Model M 42H1292, $50 shipped

[ander]

IBM 4H1292 Keyboard

$50 shipped








It's Greenock-made, but if you don't mind that, not a bad deal.

[ekeppel]

"Unit was tested for connectivity and all keys except F1 were tested and functional. F1 was not tested at all."

The above quote is from the listing description. Why wouldn't they just hit the F1 key to make sure it worked while testing all the other keys.  It makes no sense unless they know the F1 key is broken or something, lol. :-P

[ander]

"Unit was tested for connectivity and all keys except F1 were tested and functional. F1 was not tested at all."

The above quote is from the listing description. Why wouldn't they just hit the F1 key to make sure it worked while testing all the other keys.  It makes no sense unless they know the F1 key is broken or something, lol. :-P

That's funny... I actually considered messaging them to ask what they meant by that. Maybe they meant all keys but F1 worked, but their writing skills were limited?

BTW, I've found that when only one key on a Model M doesn't work, you can usually fix it by removing the cap and stem and blowing into the barrel.

[fohat.digs]

Good deal. A set of Model M caps alone from Unicomp is $36 shipped US and an entire equivalent keyboard is ~$90.

PS - yes the non-working key probably just needs to be re-seated