Author Topic: White IBM M4 keyboards (7 available) (Read 4628 times)

Mercen_505 · « **on:** Fri, 30 January 2009, 10:20:03 »

7 Available, 19.95 USD + 6.25 shipping.

I just bought one for spare parts. I'm still enjoying my M4-1, but some of the keys feel a little rough, like there's some mold lines on the stems that need trimming or something. I'll have to open it up and take a peer inside... heh.

iMav · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 30 January 2009, 11:55:22 »

Believe it or not, I have seven of these (all acquired NIB). Three are in use and four are still NIB.

Additionally, I have three M4-1's that are NIB. I really like the feel of the buckling rubber sleeves. They are no blue Cherry's...but they are nice.

(as soon as I saw this posting, my reaction was to go and buy one or more...until I looked over and saw the four I still have NIB)

itlnstln · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 30 January 2009, 12:04:57 »

Quote from: iMav;20256

Believe it or not, I have seven of these (all acquired NIB). Three are in use and four are still NIB.

Additionally, I have three M4-1's that are NIB. I really like the feel of the buckling rubber sleeves. They are no blue Cherry's...but they are nice.

(as soon as I saw this posting, my reaction was to go and buy one or more...until I looked over and saw the four I still have NIB)

I do the same thing with the Dell keyboards. I don't use the 2 I have, but I feel the need to hoarde them for some reason.

iMav · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 30 January 2009, 12:53:46 »

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I do the same thing with the Dell keyboards. I don't use the 2 I have, but I feel the need to hoarde them for some reason.

I've got four Dell AT101W's sitting here NIB.

My wife loves them so I feel justified in having backups for her...and it is a great keyboard to give as a gift to someone to enlighten them on what a good keyboard is like. (I've also bought new Unicomp 'boards for people in the past when I simply could not stand what they had connected to their computer).

cchan · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 30 January 2009, 22:52:22 »

What are they smoking! This is like that $6.50/free ship AT101 deal once you consider the rarity of these boards! I just snapped one up.

skriefal · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 31 January 2009, 01:10:40 »

I wonder if these would be any better than the old Mitsumi buckling rubber sleeve keyboard that I have in the basement...

lexicon · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 01 February 2009, 12:17:10 »

So I took the bait, but I'm not sure what I bought. What are these like? How would you describe the feel of the keys? Is the throw as long as a Model M? Do they click at all?

gwanghoops · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 01 February 2009, 15:18:24 »

Quote from: lexicon;20487

So I took the bait, but I'm not sure what I bought. What are these like? How would you describe the feel of the keys? Is the throw as long as a Model M? Do they click at all?

Not clicky, but then not as bad as the typical rubber domes.

I would have bought one but the picture didn't show a cable...

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 01 February 2009, 17:08:22 »

It feels like typing on a laptop keyboard, only with a slightly longer throw and significantly more resistance. It's pretty quiet but it does make some noise, so it's louder than most rubber dome keyboards you'll find. Typing on it is quite a unique experience, actually.

cchan · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 04 February 2009, 19:43:35 »

I just received my M4 today. It came with a new SDL cable (compatible with Model M) with a 2-metre uncoiled portion. I'll probably bundle that with a really well cleaned M I'm selling.

The key feel and layout aren't my very favourite (right Alt is way out in BFE away from my right thumb), but I think I'll keep it around. The layout is more convenient for me than my ML4100, and I like the key feel. I just need to get a bit more used to it.

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 11:24:43 »

Got mine last night; essentially brand new. I could see a few faint striations on the cable connector pins to indicate that it was actually hooked up to something at some point in its existence; otherwise it looks brand-spanking-new. The cable itself came in a sealed bag with a part number, so it's new. This one is a Lexmark made unit from '96, and it's a helluva lot better than the M4-1 (Unicomp '98) I bought a few weeks ago. The keys sound more uniform as you work your way from top to bottom on the board , and they don't wobble in their seatings. I'm very happy with this purchase!

lexicon · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 14:35:48 »

Interesting -- what's that other port on the back of the board?

cchan · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 14:39:15 »

It's where an accessory numeric keypad plugs in. You cna buy them from Unicomp for $35 iirc.

lexicon · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 16:20:25 »

I won't be needing that.

I've been using this board for the last hour and I really like it -- much better than the G84-4100.

cchan · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 18:21:52 »

Definitely a lot more convenient keyboard layout. The jury's still out on the key feel, though, at least for me.

lexicon · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 19:07:34 »

My problem is that I keep hitting the Insert when I want Delete.

Did these come in black?

cchan · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 19:34:58 »

The M4-1's came in black. No idea about the M4's, never seen one.

Biggs · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 05 February 2009, 23:51:16 »

How do you turn on the numlock for this thing?

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 06 February 2009, 06:35:32 »

You'll have to remap a key, I guess. I usually remap scroll lock to be the OS key (aka the Windows key). If you buy the add-on keypad you'll have a numlock key

Biggs · « **Reply #19 on:** Fri, 06 February 2009, 09:57:41 »

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You'll have to remap a key, I guess. I usually remap scroll lock to be the OS key (aka the Windows key). If you buy the add-on keypad you'll have a numlock key

If you don't have the numpad add-on and you remap a key to Numlock, what actual keys would be available as the numpad?

cchan · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 06 February 2009, 22:56:18 »

They wouldn't.

by the way, another issue I'm having with this keyboard is that the Shift key hangs. I regularly type TWo INitial CApital LEtters, SOMetimes EVEn THRee. Maybe that's an issue with my technique and getting adjusted to the board though.

xsphat · « **Reply #21 on:** Sat, 07 February 2009, 01:03:28 »

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by the way, another issue I'm having with this keyboard is that the Shift key hangs. I regularly type TWo INitial CApital LEtters, SOMetimes EVEn THRee. Maybe that's an issue with my technique and getting adjusted to the board though.

Some keyboards just do that. I get that with the Torpe every now and again.

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Author Topic: White IBM M4 keyboards (7 available) (Read 4628 times)