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Title: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: JP on Tue, 07 November 2017, 11:30:44
This keyboard has some neat colored keys and a calculator attached to the case somehow. I wonder if the calculator was an option provided by IBM or just something someone stuck on. Still a neat accessory. The part number is just a run of the mill Model M. Also the price quite steep at $180 and is definitely not new as the seller claims.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-101-Keyboard-1391401-in-Great-Condition-FRU-1392090-ID-7683749-1992/311998003289?epid=530091212&hash=item48a487b859:g:Q28AAOSwUchaAeDN
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 07 November 2017, 19:55:10
Seller doesn't explicitly mention the calculator - I'm guessing superglue.
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: SamirD on Tue, 07 November 2017, 22:08:33
I remember that calculator!  It was a thing you could buy in some places like dalco and computer shopper to attach to a keyboard.  We really wanted to do this to our original M, but luckily we never did. :D
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: ed_avis on Wed, 08 November 2017, 04:23:38
It's a tactical calculator!  Like when you need tactical support, in the field and stuff.  Of course real men use an assault calculator...
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: JP on Wed, 08 November 2017, 05:42:36
This model m just needs a picatinny rail system for more attachments.
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: ander on Sat, 11 November 2017, 01:45:58
The color keys look like Unicomps—notice how the font's a bit smaller? Still a nice look though.

So you're sure that's a tactical calculator? Not a strategic one? I guess it would depend on whether you were using the keyboard in a project's planning stage or its execution. Intriguing, these vintage-y subtleties.
Title: Re: [Mildly Interesting] IBM Model w/ Tactical Calculator Attachment - eBay
Post by: SamirD on Sun, 12 November 2017, 09:39:24
Quote from: ander on Sat, 11 November 2017, 01:45:58
So you're sure that's a tactical calculator? Not a strategic one? I guess it would depend on whether you were using the keyboard in a project's planning stage or its execution. Intriguing, these vintage-y subtleties.
:))  But what if you're being strategically tactical when calculating? (try saying that 3 times fast) ;D