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Offline JunkFace

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Did IBM make Model M's on the Weekends?
« on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 19:31:13 »
Hey all!

I've been looking for a Birthday boards (June 29, 1988; October 15, 1991; January 27, 1994; September 18, 1995) as gifts for my siblings and I haven't been able to track one down yet.  None of these dates are Sat/Sun so it wouldn't apply, but I had the crazy thought that maybe Birthday boards are impossible for some due to the factory being shut down for the weekend.  Does anyone know if IBM factories operated every day of the year or if they took the weekends off; making some birthday boards impossible?

Thx!

Offline fanpeople

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Re: Did IBM make Model M's on the Weekends?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 20:08:16 »
I recall spending time looking for my birthday board years ago and could never find one (my birth occurred on a Sunday). Not saying they did or didn't.

You can look at some data here if you are interested in further research, I think this is what I used when I was looking

https://www.clickykeyboards.com/model-m-archive-project/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h16BS2RPAsbli5ALwvBc3CrgNd0DtjtTRGL3u6ZYHwI/edit#gid=0

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Re: Did IBM make Model M's on the Weekends?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 22:01:53 »
I think finding my birthday beamspring board would be a bit cost prohibitve... (Sept. 1972)
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Re: Did IBM make Model M's on the Weekends?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 16 January 2021, 14:40:43 »
I wouldn't be able to find a Model M keyboard manufactured on my birthday for a rather simpler reason.
When I was born, IBM was making computers... that used vacuum tubes to perform their logic functions.