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Offline JP

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[Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« on: Mon, 26 June 2017, 21:34:30 »
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Re: [Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 26 June 2017, 21:52:16 »
Looks nice and clean, but a bit expensive for just a bolt mod, clean and paint.
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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: [Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 26 June 2017, 21:53:56 »
Price is ridiculous.  The plate's nice and all, but you're not going to see it, and the vinyl wrap looks kind of crappy.

Not sure why anyone would lube (dry or otherwise) the "flippers".

But with all that work, the seller made one brutally obvious mistake (or two depending on how you look at it).
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Offline SixtyLife

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Re: [Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 26 June 2017, 22:39:06 »
clearly a standard M stuffed inside a new old stock unicomp industrial case. wonder why the labels are flipped..
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Re: [Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 26 June 2017, 23:01:46 »
Quote from: SixtyLife on Mon, 26 June 2017, 22:39:06
clearly a standard M stuffed inside a new old stock unicomp industrial case. wonder why the labels are flipped..

It is interesting looking though.  However, am I wrong in thinking that spraying any kind of lube on model M flippers is likely to be a source of trouble down the road?
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Offline matt-taco

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Re: [Interesting] $399 Modified IBM Model M
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 June 2017, 00:25:38 »
You can buy nos Lexmark industrial cases from unicomp so  that's probably what's going on there. It's cool, but there's no real value added besides the cleaning and bolt modding. Leds are interesting, I think red or yellow would do it better.

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