Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if this authentic it could be one of a kind. Stick:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222603998046
I like how it was originally listed for $750. I bet there is rust hiding inside. Perhaps we could start tagging not so great finds like with a [NSG] prefix?
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if this authentic it could be one of a kind. Stick:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222603998046
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if this authentic it could be one of a kind. Stick:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222603998046
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Interestingly, the same seller has just listed another just like it (http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-5640534-BEAM-SPRING-CLICKY-MECHANICAL-KEY-TERMINAL-KEYBOARD-TESTED-/282605980089)—but this time he's painted it first. Could it be the same board? Or maybe he had more than one in similar condition? And is it anyone here?
Now here's a rare find: Someone took one of Unicomp's surplus blue-logo industrial cases (http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/1394942) (which were never, to my knowledge, used for any actual Model M's), filled it with parts from another M, stuck the other M's plate label on the back of the case (which would've been blank), and is offering it on eBay as a "refurbished, modified" M for a BIN of "only" $289 shipped:
"Refurbished & Modified IBM Model M Keyboard w/1 year warranty" (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Refurbished-Modified-IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-w-1-year-warranty-/182721545413)Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Ec0AAOSwPK1ZUUfH/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/C~EAAOSwAO9ZUUe-/s-l1600.jpg)
To be fair, they did do a very nice job refinishing the plate:Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EiAAAOSwSzRZUUe5/s-l1600.jpg)
...though that seems like a lot of work for nothing, as it normally wouldn't be visible. And they're included a Soarer's cable, since most people have portables without PS/2 connections these days.
AND they replaced the green LEDs with blue - don't forget that!
AND they replaced the green LEDs with blue - don't forget that!
As well as cleaning and bolt-modding it, along with a new membrane and a warranty. I think it looks rather nice as well.
Yes, it looks great. Except that it's not a real Industrial Model M, but a kind of simulation of one.
Yes, it looks great. Except that it's not a real Industrial Model M, but a kind of simulation of one.
It's not trying to be a "real" Industrial Model M. Certainly not at that price and with the original label on the back.
So it appears that the industrial M knockoff with the blue paint job recently sold :))
...such as in your case where you had switched the label's.
I'm the seller. And it wasn't trying to be an "Industrial M knockoff." It's pretty common knowledge these cases are available from Unicomp. The badge is different and in a different position. And the model number differs. It was simply intended to be a beautiful (to me) keyboard with the best damned keyboard switches ever made...
Razer BlackWidow Chroma Clicky Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Chroma, New (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Razer-BlackWidow-Chroma-Clicky-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Chroma-New-/291738989140?epid=710058230)Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/p2sAAOSwVghXEYOJ/s-l1600.jpg)
Buy It Now—just $413.56 !! Free shipping!
(Or get one at Best Buy for, like, $140...?)
So many things wrong with this. Might be a fun novelty or could make for an interesting holiday gift.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Movie-Film-Prop-VINTAGE-Psychedelic-PS2-Keyboard-HP-KB-0228-Rainbow-Peace-/152707122796?hash=item238e0dc66c:g:sG0AAOSwd0BVrwyR
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So many things wrong with this. Might be a fun novelty or could make for a holiday gift.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Movie-Film-Prop-VINTAGE-Psychedelic-PS2-Keyboard-HP-KB-0228-Rainbow-Peace-/152707122796?hash=item238e0dc66c:g:sG0AAOSwd0BVrwyR
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So many things wrong with this...
I just spotted this, er, remarkable deal:
IBM Model M 1390131 Clicky Keyboard (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-1390131Clicky-Keyboard-/172866390226)Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wAgAAOSwsvhZk~PD/s-l1600.jpg)
BIN: AU $850.00 (apx. US $680.30)
Okay, it's got the box, the cable, the instructions... It's a time capsule, and it's a terrific keyboard. But nearly $700??
At first I thought, "Yeah, dude, it's in Australia, everything's real expensive down there." But it also says:
> Will post worldwide at cost.
Is there any reason why anyone not in Australia would pay that much? Maybe 30 years from now, but...
Won't someone give this little pin a home? It breaks my heart how it keeps popping up on ebay...
Is there any reason why anyone in Australia would pay this much for a keyboard? ...
What's going on with this? It looks like some kinds of foam rubber store display prop or something.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-1395660-122-Key-Mechanical-Terminal-Keyboard-Clicky-1985-/202063626905?epid=2238526690&hash=item2f0bee4299:g:OjkAAOSwgYVZxyRN
What's going on with this? It looks like some kinds of foam rubber store display prop or something.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Model-M-1395660-122-Key-Mechanical-Terminal-Keyboard-Clicky-1985-/202063626905?epid=2238526690&hash=item2f0bee4299:g:OjkAAOSwgYVZxyRN
Used and worn. Perfectly functional. Painted black with vinyl dye. Aftermarket blank black keycaps. Includes USB adapter.
Now here's an interesting find—a Model M 1391401 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-1391401-Vintage-Mechanical-Keyboard-w-Cord-/302492814611) that's so dirty, it looks like it could have some unusual bottom-row sub-legends:OOOHHHH!! I've got this model!!
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Imagine fooling your friends—keeping your board covered, then revealing it just long enough to create the sub-legend illusion. "What, a Model M with bottom-row sub-legends?" they'll say. "Ooh, that's rare, isn't it?" "Yes," you reply, "and of course that's why I must keep it concealed from view most of the time."
The sellers were even kind enough to photograph it on a dirty floor, for thematic purposes.
It's understandable in your case though, Samir, since you're working on rare cars much of the time... The KB grime could even be considered a status symbol.My cars are in the same shape as my Ms! :eek:
My cars are in the same shape as my Ms! :eek:
I can't wait for me to have time for ME again in my life--I want to set up all my KBs for use, photograph them well (for one of the keyboard books of course), and do the same for the cars, and vintage computers. :thumb:
Ah yes, the illusive M industrial. It would be interesting to get our hands on the engineering data behind them that shows each subtle difference between the industrial model and the regular M.My cars are in the same shape as my Ms! :eek:
Of course this is why Industrial M's were made:
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Oh, sorry, wrong photo...Show Image(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IBM_Model_M_Space_Saving_Keyboard.png)
It makes sense that keebs designed to accommodate grime should be worth much more than keebs that weren't—as long as the grime was included. But people restore these and remove the grime. What's the point of that? The grime's the whole purpose of the board, isn't it?I can't wait for me to have time for ME again in my life--I want to set up all my KBs for use, photograph them well (for one of the keyboard books of course), and do the same for the cars, and vintage computers. :thumb:
There must be a way to tie all that together in one groundbreaking coffee-table book. I'll have another coffee and think about it. I may even have another table.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/
https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17009 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=17009)
Don't you love those old DS tildes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde)?:
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Now that's a tilde. No fooling around there.
Looks more like a sine wave than a tilde.
Its an interesting looking keyboard, but it's being advertised as a Hall effect board - looks kinda membraney to me - guessing ST series from the part no.
Only $2200! :eek:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1394950-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-ENHANCED-101-KEY-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-1394946/162030404345
[sing to brass monkey by beastie boys]Only $2200! :eek:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1394950-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-ENHANCED-101-KEY-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-1394946/162030404345
Well, it is NIB, and you don't see many NIB Industrials... I sure wouldn't spend that much, but someone out there is probably hysterical enough.
Then there's this:
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Some people really know how to sell a product, don't they?
Hmmm...dirty feet from photo shoot on the table?
Perhaps, but aside from the feet I couldn't find find any other evidence of use. It could be a really clean one with a new cable, but then it's still a really clean one with a new cable. ;D Worth $130+? Probably not though.Hmmm...dirty feet from photo shoot on the table?
I suppose it's possible, if he's really not into housekeeping, but I tend to doubt it... It's very odd to see a spotless M with dirty feet. My guess it was in used condition, the seller cleaned it, and they either overlooked the feet or that was the best they could do. White rubber is tough to restore.
Perhaps, but aside from the feet I couldn't find find any other evidence of use. It could be a really clean one with a new cable, but then it's still a really clean one with a new cable.
Yes, those feet definitely do get next to impossible to restore once they've seen some dirt--even from fingers.Perhaps, but aside from the feet I couldn't find find any other evidence of use. It could be a really clean one with a new cable, but then it's still a really clean one with a new cable.
That was my point, actually, about the feet. Another seller did an excellent job cleaning this M (http://[url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-1391401-MODEL-M-KEYBOARD-DISMANTLED-CLEANED-REASSEMBLED-AND-TESTED/282760034960)—but this is about as clean as I've ever been able to get used feet, too:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GMAAAOSwEEBaJYhp/s-l1600.jpg)
...unless someone here knows a secret I don't.
You're right about cables, too: They're are the other thing that's especially hard (or impossible?) to restore to like-new condition.
So, new cable? Or unused board that just got set down in the wrong place? Anyone's guess. (At least we've made it clear what busy, useful lives we all lead, though, taking the time to discuss something like this, LOL)
Won't someone give this little pin a home? It breaks my heart how it keeps popping up on ebay...
But at just $5.99 shipped, many people would consider it a Great Find, wouldn't they? I think you should get it—it's just six bucks, right? Aw, six bucks... Go ahead.
Won't someone give this little pin a home? It breaks my heart how it keeps popping up on ebay...
But at just $5.99 shipped, many people would consider it a Great Find, wouldn't they? I think you should get it—it's just six bucks, right? Aw, six bucks... Go ahead.
Well since it didn't look like anyone else was going to step up, I did. He looks happier now.
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Won't someone give this little pin a home? It breaks my heart how it keeps popping up on ebay...
But at just $5.99 shipped, many people would consider it a Great Find, wouldn't they? I think you should get it—it's just six bucks, right? Aw, six bucks... Go ahead.
Here is another for your collection.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-5150-PC-promotion-item-Vintage-1983/182958384562?hash=item2a992b65b2:g:7oYAAOSwh1paLtH-
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Well since it didn't look like anyone else was going to step up, I did. He looks happier now.
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WHAT IS THAT THING?
Here is another for your collection.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-5150-PC-promotion-item-Vintage-1983/182958384562?hash=item2a992b65b2:g:7oYAAOSwh1paLtH-
Even has a microphone!
NO!
I know of two other types of keyboards with built-in speakers: The keyboard (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=12644.0) that came with Intergraph's graphics workstations in the late '90s, and Maxi Switch's Maxisound keyboard.I remember the Intergraph one. I used it one break from college when I came home and was working in the UAH computer lab with a buddy of mine on homework. Intergraph is headquartered there and even the systems were Intergraph.
... And yes, both types were also for Windows. :-þ
Oh yes, I can see a third one (but for Mac) in the thread I linked to above.
And we are just passionate people about a passionate subject, and while we are discussing the subject, we are using the subject in question to discuss aforementioned subject. Now tell me what the subject of that sentence was. ;D
A single blue keycap from a PFU Color key set....
IIRC, a whole set of 4 caps and a puller is just $22....
This is $15?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOPRE-ESC-KEYCAP-LIGHT-BLUE-HHKB-REALFORCE/182641723826?hash=item2a864b89b2:g:GXEAAOSw8GtZU60b (https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOPRE-ESC-KEYCAP-LIGHT-BLUE-HHKB-REALFORCE/182641723826?hash=item2a864b89b2:g:GXEAAOSw8GtZU60b)
Looks like the Zylons got this one...
Nice thread ander ;D
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-XT-Model-F-Keyboard-1501100-Brand-New-In-Original-Box/142645564323?hash=item21365693a3:g:NV0AAOSwZtlaTnOV
Love the board but the price is hilarious
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-XT-Model-F-Keyboard-1501100-Brand-New-In-Original-Box/142645564323?hash=item21365693a3:g:NV0AAOSwZtlaTnOV
Love the board but the price is hilarious
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-XT-Model-F-Keyboard-1501100-Brand-New-In-Original-Box/142645564323?hash=item21365693a3:g:NV0AAOSwZtlaTnOV
Love the board but the price is hilarious
It looks like an example of the philosophy, "You never know till you try." And indeed, with something like a NIB Model F, it just takes one person to come along who has so much dough they can't spend it as fast as they make it.
And believe me, there are lots of peeps out there like that. As time goes by, the disparity between rich and poor just grows wider; it's an unfortunate drawback of capitalism.
When I used to play piano at fancy resorts, I often looked around and thought, "During that last tune I played, most of these people have made more money than I'll make all night, just by sitting there drinking cocktails."
The trick is for the rich people to give away just enough money to keep the poor ones from rebelling. History's full of such periods of serf-management. Some of them end famously in disaster, but most of them succeed, especially when clever inventions like religion are used to keep the peasants in line. But I digress.
...Anyway, one of the more common examples of this pricing phenomenon I've seen is with the Chicony 5161. Ones with blue alps in the past have sold for 200+ obviously so we have sellers listing their 5161 in the same range without any awareness of the switches, which as you know, vary greatly.
Bothers me most when they have opted not to receive any messages!
"Vintage Original IBM PC 5150 Keyboard From 1982 in box - Very Rare" (https://www.ebay.ca/itm/282813160332)
Hey, an IBM Model F with the original box!
Er... Except it's not a Model F:
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It's not even an IBM. It's not even mechanical. It's a rubber-dome BTC-5339.
When I pointed this out to the seller, they replied, "This is the original keyboard that I purchased with the IBM PC in 1982. It came in the displayed box."
I wanted to reply with that "boinggggg!!!" sound they play in cartoons when a character has an anvil dropped on their head or something, but unfortunately eBay's message system doesn't support soundfiles.
Fake news and disinformation are just a few of the symptoms of what’s wrong. The problem is something far more fundamental. The problem is these vastly powerful algorithmic engines are blackboxes. And, at the business end of the operation, each individual user only sees what each individual user sees. The great lie of social media has been to claim it shows us the world. And the follow-on deception: That their technology products bring us closer together. In truth, social media is not a telescopic lens — as the telephone actually was — but an opinion-fracturing prism that shatters social cohesion by replacing a shared public sphere and its dynamically overlapping discourse with a wall of increasingly concentrated filter bubbles. Social media is not connective tissue but engineered segmentation that treats each pair of human eyeballs as a discrete unit to be plucked out and separated off from its fellows. It’s a trypophobic’s nightmare. Or the panopticon in reverse — each user bricked into an individual cell that’s surveilled from the platform controller’s tinted glass tower. Little wonder that lies spread and inflate so quickly via systems that are not only hyper-accelerating the rate at which information can travel but deliberately pickling people inside a stew of their own prejudices. - Natasha Lomas 2018
On the plus side, Triscuits come in a wide range of flavors (http://www.snackworks.ca/en/products/Triscuit.aspx) now.
On the plus side, Triscuits come in a wide range of flavors (http://www.snackworks.ca/en/products/Triscuit.aspx) now.
Most of those look disgusting but I am going to have to try smoked Gouda.
I almost think that the top case is original but the seller has cleaned it up a little bit and applied a logo from a donor M...
They also re arraigned the arrow keys and replaced the missing alt key with one with black lettering instead of green.
Fake news and disinformation are just a few of the symptoms of what’s wrong. The problem is something far more fundamental. The problem is these vastly powerful algorithmic engines are blackboxes. And, at the business end of the operation, each individual user only sees what each individual user sees. The great lie of social media has been to claim it shows us the world. And the follow-on deception: That their technology products bring us closer together. In truth, social media is not a telescopic lens — as the telephone actually was — but an opinion-fracturing prism that shatters social cohesion by replacing a shared public sphere and its dynamically overlapping discourse with a wall of increasingly concentrated filter bubbles. Social media is not connective tissue but engineered segmentation that treats each pair of human eyeballs as a discrete unit to be plucked out and separated off from its fellows. It’s a trypophobic’s nightmare. Or the panopticon in reverse — each user bricked into an individual cell that’s surveilled from the platform controller’s tinted glass tower. Little wonder that lies spread and inflate so quickly via systems that are not only hyper-accelerating the rate at which information can travel but deliberately pickling people inside a stew of their own prejudices. - Natasha Lomas 2018
On the plus side, Triscuits come in a wide range of flavors (http://www.snackworks.ca/en/products/Triscuit.aspx) now.
Just.... I can't.... Here:
http://r.ebay.com/K3rvCb
On the plus side, Triscuits come in a wide range of flavors (http://www.snackworks.ca/en/products/Triscuit.aspx) now.
Are they cooked three times or something?
On the plus side, Triscuits come in a wide range of flavors (http://www.snackworks.ca/en/products/Triscuit.aspx) now.
Are they cooked three times or something?
Triscuit is made from wheat, which is first cooked in water until it reaches about fifty percent moisture content, then tempered to allow the moisture to diffuse evenly in the grain. Slotted rollers form the grain into shredded wheat strands, which are then formed into webs. Several webs are stacked together and the still-moist stack is crimped to produce individual crackers. Oven baking then reduces the moisture content to five percent.
It could be a multipurpose area...
Maybe it's got a fleshlight attachment?
The reason I asked is the biscuit (bi-scuit) means twice-cooked. This is tri-scuit - thrice cooked?
Ack—did someone really pay 99 bucks (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-IBM-Model-F-reproduction-keyboards-barrel-Kishsaver-clicky-Model-M-/322935227383) for one barrel from the Model F repro project?:
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Maybe they didn't read the description and thought they were getting the whole board?
I think this was one of XMIT's sales. He starts them at $9.99 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-IBM-Model-F-XT-Keyboard-Part-Spring-Hammer-and-Barrel-Set/282566145792), so some people must've bidded this one up to $99. Anyway, sure is intriguing!
Please note that this listing is for the barrel only (the black plastic item in the photo).but it seems obvious by the vague, jumbled wording of the listing title and the featured picture of a full board that they are banking on people making a mistake and ordering a tiny tube of useless black plastic. I have half a mind to attempt a report on these things. :mad:
Ack—did someone really pay 99 bucks (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-IBM-Model-F-reproduction-keyboards-barrel-Kishsaver-clicky-Model-M-/322935227383) for one barrel from the Model F repro project?:
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Maybe they didn't read the description and thought they were getting the whole board?
I think this was one of XMIT's sales. He starts them at $9.99 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-IBM-Model-F-XT-Keyboard-Part-Spring-Hammer-and-Barrel-Set/282566145792), so some people must've bidded this one up to $99. Anyway, sure is intriguing!
I HATE THIS LISTING. It's so skeezy! I see it every time I go searching through IBM boards for anything new.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-IBM-Model-F-reproduction-keyboards-barrel-Kishsaver-clicky-Model-M/222826735996?hash=item33e182297c:g:kPUAAOSwD8BZbpQx
They are selling barrels at $100, flat-out. No bidding. It isn't until the third paragraph of the listing that it specifiesQuotePlease note that this listing is for the barrel only (the black plastic item in the photo).but it seems obvious by the vague, jumbled wording of the listing title and the featured picture of a full board that they are banking on people making a mistake and ordering a tiny tube of useless black plastic. I have half a mind to attempt a report on these things. :mad:
The barrel was rejected for being out of spec and will not function with any keyboard.
I see it every time I go searching through IBM boards for anything new.
This listing trips me up every time!
I see it every time I go searching through IBM boards for anything new.
This listing trips me up every time!
Didn't someone recently discuss how some sort of "robo-buying-app" could be tripped up to stick you for a purchase, using an ambiguous listing and a "no return" policy?
Nice box.
I HATE THIS LISTING. It's so skeezy! I see it every time I go searching through IBM boards for anything new.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-IBM-Model-F-reproduction-keyboards-barrel-Kishsaver-clicky-Model-M/222826735996?hash=item33e182297c:g:kPUAAOSwD8BZbpQx
They are selling barrels at $100, flat-out. No bidding... I have half a mind to attempt a report on these things. :mad:
Robots, can never trust them
I agree, it's crazy. You don't have to keep seeing it, though—just add this to your search words:
-reproduction
(You did know you can exclude a word from your eBay searches by starting it with a hyphen, didn't you?)
I agree, it's crazy. You don't have to keep seeing it, though—just add this to your search words:
-reproduction
(You did know you can exclude a word from your eBay searches by starting it with a hyphen, didn't you?)
Yes, I know how search engine terms work, but the point of my complaint isn't that I can see it and I don't want to, it's that I can see it and so can every potential sucker out there. Blinding myself to it isn't the solution I wish for.
I agree, it's crazy. You don't have to keep seeing it, though—just add this to your search words:
-reproduction
(You did know you can exclude a word from your eBay searches by starting it with a hyphen, didn't you?)
Yes, I know how search engine terms work, but the point of my complaint isn't that I can see it and I don't want to, it's that I can see it and so can every potential sucker out there. Blinding myself to it isn't the solution I wish for.
I believe the seller of these is Ellipse, the the very same person running the new Model F project. You could simply challenge him to a typing death match. Also you could do us a favor and buy them so we wouldn't have to see them. Once you have them you can either fashion a necklace with them for use in occult keyboard rituals or toss them into a fiery abyss.
Robots, can never trust them
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608248/biased-algorithms-are-everywhere-and-no-one-seems-to-care/ (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608248/biased-algorithms-are-everywhere-and-no-one-seems-to-care/)
You could filter this listing out. Ex: "IBM Keyboard -kishsaver" which excludes one of the terms in that listings title.
Filtering out kishsaver would be ideal. More for me :p Also I would recommend this as an eBay search filter: ibm keyboard -ibm -keyboard -kishsaver -unsaver -beamspring
I could be very wrong, but I don't feel like a bit of history as a popular trader's keyboard warrants this bloomberg keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bloomberg-Keyboard/182882042564) a $400 asking price.
A noteworthy keyboard
A noteworthy keyboard
Obviously too valuable to let go with in the $100K warehouse sale.
A noteworthy keyboard
Obviously too valuable to let go with in the $100K warehouse sale.
But it's really rare rubber. :?)
Speaking of "rare" stuff, here's a good one (zoom all the way in for the full dramatic effect):
IBM PC Clicky Keyboard w/ rare APL overlays. Model F. 1801449 1501100 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PC-Clicky-Keyboard-w-rare-APL-overlays-Model-F-1801449-1501100/142693655673?epid=1803612333)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9~4AAOSwALtad4Tu/s-l1600.jpg)
BIN $249 + shipping
Rare stickers, woo!! Well, okay, they are rare—but they're, like, stickers. They're stuck on there. In a rare, but stuck-on, way.
Brown Alps. Get it now. Only $5,000 and free shipping :thumb: I messaged the seller so hopefully they price more appropriately.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5140-Laptop-PC-Convertible-AS-IS-UNTESTED-COMPLETE-WITH-KEYBOARD/323083837303?epid=1903489235&hash=item4b394c1f77:g:AucAAOSwJRZaiamW
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Brown Alps. Get it now. Only $5,000 and free shipping :thumb: I messaged the seller so hopefully they price more appropriately.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5140-Laptop-PC-Convertible-AS-IS-UNTESTED-COMPLETE-WITH-KEYBOARD/323083837303?epid=1903489235&hash=item4b394c1f77:g:AucAAOSwJRZaiamW
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Brown Alps. Get it now. Only $5,000 and free shipping :thumb: I messaged the seller so hopefully they price more appropriately.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5140-Laptop-PC-Convertible-AS-IS-UNTESTED-COMPLETE-WITH-KEYBOARD/323083837303?epid=1903489235&hash=item4b394c1f77:g:AucAAOSwJRZaiamW
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Why will Tapatalk not open these eBay links? It will only open plain text eBay links, not the one in the above post. :mad:
<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/5640890-IBM-TERMINAL-87-KEY-BEAMSPRING-KEYBOARD-C-1982/173168164660?hash=item2851a07f34:g:YskAAOSwll1aiwjJ]https://www.ebay.com/itm/5640890-IBM-TERMINAL-87-KEY-BEAMSPRING-KEYBOARD-C-1982/173168164660?hash=item2851a07f34:g:YskAAOSwll1aiwjJ">here</a>
Someone beat this seller with a sock filled with wood screws. Beam spring only $4k.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/5640890-IBM-TERMINAL-87-KEY-BEAMSPRING-KEYBOARD-C-1982/173168164660?hash=item2851a07f34:g:YskAAOSwll1aiwjJ
Why will Tapatalk not open these eBay links? It will only open plain text eBay links, not the one in the above post. :mad:
You can either buy clothes or buy keyboards, it's that simple. No one who is not very rich can do both. Pay no attention to your clothes and no attention at all to the mode, and buy your clothes for comfort and durability, and you will have the clothes money to buy keyboards.
You can either buy clothes or buy keyboards, it's that simple. No one who is not very rich can do both. Pay no attention to your clothes and no attention at all to the mode, and buy your clothes for comfort and durability, and you will have the clothes money to buy keyboards.
1. The rest of that contradicts the opening sentence.
2. If you pay no attention to your clothes, isn't it possible you'll walk around naked?
3. By "the mode", do you mean "fashions"? Or do you mean a scoop of ice cream?
4. How can you "have the clothes money to buy keyboards"? If you buy keebs with it, it's keeb money.
5. Do you think most of life's problems can be solved by making numbered lists of stuff?
6. Natalie Portman.
The quote I stole from Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" but with a bit of poetic license...
The quote I stole from Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" but with a bit of poetic license...
JP: Dang, wish I had time to reply to all that, but my wife thinks I'm replacing baseboards and door trim, so I'd better be doing that rather than having fun. (Isn't this the idea of marriage?) Ironically, this also means I won' get to use my MK during that time, which is what this is all ultimately about... Where's the fairness? [sigh]
For now, though, yes, I have seen NP's "hip hop" video, and am flummoxed why she'd do such a goofy, low-class stunt, unless she and/or her agent were worried that the movie-consuming public thought she was getting too old to be hip anymore, and their desperation to remedy that was sufficiently high.
On the plus side, it's much, much easier to write bad poetry, swear, and use hypnotic quick-cut editing techniques than it is to create, you know, music. This has an equalizing effect by opening the field of entertainment to everyone, including people of little imagination, talent or decency.
So let's hear it for the methodical cultural and spiritual impoverishment of the American people, who've even elected a Condo-Salesman-In-Chief to epitomizes all those values in an appropriately shallow, grasping, intolerant, anti-humanitarian, anti-presidential way. Isn't it great how everything works out?
Hopefully you got some work done. As far as the rest of your comment, I think I'm gonna go watch Lady Gaga videos until my brain liquefies and pours out of every orifice now.
...it was made in a leap year! We all know how that boosts a keeb's value.
Found the auction by the price. :) ... It was actually made on LEAP DAY. Which is kinda cool after all.
Sure, it's NIB (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1394950-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-ENHANCED-101-KEY-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-1394946/162030404345), but...
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It's industrious of them, trying to get that much for it... But as we all know, Industrial Model M's must include some vintage grime.
Sure, it's NIB (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1394950-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-ENHANCED-101-KEY-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-1394946/162030404345), but...
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It's industrious of them, trying to get that much for it... But as we all know, Industrial Model M's must include some vintage grime.
Hahaha, I just got blocked by that seller since I offered $20 after his initial decline. If I wasted at least 5 minutes of his time, my job here is done.
I have been blocked by a few sellers for wasting their time with lowball offers. I don't get it, I can just make a new account and do the same thing.
Check the space bar. Molten lava maybe?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Keyboard-for-IBM-3279-Color-Display-Station-Models-2A-2B-3A-3B-/253493361719?hash=item3b0561bc37
“Great collector's project .Please review pictures and description before purchase.”
Whatever - these prices are so out of control that I can't even really care anymore.
It's still more work and time to do that than for them to just block you. :PCheck the space bar. Molten lava maybe?
it's MELTED. It has suffered in a fire and they still want 750? Whaaaaat
Many of the mass shooters (and "alt-right" trolls), are predominantly white men of various ages, but leaning young, fueled mainly by a belief in their own superiority and resentment of the sense that the rest of the world doesn't seem to respect it...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-IBM-Model-F-reproduction-keyboards-barrel-Kishsaver-clicky-Model-M/323142784131?hash=item4b3ccf9483:g:kPUAAOSwD8BZbpQx
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Hah. Seems like the seller has reduced the price of their useless plastic barrel to only ten dollars wow! I'm glad someone's not inevitably going to be cheated out of a hundred bucks, but it's still pretty skeezy to sell something that is functionally useless and also sorta just a penne noodle of black plastic for 10 bucks. But whatever, I can't decide if a production line reject is worth anything to someone else, maybe it is. :rolleyes:
Maybe someone wants to buy 66 of them and DIY a Kishsaver :))
Please note that this listing is for the barrel only (the black plastic item in the photo). It weighs about 1-2 grams total. The barrel was rejected for being out of spec and will not function with any keyboard.
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/A-Pen-Blessed-by-GOD-himself/263537625242
Too bad it’s no longer available—he must have decided to take up the battle himself again.
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/A-Pen-Blessed-by-GOD-himself/263537625242
Too bad it’s no longer available—he must have decided to take up the battle himself again.
Check out this *****'n IBM Model M Industrial. It was listed as BIN $1400 but do remember that this one comes in the ultra rare qwerjy layout. Own a piece of hisjory.I mean points for creativity. At least it gave me a laugh :))
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-IBM-Gen-0-Model-M-Clickey-Keyboard-1388032/302678911378?hash=item467911a992:g:0SwAAOSwkhNasuXw
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Check out this *****'n IBM Model M Industrial. It was listed as BIN $1400 but do remember that this one comes in the ultra rare qwerjy layout. Own a piece of hisjory.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-IBM-Gen-0-Model-M-Clickey-Keyboard-1388032/302678911378?hash=item467911a992:g:0SwAAOSwkhNasuXw
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But the 1388032 was the very first PC-compatible (non-terminal) M of any kind (even before the venerable 1390131 and 1390120). So it's not just an Industrial; it's the first Industrial.
Vintage Russian former keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RUSSIAN-Clicky-mechanical-keyboard-wery-rare-for-parts/173242998279) sort of, uh, thing, "just" $100-something shipped:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kiEAAOSwGWBavTUC/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tcUAAOSwpzVavTUI/s-l1600.jpg)
Vintage Russian former keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RUSSIAN-Clicky-mechanical-keyboard-wery-rare-for-parts/173242998279) sort of, uh, thing, "just" $100-something shipped:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kiEAAOSwGWBavTUC/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tcUAAOSwpzVavTUI/s-l1600.jpg)
Vintage Russian former keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-RUSSIAN-Clicky-mechanical-keyboard-wery-rare-for-parts/173242998279) sort of, uh, thing, "just" $100-something shipped:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kiEAAOSwGWBavTUC/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tcUAAOSwpzVavTUI/s-l1600.jpg)
That keycap profile is pretty cool. If only there were more keys left :))
Those are IZOT switches. I actually had one of these keyboards, and no, it's not Russian. It's actually a Bulgarian board and the switches are Cherry M9 clones. I ended up tossing the keyboard since it would've been too hard to convert and too heavy to save for another time. I still have the keycaps and switches though.
That keycap profile is pretty cool. If only there were more keys left :))
But the 1388032 was the very first PC-compatible (non-terminal) M of any kind...
I was generally ignoring it, but industrial, bar code label, black badge, and lock lights - it really does have it all.
I really thought this was a neat keyboard, and expected it to be selling for like $30-40.
http://v.ht/kawasaki-kb
I really thought this was a neat keyboard, and expected it to be selling for like $30-40.
http://v.ht/kawasaki-kb
I really thought this was a neat keyboard, and expected it to be selling for like $30-40.
http://v.ht/kawasaki-kb
Well, it does say "Make an Offer". :)
I really thought this was a neat keyboard, and expected it to be selling for like $30-40.
http://v.ht/kawasaki-kb
Well, it does say "Make an Offer". :)
Made an offer of 30 =P
Price of this board probably went down 30% or more.
Because of one broken cap?
Cherry MX 11900 Black USB QWERTY Wired Keyboard & Touchpad (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX-11900-Black-USB-QWERTY-Wired-Keyboard-Touchpad-FAST-FREE-SHIPPING/192411588715)Keycaps are doubleshot though.Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6ZIAAOSws5pZKJpC/s-l1600.jpg)
“In excellent working condition... with light to moderate wear including some starches.”
This no doubt explains the board's exceptional rigidity.
Keycaps are doubleshot though.
2. He is making a joke about starches, like starchy foods or starch you use to iron your clothes.Totally missed that.
These are swell classic keebs—but isn't stuff generally supposed to be cheaper (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Model-F-6110668-Keyboard-RARE/153033817051) in Asia?
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F ATs have been tragically under-rated for a very long time... My guess is that there are an order of magnitude less of them than XTs...
DasKeyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard, Clicky MX Blue Switch... Works great! Has some warped keys on keypad (still works though)
DasKeyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard, Clicky MX Blue Switch (https://www.ebay.com/itm/DasKeyboard-4-Professional-Mechanical-Keyboard-Clicky-MX-Blue-Switch/132715634907)Quote from: SellerDasKeyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard, Clicky MX Blue Switch... Works great! Has some warped keys on keypad (still works though)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/09YAAOSwH55bVh~d/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H58AAOSwSP9bVh~o/s-l1600.jpg)
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BIN $61.74 + 15.00 US shipping. Don't fight over it, now.
DasKeyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard, Clicky MX Blue Switch (https://www.ebay.com/itm/DasKeyboard-4-Professional-Mechanical-Keyboard-Clicky-MX-Blue-Switch/132715634907)Quote from: SellerDasKeyboard 4 Professional Mechanical Keyboard, Clicky MX Blue Switch... Works great! Has some warped keys on keypad (still works though)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/09YAAOSwH55bVh~d/s-l1600.jpg)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/H58AAOSwSP9bVh~o/s-l1600.jpg)
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BIN $61.74 + 15.00 US shipping. Don't fight over it, now.
Used IBM buckling spring keyboard, built 10-10-1985, in very good condition. It was unused for most of its life, protected by the included plastic cover. There are just a couple of small marks and scratches on the case and the cover is discoloured. The feet extend (see picture). Made in United Kingdom (Greenock, Scotland). German layout. I am unable to test this superb buckling spring keyboard but an adapter is available. No guarantee is offered, and no returns accepted.
Given that the warping is consistent and severe on one side of the board, I'd say this person had a small space heater on their desk...
Those must be some very good handjobs.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-IBM-Type-F-Model-F122-APL-Keyboard/152985564442?hash=item239ea6751a:g:HK0AAOSwV21a1Urm
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It's a model F122. The case top has been swapped out for a M122 which is less brittle. It has APL keys. A THOUSAND DOLLARS. :confused:
you've clearly justified the price of this thing with extensive research and rationale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-black/323406092173?
Ruined Model M, quite hard to think why botch it like that.
Seeing the glue under it, I am pretty sure that key won't work.
Seeing the glue under it, I am pretty sure that key won't work.
It's not even that it's busted. There straight up isn't even a switch there :))
Also doesn't seem to be a buckling spring keycap :blank:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Old-Logo-Dell-AT101-GYI3PVAT101-ALPS-SKCM-Salmon-Mechanical-Keyboard/113021942685... SKCM Salmon Alps AT101. Even if this was a rare variant, still seems way overpriced for what it is at nearly $700 shipped.
USED but in good condition. WORKING!
("offers" are enabled but we may not take any offers, this is a rare keyboard)
the invitation to "Make an Offer" may just be a tease
"Make Offer" is enabled by default and is surprisingly hard to turn off. Simply ticking the box usually doesn't take until you do it a dozen times or more. Sometimes you have to click away and then come back to it.
There's only one left! Only $965! FREE shipping!
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"Tactile non-mechanical keys that are also quiet"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Best-Keyboard-In-The-World-Keytronic-LT-Classic-w-AT-PS-2-adapter-quiet/130509348454
There's only one left! Only $965! FREE shipping!
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"Tactile non-mechanical keys that are also quiet"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Best-Keyboard-In-The-World-Keytronic-LT-Classic-w-AT-PS-2-adapter-quiet/130509348454
German IBM 3278 Beamer - only $5,880.25! + shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-3270-3278-Display-Station-Beamspring-Keyboard-Tastatur-deutsch-German/332737514101?hash=item4d78b38a75:g:YV8AAOSwF2xbXf5F
That beamspring is actually a 3276 and the seller has had it listed at that price for a little while. They are a bit rarer than your standard 3278 but I highly doubt it's worth anywhere near what the seller is asking for. There was a Cyrillic 3278 that sold for around $2k and a 3278 A2 w/ colored keycaps for $2.8k, both much rarer and took a while to sell at those prices.
Slightly off topic but couldn't not post this having seen it - £280 for a cardboard box (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-box-for-headphone-vintage-style/253835491354?hash=item3b19c6381a:g:mLcAAOSwj~RbhHbI) :confused:
Slightly off topic but couldn't not post this having seen it - £280 for a cardboard box (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-box-for-headphone-vintage-style/253835491354?hash=item3b19c6381a:g:mLcAAOSwj~RbhHbI) :confused:
It must be extremely confusing for newbies reading rants about how the earliest Model Ms are great and that after about 1987 they became inferior, and that brand new Unicomps with modern colors and native USB are garbage, yet they all seem to sell in a relatively similar and narrow price band...
Why wouldn't an early M in good condition be worth twice the selling price of a new Unicomp, they might ask?
Yes, someone let Natalie know. I'm sure she would even do a commercial for Unicomp. It would be a smashing success. They could even reinvest any additional revenue in tooling for current and future products such as an SSK Model M ;D
I tested the keyboard this last week on my office computer, and all keys function as designed. It felt great to be typing again on this classic keyboard...
I will vacuum the keyboard and wipe it down, but I don't want to take all the keys off to wash them individually... You can see this was well used and the keys are dirty. I have reduced the starting price accordingly.
You don't see bargains like this very often:
IBM clicky PS/2 keyboard 1391401 Model M 1988 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-clicky-PS-2-keyboard-1391401-Model-M-1988/163298832871)
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(Attachment)Quote from: eBay sellerI tested the keyboard this last week on my office computer, and all keys function as designed. It felt great to be typing again on this classic keyboard...
I will vacuum the keyboard and wipe it down, but I don't want to take all the keys off to wash them individually... You can see this was well used and the keys are dirty. I have reduced the starting price accordingly.
Can you, too, see this person carrying this filthy board into an office, connecting it to a PC, and typing on it to be sure it works?
I'm glad it "felt great" to them. Personally, I would've been too busy going "Ew! Ick!" to enjoy it much, not to mention wondering what my colleagues were going to say about me at lunch.
Could be a home office ...
USB flavored! It's my favorite!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Macintosh-Flavored-USB-Keyboard-works-w-iMac-iBook-G3-G4-towers-Vintage-Lime/183487914748
Come to Australia... All our keyboards are upside down!
Come to Australia.
All our keyboards are upside down!
Come to Australia... All our keyboards are upside down!
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(Auction page here (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-1391401-Clicky-keyboard-Date-1990-08-24-BIG-5-PIN-RARE/123467788285)) So, is it, like, filled with cocaine or something?
Oh, and it's not being shipped—you have to pick it up in Hoofddorp, Netherlands (which seems like a pleasant enough place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofddorp), but still).
But don't you see? It says RARE in all caps! That totally makes it worth the extra 1600 dollars.
To be fair, why not give it a try
I always love this move:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-vintage-computer-keyboard-Maxi-Switch-Co-630015-02-wooden-frame-Apple-/264003756334?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137
How about a few dollars more:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Maxi-Switch-1979-Wooden-Keyboard-like-Apple-inc-Line-Feed-Here-is-Rub-out-keys/382624062427?hash=item59162bdbdb:g:lDgAAOSwDDRb5Je2:sc:UPSGround!37803!US!-1:rk:2:pf:0
...To be fair, why not give it a try - I mean maybe I'm just jealous I didn't think of it.
$799 for an 83-key board—that's darn near $10 per key. Prithee, givest thou me a break.
Secret labs with staffs of nubile jumpsuited assistants come to mind. If it weren't so much, I'd get it just for that.
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Yeah, but...Show Image(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i9mko3xQlcw/UwI4PHZHHaI/AAAAAAAAgl4/-cweoogvFug/s1600/UFO-TV-show-british-3.jpg)
Just one of the best. a dream to use...
IBM 1390131 MODEL M MECHANICAL SPRING KEYBOARD (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-1390131-MODEL-M-MECHANICAL-SPRING-KEYBOARD-VINTAGE-1984-MADE-U-S-A/123526927792)
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Hmm... Looks like a dirty dream to me. :?P
Sweet! This is the ultra-rare version with a bottom left delete key. Better scoop it up.
It's still a good find, but the price is too high in it's present state.
Also in time for the holidays—a terrific deal on one of those, like, $10 "blue cube" PS/2-to-USB converters!:
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the Model F-XT Christmas Edition!
the Model F-XT Christmas Edition!
Kudos to the seller for transparency and honesty. Also for fair pricing.
...This is about the worst omnikey I have ever seen...
...This is about the worst omnikey I have ever seen...
You probably had no way of knowing this, but these custom restores are done by a GH member who's a very talented and experienced guy. As for the esthetics, it's really just a matter of opinion—I happen to think they're quite cool. And if the original finish had become icky, why not redo it?
An "Ultra" can be ANSI-modded?
Holy mackerel that is a stunning revelation!
I think that $310 was a bit too much.
Ultra rare blue IBM selectric keycaps for beamspring keyboards (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-rare-blue-IBM-selectric-keycaps-for-beamspring-keyboards/392199390152)
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:rolleyes:
Ultra rare blue IBM selectric keycaps for beamspring keyboards (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-rare-blue-IBM-selectric-keycaps-for-beamspring-keyboards/392199390152)
admittedly damaged keys from one of the most ubiquitous typewriters ever made? What a find!
Hoo boy, I don't even know where to start with this one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ketronics-Keyboard-1979-Check-out-the-Keyswitch/113539796109
I actually think it's an interesting old KeyTronic F&F. But, doh! - broke the keycap pulling it for display!
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Anyone wanna drop 10K on a rubber dome?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Compaq-Vintage-PS-2-Keyboard-KB-3923-294318-006-New-Old-Stock/362426686642
I really love how it says "save big, free shipping" on the description.
Why does someone with 58,000 sales and 100% positive feedback list a rubber dome for $10,000?
$ave BIG
FREE shipping
...... or something.once received, open it up to retrieve the “something” to sell on the street and recoup your money.
once received, open it up to retrieve the “something” to sell on the street and recoup your money... Then you have one free keyboard
once received, open it up to retrieve the “something” to sell on the street and recoup your money... Then you have one free keyboard
Dang, why didn't I think of that?
BTW, it's important to remember that you should never clean an old keyboard you're selling (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Keyboard-1391401-MODEL-M-15/283348931479?epid=530091212). Don't even pass a damp rag over it before you take your photos... Some of that vintage grime can be valuable! Plus, it's easier.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AVID-DEKO-FAST-ACTION-KEYBOARD/333046836409?hash=item4d8b236cb9:g:a6UAAOSwYXpcENMb
This board was described as one of the best constructed mx boards ever. It should have vintage blacks. Maybe someone can talk the seller down on the price
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/79077/heinz-canned-soup-big-red-tomato-salt-reduced
Terrible find.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AVID-DEKO-FAST-ACTION-KEYBOARD/333046836409?hash=item4d8b236cb9:g:a6UAAOSwYXpcENMb
This board was described as one of the best constructed mx boards ever. It should have vintage blacks. Maybe someone can talk the seller down on the priceShow Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/a6UAAOSwYXpcENMb/s-l1600.jpg)
I agree, $283 + shipping is steep. But I think most of you would agree, it's interesting enough to have its own Great Finds thread—rather than going here, where we traditionally put the real dogs.
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/79077/heinz-canned-soup-big-red-tomato-salt-reduced
Terrible find.
Condition: New other (see details)
"Was in original box when purchased and was bought as New old stock."
IBM Lexmark 1395100 Model M PS/2 Mechanical Buckling Spring Keyboard AS-IS (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lexmark-1395100-Model-M-PS-2-Mechanical-Buckling-Spring-Keyboard-AS-IS/264187370482)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Cj0AAOSwCA5cXhGx/s-l1600.jpg)
BIN $85.00 + shipping
You may be thinking, "Okay, I suppose that's a reasonable price for a seldom-seen oddball Model M variant which Lexmark, for some arcane reason, gave a p/n that'd already been used for an SSK (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60713.0)."
But wait—there's more! This particular keeb has had so much cigarette smoke blown on it, its barrel plate is coated with free nicotine sludge (zoom in for full effect):Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GCgAAOSwcOtcXhGx/s-l1600.jpg)
The stuff can also be found oozing out in various other places:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tLQAAOSw1UdcXhGw/s-l1600.jpg)
Usually, one must coat one's own keebs with the sludge of their choice. But if you're looking for one that's been pre-infused with oily, stinky, toxic tobacco goop, what a value!
...Buying that and scooping up that juciy nicotine sludge so as to smoke it through a crack pipe would still be cheaper than buying cigarettes in Straya.
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NIB Industrial Model M (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1394950-NEW-OLD-STOCK-IBM-INDUSTRIAL-ENHANCED-101-KEY-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-1394946/162030404345)—just $3,073!! Plus shipping!
Never mind that it's p/n 1394946, the most common Industrial M... It's NIB. Thus there's no limit on its value—it could be worth anything! Don't believe me? Just ask this seller! :?O
...Buying that and scooping up that juciy nicotine sludge so as to smoke it through a crack pipe would still be cheaper than buying cigarettes in Straya.
Sympathies, mate... As you know, though, everything we produce for you here must be manufactured upside-down so it'll be right-side-up when it reaches you—and as I'm sure you can imagine, it's more costly having to suspend all the equipment and workers from the ceiling.
IBM Lexmark 1395100 Model M PS/2 Mechanical Buckling Spring Keyboard AS-IS (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Lexmark-1395100-Model-M-PS-2-Mechanical-Buckling-Spring-Keyboard-AS-IS/264187370482)Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Cj0AAOSwCA5cXhGx/s-l1600.jpg)
BIN $85.00 + shipping
You may be thinking, "Okay, I suppose that's a reasonable price for a seldom-seen oddball Model M variant which Lexmark, for some arcane reason, gave a p/n that'd already been used for an SSK (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=60713.0)."
But wait—there's more! This particular keeb has had so much cigarette smoke blown on it, its barrel plate is coated with free nicotine sludge (zoom in for full effect):Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GCgAAOSwcOtcXhGx/s-l1600.jpg)
The stuff can also be found oozing out in various other places:Show Image(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tLQAAOSw1UdcXhGw/s-l1600.jpg)
Usually, one must coat one's own keebs with the sludge of their choice. But if you're looking for one that's been pre-infused with oily, stinky, toxic tobacco goop, what a value!
Dang, a beige Model with a square badge. That's quite odd. Maybe they re-used an old mold used with the square badge industrials.
Lexmark Model M... needs a good cleaning, but hey, it has a novelty fake key stuck on with putty! Only $44 for 12 months
https://www.ebay.com/itm/113733829161?ul_noapp=true
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AVID-DEKO-FAST-ACTION-KEYBOARD/333046836409?hash=item4d8b236cb9:g:a6UAAOSwYXpcENMb
This board was described as one of the best constructed mx boards ever. It should have vintage blacks. Maybe someone can talk the seller down on the price
Is it unfair? That seems like a really interesting board, and I'd be curious to see what the LCD is for. The price doesn't seem too unreasonable for such a massive and weird board.Yeah that shouldn't cost more than ~$100 (I see one on ebay now for $80+$20 shipping)and that is still kinda high, I bought one like 6 years ago for ~$60.
I tested the keyboard this last week on my office computer, and all keys function as designed. It felt great to be typing again on this classic keyboard...
I will vacuum the keyboard and wipe it down, but I don't want to take all the keys off to wash them individually... You can see this was well used and the keys are dirty. I have reduced the starting price accordingly.
QTY-1 LOGITECH S-2Y50 SK6300 CORDLESS RARE KEYBOARD PC COMPATIBLE LOT #13
https://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-1-LOGITECH-S-2Y50-SK6300-CORDLESS-RARE-KEYBOARD-PC-COMPATIBLE-LOT-13/371759264578
I guess the cord is just for display purposes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-QWERTY-1-Key-PS-2-KEYBOARD-MODEL-KB-7953-E1897/303436814302?hash=item46a63e57de:g:iv4AAOSwz1peFU2~
Here we have a single key from a KB-7953 for 40 bucks.
Nevermind that I can literally buy the complete KEYBOARD for half that price if I really want it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-QWERTY-1-Key-PS-2-KEYBOARD-MODEL-KB-7953-E1897/303436814302?hash=item46a63e57de:g:iv4AAOSwz1peFU2~
Here we have a single key from a KB-7953 for 40 bucks.
Nevermind that I can literally buy the complete KEYBOARD for half that price if I really want it.
How much crack did that guy smoke? This thread is gold. I feel I'll be adding to it the next time I see something like crappy old mid 2000s paper thin OEM budget computer cases being sold as "premium gamer" cases for $60 each. That guy got really offended when I told him those things aren't worth anything. Somebody must have taken him for a ride.
I can see the crack logic: "It's rare! old things yellow like books! It must be worth at least 100$, but I'll let it go for a steal."
Some people are also just desperate and are hoping to get a crazy ebay buyer, I have sold something on Ebay that didn't make sense to go for as much as they did, that is a once in a blue moon thing, but this sort of auction may be courting that kind of buyer.
Yeah, they yellow, just like my 100-year-old book on the history of England that's worth like $10. I wonder if the idea was to post the 2 key once some lucky person snatched up the 1. The cases I actually saw on Facebook marketplace, and some of them were Dell, so you had to go, " ... are those even ATX?"
ugh, facebook marketplace is like the craigslist of craigslist to me, I stay far away, unless it's something REALLY special. I've bought two things on Facebook marketplace and had a strange time with both, so I keep it as a last resort option. (IBM 5251 for 300 dollars converted to USB cleaned and perfect, and it'll also give me a massage every evening? maybe... later...)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-model-F-122-FULLY-restored-new-foam-soarers-converter-ANSI-mod-EXTRAS/324050800899?hash=item4b72eed103:g:wAUAAOSwTz1eKTtS
a model F 122, ANSI modded, for hold on here...
1500 bucks!
For the price of a car you can have a lovingly catered to F122, that has IBM wheelwriter keycaps. (Sorta neat, pretty useless otherwise)
It has a soarers converter thrown in.
He has also inserted a "Code" key next to the space bar, that has a questionable utility.
I mean, I like this keyboard, but I'd like a car for the same price better.
Wow, nice. I have never seen a beamspring board in person.
I have paid even less than that for cars. lol.
Wow, nice. I have never seen a beamspring board in person.
I have paid even less than that for cars. lol.
I was being facetious, I meant, if I found such a thing on Facebook Marketplace, I'd still probably not buy it, due to how unsavory and poor transactions have gone on there for me.
I've paid less too, and gotten ALOT more out of them than this.
Same here, I log into my Facebook maybe once a month in case a far flung relation has a question for me, or REALLY needs to tell me something in a semi-private way.
Otherwise my facebook has been rotting for years now.
I can't wait until it's dead, I'll have the last reason I need to finally be rid of it.
You've already got every reason to be rid of it. What do they need to message you on Facebook, of all things, for? lol
I'll have the last reason I need to finally be rid of it.
I completely agree with this.
I'll have the last reason I need to finally be rid of it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37830765-ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37830765-ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now)
F AT with no badge at all for $350 anybody? lol
VERY RAREgreat IBM Model F AT 84 Key keyboard , Buckling Spring Clicky keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RAREgreat-IBM-Model-F-AT-84-Key-keyboard-Buckling-Spring-Clicky-keyboard/184201774942?hash=item2ae348075e:g:C1EAAOSwfF1eZDkr)
It is "VERY RAREgreat" afterall.
Mod edit: fixed link so I could click it
Was half expecting 'no badge' to be a selling point but at least it wasn't. It does look nice and clean...
And for something completely different, just what everyone needs: a bicycle 'mustache' (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bicycle-Mustache/153863627703?hash=item23d2fca3b7:g:VTYAAOSwU2BeQbxm) :))
Anybody up for paying new Model F prices for a run-of-the-mill Model M with some ratty old foam?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Rare-IBM-Model-M-1391580-Clicky-Buckling-Keyboard-1987-Original-Package-SFC/273997794361?hash=item3fcb8a8c39:g:NyAAAOSw7Yhdcx0B:sc:USPSPriority!53090!US!-1 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Rare-IBM-Model-M-1391580-Clicky-Buckling-Keyboard-1987-Original-Package-SFC/273997794361?hash=item3fcb8a8c39:g:NyAAAOSw7Yhdcx0B:sc:USPSPriority!53090!US!-1)
There were quite a few Model Ms up there priced with the random F XTs that nobody wants already. There's even one thrown up in front of an old IBM 5150, probably to try to make people think it is older than it is.
this late in it's life,
REALLY wanting one right now
this late in it's life,
REALLY wanting one right now
They're not going to become more plentiful.
PS - re-coiling a cable is pretty easy
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82202.msg2832586#msg2832586 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82202.msg2832586#msg2832586)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bloomberg-Terminal-Chiclet-Keyboard/223959177794
2000$ for a chiclet keyboard.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bloomberg-Terminal-Chiclet-Keyboard/223959177794
2000$ for a chiclet keyboard.
You would think it would be a brand new Apple product at that price. I bet it feels better than a Macbook Pro "keyboard" at least.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bloomberg-Terminal-Chiclet-Keyboard/223959177794
2000$ for a chiclet keyboard.
You would think it would be a brand new Apple product at that price. I bet it feels better than a Macbook Pro "keyboard" at least.
It took courage (Keyboard courage?) to remove all sense of travel from their keyboard. So much courage that they've removed it in all the new models coming out.
As we all know, the most important thing in computing is making sure that the computer is at least as thin as a piece of paper, and have a battery that will last 20 years on a single charge. Sacrifices must be made.
As we all know, the most important thing in computing is making sure that the computer is at least as thin as a piece of paper, and have a battery that will last 20 years on a single charge. Sacrifices must be made.
Comfort? Who cares when your mac boots THIS fast!
Oh to make room for more SSD, we removed the remaining ports, usb is going to be taken over by bluetooth anyway. >:D
(I remember having a colleague who earnestly believed that, and whenever he pulled out his bluetooth connected "thumb drive" we'd benchmark it, this happened three times, and he always had an excuse for why it was going bluetooth speed, instead of you know, USB speed.)
As we all know, the most important thing in computing is making sure that the computer is at least as thin as a piece of paper, and have a battery that will last 20 years on a single charge. Sacrifices must be made.
Comfort? Who cares when your mac boots THIS fast!
Oh to make room for more SSD, we removed the remaining ports, usb is going to be taken over by bluetooth anyway. >:D
(I remember having a colleague who earnestly believed that, and whenever he pulled out his bluetooth connected "thumb drive" we'd benchmark it, this happened three times, and he always had an excuse for why it was going bluetooth speed, instead of you know, USB speed.)
There are bluetooth flash drives? :eek: Why? Just why? That sounds like the worst possible application for that technology. Pairing with new devices is a pain ... and transfers. No thanks.
As we all know, the most important thing in computing is making sure that the computer is at least as thin as a piece of paper, and have a battery that will last 20 years on a single charge. Sacrifices must be made.
Comfort? Who cares when your mac boots THIS fast!
Oh to make room for more SSD, we removed the remaining ports, usb is going to be taken over by bluetooth anyway. >:D
(I remember having a colleague who earnestly believed that, and whenever he pulled out his bluetooth connected "thumb drive" we'd benchmark it, this happened three times, and he always had an excuse for why it was going bluetooth speed, instead of you know, USB speed.)
There are bluetooth flash drives? :eek: Why? Just why? That sounds like the worst possible application for that technology. Pairing with new devices is a pain ... and transfers. No thanks.
It didn't take off, I'm not really surprise as to why. It was meant to be connected to phones to add space, but when that space is SOOOOO SLOOOWWWWW, no-one wanted it even for that. If I recall it was like 150 something for 32 GB's around 7 years ago, which makes that price only a little less rediculous.
He had some very interesting beliefs when it came to computers, I felt like only because he just had to see the "conspiracy since of things." He loved Internet explorer over firefox, but not chrome, he was a Mac guy, who loved Powerpc, and thought the Intel craze was a temporary stop on the way to ARM. (He might be right about that.) And thought that Dvorak typing was pretentious, which didn't make sense to me, because I don't think he knew anyone who typed in Dvorak. :(
He's an Apple guy, that's the only thing you had to say. lol. Those abominations they tried to pass off as storage are a solution to a problem that should never have existed. I will literally never buy a phone that doesn't have an accessible micro SD card slot. I'm not going to flush hundreds down the toilet to some greedy corporation over a few extra gigabytes of internal storage, which they have hiked in that way specifically because they can when they refuse to give you optionally upgradeable storage.
Wait, so he liked Chrome the most, Internet Explorer next, and then Firefox? I'm exactly the opposite. At least Internet Explorer didn't break itself on a daily basis, back when it was still maintained. I suppose that PowerPC had a chance of taking over once, although that was always going to be an uphill battle against X86's software support and adoption rates. I don't think Arm will ever take over though, especially if they just keep using it in tiny embedded systems. Desktop computers aren't going anywhere. Arm would need to take over the desktop and laptop market with vastly superior performance, and become fully supported by M$, or Windows would have to be supplanted by Linux. That's a lot of ifs.
He's a PPC Apple fanatic, buying nonsensical technological dead end bluetooth devices in order to work around Apple's arbitrary/greedy business practices, but Dvorak is pretentious. Alright, buddy. lol. I bet he's got 20 different dongles for his new iPhone and Macbook Pro.
I would love to meet this guy. I would have a field day.
He's an Apple guy, that's the only thing you had to say. lol. Those abominations they tried to pass off as storage are a solution to a problem that should never have existed. I will literally never buy a phone that doesn't have an accessible micro SD card slot. I'm not going to flush hundreds down the toilet to some greedy corporation over a few extra gigabytes of internal storage, which they have hiked in that way specifically because they can when they refuse to give you optionally upgradeable storage.
Wait, so he liked Chrome the most, Internet Explorer next, and then Firefox? I'm exactly the opposite. At least Internet Explorer didn't break itself on a daily basis, back when it was still maintained. I suppose that PowerPC had a chance of taking over once, although that was always going to be an uphill battle against X86's software support and adoption rates. I don't think Arm will ever take over though, especially if they just keep using it in tiny embedded systems. Desktop computers aren't going anywhere. Arm would need to take over the desktop and laptop market with vastly superior performance, and become fully supported by M$, or Windows would have to be supplanted by Linux. That's a lot of ifs.
He's a PPC Apple fanatic, buying nonsensical technological dead end bluetooth devices in order to work around Apple's arbitrary/greedy business practices, but Dvorak is pretentious. Alright, buddy. lol. I bet he's got 20 different dongles for his new iPhone and Macbook Pro.
I would love to meet this guy. I would have a field day.
I hope for your sake you never have to, he was one of those "artsy" types that went into IT, because it couldn't that hard, he used a mac everyday. Now that doesn't take away from Mac users, I've met some very capable IT's that were Mac only at home; but this guy certainly didn't help their case at all. He had stopped learning about computers YEARS ago and sat on that knowledge convinced he had learned everything, in a field that prides itself on ever-changing. He would make stupid arrogant decisions that would shoot us all in the foot, and never take responsibility (E.G. image computers in a different older method because "It just worked back then" And then pretend it was an accident to our bosses.) but he would never stop yelling if something happened that made him look bad, most of the bosses didn't want to deal with him, and none ever grew a spine to just fire the guy.
I don't miss him at all. ;D
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-71G4644-Model-M-keyboard-TESTED/193393555927?epid=74113138&hash=item2d072779d7:g:siUAAOSwS6ZaxBmc
Here's a rubber dome Model M for the price of a really nice mint Buckling spring model.
I mean even if you are the biggest fan of the Rubber Dome M, You can get it mint for half this price.
Here's a rubber dome Model M
Are there fans of rubber dome Ms?
Here's a rubber dome Model M
Are there fans of rubber dome Ms?
There are times that you need a less-than-excellent keyboard (eg taking it to a workplace that is not particularly safe or clean) and these are arguably the best rubber domes out there with such a nice solid sturdy case and form. I recently spent a couple of years at a job that I did not want to take one of my "good" mechanicals to, so I used an IBM KB-8923 (in black, too, so it didn't look like a dinosaur).
A few years ago I bought RD M for about $12-$15 assuming that I could use the key caps, but I found out that they are not compatible so I sold it for what I had paid. Do note that almost everything else is interchangeable, including, if I remember correctly, case, plates, membranes, controllers, etc. You should verify that, but it does make it worthwhile to snag one if you see it for cheap.
I have a couple of 8923s and at least one Dell Quiet Key (old ones not made in China) just for "hazardous" environmental use.
I got myself a Rubber Dome Model M, since I wanted one to round out the collection and the price on them is so good. (50 bucks gets you a mint perfect condition one most of the time. and you can spend less if you are willing to clean it.)
I got it for work, and was using it at work before COVID hit, and then I got a soft touch Model M which is miraculously even quieter.
I would say if you ever get the chance Maledicted, you should give a rubber dome Model M a shot. It's the best Rubber dome you'll find. (I don't know Topre, so I'm not counting them here, they may be amazing from what I hear.) Very snappy, very tactile, and pretty quiet. May not change your mind, but it's not your average RD.
That said the soft touch Model M I have is somehow even quieter, and Buckling spring so it's going into the office.
Still, point being, Maybe years from now this sort of price will make sense, but not now. Save your money (Potential reader) and get the same thing for half the cost.
I mean...that's not hideously overpriced.
It definitely is not a great deal, but soon it'll go down to maybe 375, and a tested working Model F AT with a converter already done has a market at that price for impatient people who just heard the Model F is the best and have money to burn, even if it's done shabbily.
a great way to start the next generation of keyboard enthusiasts
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/gpd205/ustx_h_matias_tactile_pro_20_alps_skbm_grey_w/
Matias Tactile Pro 2.0 with highly used Alps clones - ****ing $390! IS THIS GUY INSANE
At least it's not some old, yellow rubber dome board for $50
I’m just gonna put this here.
Maybe a way to move money that is otherwise not possible? Google search shows that the limit on price for one item on Amazon is 10k. 🤷♂️