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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: didjamatic on Tue, 18 May 2010, 16:49:39

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: didjamatic on Tue, 18 May 2010, 16:49:39

Here's an M5-2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-VINTAGE-IBM-CLICKY-KEYBOARD-M5-2-TRACKBALL-MOUSE-/130392594748?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item1e5c01193c#ht_528wt_1137) for $20

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: kishy on Tue, 18 May 2010, 16:52:34

What's the expected going price for an M5-2?

I think mine was like $26 but it didn't have M5-2 in the title so it was probably missed by otherwise interested people.

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: kishy on Tue, 18 May 2010, 17:06:33

$50 doesn't sound unreasonable, $80 is probably pushing it, but then if you want something you'll pay more for it usually.

6 days left on this one, curious to see where it ends.

I've given some thought to starting a wiki article for known keyboard prices, but there are so many keyboards it'd be difficult to do. It would however provide people with a sort of rough price they should aim for, kind of like a Kelley Blue Book (http://www.kbb.com/) for keyboards.

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: iMav on Tue, 18 May 2010, 17:25:13

I'd verify that it has buckling springs.  Most of these that show up on eBay seems to be "quiet touch".

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: Oqsy on Tue, 18 May 2010, 21:40:32

Bid placed.  Thanks for the heads up :D

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: kishy on Tue, 18 May 2010, 21:42:32

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9243/subcatid/0/id/292842

It's buckling spring.

If anyone has a rubber dome one they don't want, please consider parting out trackball assembly to me.

Also worth noting: this listing is including both the dual PS/2 and AT/serial cable. Latter, I believe, is quite uncommon but virtually useless to most people here now...if buyer doesn't want it please consider sending to someone who will get genuine use out of it, myself. Picture is very unclear on connectors, looks like two dual PS/2, but listing text says otherwise. Keyboard p/n originally shipped with AT cable.

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 19 May 2010, 05:26:39

Quote from: iMav;183772

I'd verify that it has buckling springs.  Most of these that show up on eBay seems to be "quiet touch".

Unicomp only.

The seller's shipping calculator is ****ed - it reckons it costs half the price to ship to Ireland compared to the US... If I was a ****, I'd bid on it and hold him to it.

I'd be interested in seeing one of these mythical Serial/DIN SDL cables...

Title: Model M5-2
Post by: kishy on Wed, 19 May 2010, 12:47:51

Quote from: ch_123;184038

Unicomp only.

The seller's shipping calculator is ****ed - it reckons it costs half the price to ship to Ireland compared to the US... If I was a ****, I'd bid on it and hold him to it.

I'd be interested in seeing one of these mythical Serial/DIN SDL cables...

A seller in the US once set the shipping rate on a small item to "free" (which is very distinctly different to setting no rate and requiring you to contact them for the shipping cost). When I paid the total (purchase price only, the only thing I was required to pay since he set the rate to free) he threatened to file a non paying buyer thing. I kindly informed him that they'd tell him I did pay since he set the rate to free...

RE: weird cable, photo suggests it's including two dual PS/2 ones. Might wanna message to confirm, maybe the photo isn't theirs or something.