Ever wanted to go back in time to a computer store in the 1980s and pick up some brand new (at the time) gear?
Acquired from a retail computer store that ordered this directly from IBM but shut down about 25 years ago. Rather than liquidating everything the owner decided to hold on to a part of his old business for many years until it became a part of my collection.
It is a pair of brand new factory sealed IBM Model M 1390131 square silver logo keyboards, in IBM retail packaging, and also in IBM’s original shipping box which had two of these keyboards per box, ready to go on that store shelf. The box’s part number and quantity correspond to the inner packaging. The photos showing the keyboard itself are from another set, for reference – you will get one with the IBM factory tape seal still intact on both sides. I also have the exact pictured keyboard available if you’d like. It’s from 1988.
I have one pair completely factory sealed, even the IBM shipping box is sealed though the seal is not too strong and the box has been re-taped recently. And I have the pictured one where the shipping box has been opened but the keyboards inside are completely factory sealed on all sides as pictured. That one has also been strengthened with extra packing tape.
Feel free to discuss with me over PM. One brand new 1390131 has already sold for $550 to a collector in New Jersey.
If you're interested, please send me a message.
I took apart and examined many IBM XT keyboards as part of the Brand New Model F reproduction keyboards project and now have extra parts for sale. No flippers/springs/keys available.
XT PCB - $20 shipped
XT foam - $20 shipped - the good variation - not the kind that has disintegrated
XT top and bottom inner assemblies - a few dollars plus cost of shipping a few pounds
Also I have model M 122 keyboards, everything minus the keys and stabilizer inserts - these can be parted out or taken whole. Looking for a couple dollars more than the cost of shipping.
Also selling off brand new IBM curly gray and black cables, brand new Model M keyboards, brand new in retail packaging IBM square silver logo keyboards (per my other FS thread), and prototype out of spec (non-working) new production Model F barrels from the F62/F77 project. Check out
http://www.modelfkeyboards.com/shop if interested.
I am also selling brand new metal cover Kishsaver F62s and F77s for $325 as part of the Brand New Model F Keyboards project. Order this month or next month and be included in the early bird round that's expected to ship from China in December/January! Please take a look at the IC thread here if interested:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73363Available now I have xwhatsit Beamspring controllers, factory made and factory assembled. These do not work on displaywriter beamsprings. I had a number of these made as part of a group buy and now I have a few left - order yours before there are none left!
Finally I have a few xwhatsit Model F controllers available - you can order the beamspring and Model F controllers on modelfkeyboards.com.