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Offline lowpoly

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Will my Model M yellow?
« on: Wed, 07 May 2008, 03:21:02 »
Hi,

when I got my 1992 model m a year ago it was like a new keyboard. It still doesn't show any signs of yellowing. I just realized that it might have been in storage all the time thus avoiding all the bad UV rays.

I'm not going to use it for some time now. Will it yellow if I keep it out in the open? Or did IBM use superior plastic?

Thanks.
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Offline rnak92a

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 07 May 2008, 09:10:44 »
I've a 1988 Model M (part #1391401) that I use daily.  It receives moderate amounts of sunlight and hasn't yellowed at all.  I'll post pictures of it if you'd like.

I'd not worry about your keyboard yellowing.

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Offline Mikecase00

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 07 May 2008, 10:30:16 »
I've seen a lot of M's and I've yet to see one with significant yellowing.
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 07 May 2008, 10:52:43 »
Great, thanks.

I was thinking of this one here on clickykeyboards.com:

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9246/subcatid/0/id/334292

But it's probably just the light.
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Offline jemkeys

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 07 May 2008, 11:48:23 »
Well, mine isn't that bad... but I did buy mine used and it does have some yellowing.  Certainly not as white as a new one was.  

I wouldn't recommend exposing it to sunlight if it's at all possible not to.  I have many video game consoles that were ruined by even minimal sunlight (japanese white saturn, SNES, dreamcast).
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 08 May 2008, 10:04:35 »
OK, I better play it safe then. Thanks.
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Offline iMav

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Will my Model M yellow?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 08 May 2008, 10:18:43 »
Here is a brand new one (assembled last fall) compared to one assembled in 1993 and one assembled in 1991:

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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 08 May 2008, 12:29:01 »
Not much of a difference. Thanks, iMav.
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Offline Bluemercury

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 08 May 2008, 15:14:41 »
Quote from: iMav;4499
Here is a brand new one (assembled last fall) compared to one assembled in 1993 and one assembled in 1991:

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wow three spacesavers? whanna sell one?lol Or better trade one with a ibm model m5-1? :P
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« Reply #9 on: Fri, 09 May 2008, 04:00:15 »
put some armor all on it
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