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Offline ozar

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« on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 15:31:21 »
Three more spacesavers just went onto the list:

http://search.ebay.com/140305035112 $125

http://search.ebay.com/140305029029 $85

http://search.ebay.com/130291058066 $65

Hope it's a good deal for someone.
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Offline skriefal

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 15:44:55 »
And from a good seller, too...
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:03:27 »
Looks like someone already nabbed the $85 one.
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Offline lal

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:15:16 »
Yeah, I got the $85 one. I was looking for a second mini since some time and this seems to be a good deal. Hope it really is "like brand new"...
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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:21:56 »
The '91 is still left. Looks like a great deal at around $75 with the shipping....
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:26:25 »
All three gone already.

Hope everyone here that wanted one, got it.  :)
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Offline bigpook

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:37:38 »
That is something else. I am glad that I am not the only one that goes bat**** over the model m mini : )
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:49:57 »
I got the UK layout one!
Any one got any info on the part number I can not find mention of it.
IBM 1392980
And how does it differ from my Unicomp one?
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Offline lal

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:51:33 »
Oh, and ozar: Thanks a lot for the hint! Much appreciated.

And for everyone else looking for a NIB mini, check comptekw2k regularly. He/She seems to have found a truck of them and lists them one after another. No BIN though.

I myself will avoid the "ebay finds" forum for some time now :)
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 16:53:46 »
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Offline wheel83

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 17:42:05 »
how can u be sure the model m minis have the 2 piece keycaps ?
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 02 March 2009, 18:17:54 »
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I got the UK layout one!
Any one got any info on the part number I can not find mention of it.
IBM 1392980
And how does it differ from my Unicomp one?

Interesting... I can't find much on that model number either.  You might want to do some fast research and if it's not what you thought it was, check with the seller and see if you can stop the shipping, or trade it for one of the other models that just went up.

If I find more on the model in question, I'll post back.
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 07:09:55 »
Thanks ozar.
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Offline dw_junon

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 11:51:45 »
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http://search.ebay.com/130291058066
That's extraordinary...

An 85 key spacesaver, with blue IBM logo, and part number 1392980.

I was under the impression that IBM never made 85 key spacesavers (Unicomp certainly did, however), never found a reference.

Searching the announcement letter archive at http://www.ibm.com/news/usalet , P/N 1392980 shows up in letter 187-132 introducing the 3151 ASCII terminal to the US.  It is clearly referenced as an 84 key board.

This letter is from 1987, and the label on the bottom of that 'board claims 1991.  The blue logo was not in use until a few years later, and Unicomp had no need to exist since IBM were still producing keyboards in-house at this point, though probably (AFAIK) not an 85 key spacesaver.

Alexander Kurz of kbdbabel has the 3151's keyboard sorted, it uses Scan Code Set 3 (only) with some quirks (IIRC), so chances are it would not work on the average PC.  And yet the seller mentions that the keyboard is "fully tested and is in perfect working order".

My guess is that this is a two way, possibly three way, hybrid.  Fascinating.
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Cherry G80-2100 AT black Cherry 126 key German ISO unique • Compaq Enhanced III PS/2 unknown rubber dome 102 UK ISO
Datacomp DFK102ARA03 AT 102 blue ALPS? US/Arabic FCC ID blank, S/N 37880001 • Dell AT102W PS/2 Black ALPS 105 UK ISO x2
Fujitsu KFB4725-102 AT membrane rubber dome with spring 105 UK ISO • Hewlett Packard C1405A AT rubber dome 102 UK ISO
IBM 0989705 XT/AT no LEDs Model M 102 US/Arabic  • IBM 1388076 Industrial AT Model M 102 UK ISO
IBM 1389260 3179/3180 Display Station Model M 122 US 3270 x2 • IBM 1391406 PS/2 Model M 102 UK ISO x2
IBM 1397003 PS/2 Model M "Host Connect" emulator 122 German ISO • IBM 71G4643 PS/2 Model M Quiet Touch "Ouch!    Rubber spring" 102 UK ISO x2
IBM 5640987 3178 Display Station Model C2 capacitive buckling spring 87 key US 3270 • IBM 556-712-01 RT PC rubber dome [same as 2nd PCjr kbd?] 101 US
IBM 6450225 PC/AT capacitive buckling spring 84 key UK PC/AT • Lexmark 8125460 Model M2 102 UK ISO
NMB RT-102 117456-002 AT Hi-Tek black, clicky 102 UK ISO • Olivetti ANK 2462 M24 Personal Computer keyboard 2 clicky Olivetti spring module 102 UK unique
Ortek MCK-142Pro AT white ALPS 142 key UK • Sun 540-1006-03 Type unknown linear(?) keyswitch 2 87 key SunType2
Wang 724 725-3771-UK salmon ALPS 110 key UK Wang724 • Making this list hasn\'t half scared me...
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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 12:10:28 »
Could've simply been a 1392980 converted to 85-key (only needs one additional BS module, and one to be moved,) and then with a controller from a regular SpaceSaver installed.

Crack this board open for internal shots, though... sometimes P/N stickers are on the steel plate...
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 12:29:46 »
It would probably be a good idea for lam47 to get in touch with the seller to find out what equipment the board was fully tested on, and also to make sure all the components actually belong to that particular model M.  It would be a real bummer to pay $65 plus shipping only to receive a board that wouldn't work with a PC.
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Offline lal

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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 13:03:50 »
My guess would be that it's just the 1392980 case with sticker around another (newer?) inner assembly?
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 13:07:57 »
That's why I suggested cracking it open, the label on the inner assembly should reveal all...
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #18 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 13:16:39 »
I have asked sandy and he thinks the number 2 on the back in the model number looks a bit odd.
I can only find terminal boards with this number.
But they had an attached cable.
I have emailed the seller to be sure he tested it on a normal PC
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Offline lal

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« Reply #19 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 14:20:32 »
I got a message that mine is on its way to DE. Wish you luck with yours, Laurie!
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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 14:51:57 »
I should have clarified; my guess is that it's the lower housing of a 1392980, the complete internals of a Unicomp UNI04C6 (IBM 1394054?) and upper housing either from the same UNI04C6 or from a later 84 key space saver due to the blue label, for which 1991 is too early.

With regard to detachable cables (funny, Star Wars V springs to mind...), I recently swapped the cases of Greenock 1391406 (buckler, detachable) and 71G4643 (all domes, fixed), and each fitted just fine in each other's, so keeps that possibility open, and is further evidence that it's not an original 1392980.

With regards an extra key being added by someone other than Unicomp, even knowing that it would be viable takes a special level of dedication and so seems highly unlikely for anyone other than us lot to do.  And it would have been converting away from what I figured was the preferred standard US preference of a nice long left shift key.

In any case, hopefully the seller is being honest about functionality.

Indeed, pictures of the insides would be especially interesting!
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Cherry G80-2100 AT black Cherry 126 key German ISO unique • Compaq Enhanced III PS/2 unknown rubber dome 102 UK ISO
Datacomp DFK102ARA03 AT 102 blue ALPS? US/Arabic FCC ID blank, S/N 37880001 • Dell AT102W PS/2 Black ALPS 105 UK ISO x2
Fujitsu KFB4725-102 AT membrane rubber dome with spring 105 UK ISO • Hewlett Packard C1405A AT rubber dome 102 UK ISO
IBM 0989705 XT/AT no LEDs Model M 102 US/Arabic  • IBM 1388076 Industrial AT Model M 102 UK ISO
IBM 1389260 3179/3180 Display Station Model M 122 US 3270 x2 • IBM 1391406 PS/2 Model M 102 UK ISO x2
IBM 1397003 PS/2 Model M "Host Connect" emulator 122 German ISO • IBM 71G4643 PS/2 Model M Quiet Touch "Ouch!    Rubber spring" 102 UK ISO x2
IBM 5640987 3178 Display Station Model C2 capacitive buckling spring 87 key US 3270 • IBM 556-712-01 RT PC rubber dome [same as 2nd PCjr kbd?] 101 US
IBM 6450225 PC/AT capacitive buckling spring 84 key UK PC/AT • Lexmark 8125460 Model M2 102 UK ISO
NMB RT-102 117456-002 AT Hi-Tek black, clicky 102 UK ISO • Olivetti ANK 2462 M24 Personal Computer keyboard 2 clicky Olivetti spring module 102 UK unique
Ortek MCK-142Pro AT white ALPS 142 key UK • Sun 540-1006-03 Type unknown linear(?) keyswitch 2 87 key SunType2
Wang 724 725-3771-UK salmon ALPS 110 key UK Wang724 • Making this list hasn\'t half scared me...
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 03 March 2009, 16:28:27 »
And I will post them as soon as it gets to me.
I am intrigued.
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Offline lal

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« Reply #22 on: Sun, 15 March 2009, 13:32:49 »
The  1391472 has arrived this weekend and it's really really nice.  Brian O'Neill is recommended!

Laurie, have you received yours already?
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #23 on: Mon, 16 March 2009, 11:47:02 »
Hey Lal.
Mine is not here yet no.
I have been tracking it but now its in the UK the tracking seems to have stopped.
Im sure it will be here soon though.
They chap was very nice and helpful and I too would recommend him.

How about some pictures of yours lal whilst I wait :)
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Offline lal

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« Reply #24 on: Mon, 16 March 2009, 12:11:27 »
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Hey Lal.
Mine is not here yet no.
I have been tracking it but now its in the UK the tracking seems to have stopped.


Mine had been trapped in customs for five days!  Unbelievable.  And they let me pay an additional 20€ VAT for this 20 years old piece of computer junk!  ;)

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How about some pictures of yours lal whilst I wait :)


Here you go. They're not very nice though. Crappy light conditions.  Wish you good luck with your ISO mini! :)
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Offline lal

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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 16 March 2009, 12:40:15 »
That would explain it, webwit.  Still annoying.  On the other hand you get more time for excitement. "Vorfreude ist die schφnste Freude" as we say here :)
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« Reply #26 on: Tue, 17 March 2009, 18:12:01 »
Looks like mine should come tomorrow.
I will of course open it and take some shots of the inside so we can work out exactly what it is :)
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