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Offline CX23882

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« on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 04:29:24 »
...how many vintage keyboards are sat up in people's attics or out in garages because they've either forgotten about them or don't consider them worth selling on eBay because they're "old, dirty and worthless junk".

Offline kyamei

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 05:17:42 »
Or, how many vintage keyboards have been thrown away because they're "old, dirty and worthless junk."
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 14:14:54 »
lol... my dream is to find a pallet of NIB keyboards in an old locked up warehouse some day.

Offline cchan

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 14:50:18 »
ozar, that's my dream too. specifically something rarer like trackpointless M4's or some compact board with blue cherries no-one knows about.
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 15:57:16 »
ditto. I just know that there is a warehouse out there, somewhere, and there is a pallet of NIB model m mini's that everyone has forgotten about. Its way in the back,where the light is broken. Someday....
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 16:03:24 »
Reminds me of the lot of M15s in Indonesia.

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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 17:00:00 »
Quote from: lowpoly;22660
Reminds me of the lot of M15s in Indonesia.


Are you talking about the ones you find on Google to buy or the one member here who thinks he threw a bunch of them away?


Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 February 2009, 18:07:31 »
The Shuayico ones.

And I don't think it was Indonesia, but wherever it is, is irrelevant - Shuayico doesn't respond to e-mails.

Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 25 February 2009, 01:32:24 »
http://www.manufacturer.com/product/i3264122-IBM+Model+M15+Split+Ergonomic+Keyboard.html

It was Indonesia. :D I know they don't respond but there might be a warehouse of M15s. Or it was set up as a scam.

itln, the Google ones.

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Offline FKSSR

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 05 March 2009, 12:56:39 »
I'm going to go looking at my gf's parents' house and my parents' house soon for old keyboards.  I may not find anything good, but you never know.

I asked my dad to look for M's at his work, but he hasn't found any yet.  He said he thinks they used to have some, but they threw them away...
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