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Title: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: ChipChipperson on Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:14:49

Hey guys! anyone ever seen a dust cover like this before?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-keyboard-clear-acrylic-dust-cover-vintage-1985-/271867349251?

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:20:12

I've never seen that before and it's pretty cool :D.

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: mashby on Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:28:05

The only keyboards I've seen with an included dust cover was the Focus 2000.

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: madhias on Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:34:19

I don't know if I would want such a dust cover! Never seen before too, nice find!

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: fanpeople on Tue, 12 May 2015, 04:17:42

WHY DO YOU PEOPLE DO THIS TO ME!

I most certainly don't need that, but now I am most likely going to try and get that and if I don't get that I will probably search high and low to find one like that. I will end up overpaying for that, a few months later another one will sell for half of what I pay.

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: ChipChipperson on Tue, 12 May 2015, 07:37:08

This is my cover btw if you guys might have any questions, it just came on a sweet almost nos august 87 model M I just got.
I would love to be able to use it but I would have to raise my monitors up higher and I don't have the room. The guys at work jokingly called it the "jerkoff shield" lol.   Its really well made really thick plastic and im really surprized how clear it is. No yellowing at all.

I thought it might work on other keyboards such as a Model F, but if you check out the latest picture i added its pretty much molded specifically to fit the model m.

Title: Re: IBM Model M vintage Clear acrylic hinged cust cover.
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 24 May 2015, 08:42:29

If someone will produce these covers for regular Ms, I believe a group buy will easily make 100 sales. Hint, whoever that likes talking about these things on Massdrop.

That said I don't use regular ms anymore so won't benefit from these...