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just_add_coffee:
--- Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 17 August 2017, 21:55:15 ---
AND they replaced the green LEDs with blue - don't forget that!
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As well as cleaning and bolt-modding it, along with a new membrane and a warranty. I think it looks rather nice as well.
ander:
--- Quote from: just_add_coffee on Fri, 18 August 2017, 17:29:24 ---
--- Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 17 August 2017, 21:55:15 ---
AND they replaced the green LEDs with blue - don't forget that!
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As well as cleaning and bolt-modding it, along with a new membrane and a warranty. I think it looks rather nice as well.
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Yes, it looks great. Except that it's not a real Industrial Model M, but a kind of simulation of one.
ander:
Wow!! Check this out:
IBM 1391240 RARE VINTAGE CLICKY MODEL M KEYBOARD WITH PS/2 CABLE WITH WARRANTY
As you know, the elusive Model M p/n 1391240 not only has an Esc key that says "ESC Reset", but also has a tiny letter T on its logo badge:
...two remarkable distinctions that undoubtedly make it worth its BIN price of $275 + shipping! :?)
just_add_coffee:
--- Quote from: ander on Sat, 19 August 2017, 18:42:06 ---Yes, it looks great. Except that it's not a real Industrial Model M, but a kind of simulation of one.
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It's not trying to be a "real" Industrial Model M. Certainly not at that price and with the original label on the back.
ander:
--- Quote from: just_add_coffee on Sun, 20 August 2017, 00:29:33 ---
--- Quote from: ander on Sat, 19 August 2017, 18:42:06 ---Yes, it looks great. Except that it's not a real Industrial Model M, but a kind of simulation of one.
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It's not trying to be a "real" Industrial Model M. Certainly not at that price and with the original label on the back.
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But... but... [sounds of flusterment]
"Real" Industrials—that is, those that don't look like Industrials that have never existed—go for considerably less than this, not more.
And as I pointed out, the "original" label on the back of this was no label—not a plate label, which would never be seen on the back of any M, ever.
But wait a minute, look more closely at the photos... The seller didn't just put a plate label on the back of the case; they also put a case label (from, I'm guessing, the non-Industrial M the inner parts came from) on the plate. Too weird! Er, I mean, just another thing that makes this such an incredible value [ahem] !
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