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Offline nowsharing

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« on: Sat, 01 August 2009, 07:52:18 »
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Offline rdjack21

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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 01 August 2009, 15:15:05 »
Wow those are some really good deals. Really like that last one. I hope someone here gets them. If my fingers would let me use one for any length of time I would be grabbing one of these.
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Topre Capacitive: Realforce 87U, Realforce 86U, HHKB Pro 2, Topre MD01B0, Topre HE0100, Sun Short Type, OEM NEO CS (x2), NISSHO Electronics KB106DE
Buckling Spring: IBM Model M Space Saver (1291472), Unicomp Customizer x 2
Cherry Brown: Filco FKBN87M/EB, Compaq MX11800
Black Alps: ABS M1
Not so great boards Rare Spring over dome OKI, Sun rack keyboard
Trackballs - Trackman Wheel (3), Trackman marble (2)
Keyboards I still want to get - Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro 2 the White version, Realforce 23U number pad in black and maybe white, μTRON ergo board with Topre switches.
Previously owned - [size=0]SiiG MiniTouch (White Alps), Scorpius M10 (Blue Cherry), IBM Model M13[/size]

Offline xyzzy

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 03 August 2009, 12:18:51 »
Wow, the first 3 boards went for around US$ 60 each. Quite a good deal.

The NIB one ends in less than two hours and it's currently around the same price mark. Hope everybody setup their sniping tool correctly.

EDIT: The NIB one sold for US$ 63, impressive. A couple of months ago NIB Model M spacesavers used to go for 3x as much...
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IBM Model F62 (Ellipse's) • PFU HHKB Pro Type S Hybrid • PFU HHKB Pro • Leopold FC660C • IBM Model M SSK 1391472 • IBM Model M SSK UNI04C6 • IBM Model M 1391405 (x4) • Cherry MX 1800 Compact (blue Cherry) • Cherry MX 11900 Touchboard (brown Cherry) • Dell AT102W (black Alps) • Apple Extended Keyboard II (cream Alps) • Acer 6312-TA (black Acer) • Unikey KWD-601 (white Cherry)

Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 03 August 2009, 14:05:26 »
Quote from: nowsharing;105988

And an improperly labeled NIB '92: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170364874549


Went for $63. I held back because of $46 postage to the UK, but now I wonder how much I could have got it for.
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Offline rdjack21

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 03 August 2009, 14:13:24 »
Wow - Now I regret not bidding on it. At that price I could have held onto it for a while and make a nice profit on it. But then again knowing myself I would have just kept it :)
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Keyboards
Topre Capacitive: Realforce 87U, Realforce 86U, HHKB Pro 2, Topre MD01B0, Topre HE0100, Sun Short Type, OEM NEO CS (x2), NISSHO Electronics KB106DE
Buckling Spring: IBM Model M Space Saver (1291472), Unicomp Customizer x 2
Cherry Brown: Filco FKBN87M/EB, Compaq MX11800
Black Alps: ABS M1
Not so great boards Rare Spring over dome OKI, Sun rack keyboard
Trackballs - Trackman Wheel (3), Trackman marble (2)
Keyboards I still want to get - Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro 2 the White version, Realforce 23U number pad in black and maybe white, μTRON ergo board with Topre switches.
Previously owned - [size=0]SiiG MiniTouch (White Alps), Scorpius M10 (Blue Cherry), IBM Model M13[/size]

Offline nowsharing

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 06 August 2009, 08:52:45 »
Oof! I'd blame a market crash for that cheap NIB SS, but in reality it's jjust what happens when a seller doesn't do their homework.

My space saver finally arrived after months of waiting, and although I like the extra space, my wife hates the lack of a numpad.

More details later, I have to get back to vacationing :)
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Offline eugenius

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 03:58:02 »
So which mini has lighter key action than the normal M's?

Is it possible to order them by label / year?

I used an UK layont one in university, it had the blue label I think and was way lighter touch that the rest.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 11:18:07 »
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Unfortunately Model Ms in general vary a lot, not just the Minis.  Age, usage, day of the week - all seem to make a difference.  IBM's spec gave the Buckling Spring a +/- 15g tolerance - not exactly helpful.


while in actual practice the variance is prolly 5g, can you imagine if it were actually 15g? Cuz that would solve our light-spring problem. Everyone measure their springs, if you find one at 45 or 50g, collect those, over time you might have (or sell or swap) them and acquire enough 50g springs for a whole board, and voila, there's your light ibm bs board. :)
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Offline keyb_gr

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 14:12:12 »
Or in engineer's terms, a pretty conservative spec. I'd assume this to apply for the entire rated life though, and well-worn blacks are somewhat lighter indeed.
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 13 August 2009, 17:20:16 »
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Or in engineer's terms, a pretty conservative spec.

Scotty said it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xRqXYsksFg
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