Hey guys, I'm new here and fairly recently bought my Model-M in unknown condition for $5.00 at a pawn shop. I've got about $20 into it, including the proper adapter for USB and about $7.00 set aside for keycaps.
I plugged it into my PC, and what do you know? Some of the keys weren't working. After a bit of research, I'm thinking a rivet replacement would be in order.
My IBM Model M model #42H1292 made on 7/01/97 in the United Kingdom. I've just got a few questions before I get this thing back into action!
1. Can somebody tell me how many nuts/bolts I'd need to fix it, and the proper size?
2. The cheapest place to find new internal parts since when I bought it, the casing was filled with dead roaches. (Yuck)
3. The best way to diagnose whether a rivet replacement would fix my problems.
Here's a picture from when I first bought it. (Yes, it's nasty) BLEACH BLEACH BLEACH.
Once I cleaned it up a bit, and removed the roaches and nasty accumulations of grossness.