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Title: Found an IBM M15 with Numpad in a Dumpster
Post by: litster on Mon, 29 April 2019, 13:12:55

Haven't been posting much here.  But...

We do office moves at work often. When we do we put out dumpsters for us to recycle old hardware. I walked by one last week, and I saw a numpad and thought "this looks interesting..." I picked it up and it looked like a M15 numpad, and I thought "no way!" Then I dug deeper, and I found a full IBM M15 keyboard.

It is super filthy. I tested it and all keys are working. There are no cracks on the ball joint. Keyboard has all the rubber feet. The numpad is missing two rubber feet on the folded up legs which are not important. Cables are dirty but in good shape, no tear.

Will need to spend some time to clean it up.  I have never taken apart my first M15.  I will have to look it up before I do.


(https://i.imgur.com/87Dwz6n.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mE1XoD3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/p5JGsco.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oeQfg1I.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/B6rkbaK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/u8aHkgO.jpg)

Full gallery:
https://imgur.com/gallery/rrZqCAg

Title: Re: Found an IBM M15 with Numpad in a Dumpster
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 29 April 2019, 15:23:33

Nice.

Dumpster Options.

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Title: Re: Found an IBM M15 with Numpad in a Dumpster
Post by: Techno Trousers on Mon, 29 April 2019, 15:56:29

Jeebus H. That's a true dumpster dive find of the century.

Title: Re: Found an IBM M15 with Numpad in a Dumpster
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 12 May 2019, 21:55:13

Very nice!

Don't good example of these sell for $1000+?