That is even sadder

ramnes · « **Reply #494 on:** Sun, 20 December 2015, 18:58:16 »

More to come.

Solo · « **Reply #495 on:** Sun, 20 December 2015, 19:54:58 »

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More to come. ^-^

スペース!

Joey Quinn · « **Reply #496 on:** Sun, 20 December 2015, 20:27:51 »

Damn ramnes, that's sick. Never knew IBM made a JIS BS tkl.

pr0ximity · « **Reply #497 on:** Sun, 20 December 2015, 21:30:20 »

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More to come. ^-^

Such a killer board, great layout and sleek look. Nice find!

SamirD · « **Reply #498 on:** Sun, 20 December 2015, 23:48:34 »

Wild! Very nice board! I love the comparison shots too for reference of size.

I always wondered how big those were.

ramnes · « **Reply #499 on:** Mon, 21 December 2015, 06:04:42 »

Yep, I'm super happy that I finally got one of my highest dream boards.

Thanks all!

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Author Topic: Post your BS boards here! (Read 433513 times)