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Title: Excellent IBM parts
Post by: ander on Sat, 03 November 2018, 00:40:25: Some excellent classic IBM, er, hardware for your perusal:

Vintage IBM 5291 Computer with IBM Keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5291-Computer-with-IBM-Keyboard/302943963888)

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I'm sure you'll agree, this is a Great Find.
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: pixelpusher on Sat, 03 November 2018, 15:54:50: Quote from: ander on Sat, 03 November 2018, 00:40:25
Some excellent ~~boobs~~ vintage IBM hardware for your perusal:

Vintage IBM 5291 Computer with IBM Keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-5291-Computer-with-IBM-Keyboard/302943963888)

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I'm sure you'll agree, this is a Great Find.

+2
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: ander on Sun, 04 November 2018, 02:46:29: Quote from: pixelpusher on Sat, 03 November 2018, 15:54:50
+2

LOL
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 04 November 2018, 07:15:08: It made you share the link, so, yes, apparently it is effective.
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: ander on Mon, 05 November 2018, 22:13:14: Quote from: Findecanor on Sun, 04 November 2018, 07:15:08
It made you share the link, so, yes, apparently it is effective.

It was two Great Finds, actually.

Quote from: Findecanor on Sun, 04 November 2018, 07:15:08
Smoking is assault...

I agree! It's literally being forced to share someone's drug addiction. I wonder if the authorities would be more stringent if heroin users were also required to feed a bit of that junk to anyone who came within a certain distance of them.

Anyway, though, back to the matters at hand.
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: SamirD on Thu, 08 November 2018, 01:13:27: 'Whozits and Whazits" I'm assuming these are names, lol.
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: SamirD on Thu, 08 November 2018, 01:14:30: Hey, so about that terminal--what is it? And what would the switches be in that keyboard?
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: no, the other guy on Thu, 08 November 2018, 04:19:14: Is it called terminal because it ends in death?
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: SamirD on Thu, 08 November 2018, 11:39:22: Quote from: no, the other guy on Thu, 08 November 2018, 04:19:14
Is it called terminal because it ends in death?
Only if it falls on you like an anvil in a roadrunner cartoon. :D
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: no, the other guy on Thu, 08 November 2018, 11:40:32: I could imagine worse deaths.
Title: Re: Excellent IBM, er, parts
Post by: ander on Thu, 08 November 2018, 16:22:38: Quote from: SamirD on Thu, 08 November 2018, 01:13:27
'Whozits and Whazits" I'm assuming these are names, lol.

Maybe it's a sign of a new boob-naming trend... I hope so.

Quote from: SamirD on Thu, 08 November 2018, 01:14:30
Hey, so about that terminal--what is it? And what would the switches be in that keyboard?

Who cares?

Quote from: no, the other guy on Thu, 08 November 2018, 04:19:14
Is it called terminal because it ends in death?

They do remind me of those spring-loaded bumpers they have on train cars.

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Title: Re: Excellent IBM parts
Post by: pixelpusher on Thu, 08 November 2018, 16:30:34: Bust My Buffers!
Title: Re: Excellent IBM parts
Post by: ander on Thu, 08 November 2018, 16:57:01: Too toot—all aboard!
Title: Re: Excellent IBM parts
Post by: no, the other guy on Thu, 08 November 2018, 17:04:18: Women and children fir- oh, no, wait.