Lately I've been obsessing over M13s .. happened to find these:
M13 #1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425154313?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fdcf09)
M13 #2 (http://http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425157804?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fddcac)
Don't know if the price is good or not but figured I'd post them anyway :)
(and my first post on this forum as well (I've been lurking some lately) :)
Depends on what they go for, they can get crazy towards the end. I should have got one when some where available a while back but missed out. I went another direction and got one of the below and like it, although I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. I'm so hooked on thinkpad style keyboards that this is pretty good, not perfect but pretty good. That isn't to say I won't get an M13 if the right deal comes along, :biggrin:.Show Image(http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/thinkpad_usb_keyboard_with_trackpoint.jpg)
Lately I've been obsessing over M13s .. happened to find these:
M13 #1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425154313?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fdcf09)
M13 #2 (http://http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425157804?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fddcac)
Don't know if the price is good or not but figured I'd post them anyway :)
(and my first post on this forum as well (I've been lurking some lately) :)
Cool find, been obsessing over these too since I got my endurapro. Also first post and lurker.
The M13s are really not all that great (especially for such insane prices). People buy them mainly 'cause they're black. Well, I LIKE VINTAGE BEIGE! MOAR BEIGE MOAR BEIGE.
That's funny ... I recently bought an endura pro as well because at the time I couldn't find an M13. I'm curious what you think of yours. I love that it's buckling spring but have a few issues with it. At first I really didn't like the trackpoint but I'm getting used to it. And it doesn't sound like an M. But I think what bugs me the most is it's shape .. It's just not the same as the M..
Anyway .. Looking forward to using an M13 soon :)
"Once you go black..."
M13s kick ass. If those somehow end at their starting bids someone will be very lucky and very happy.
Meh.
Why's a NeXT so cool beside other equal-age computers? Because it's black.
Black with silver trim is the best way to go.
That looks nice. I like the thinkpad keyboards -- but the touchpad is so ANNOYING; which is why I disabled it. But I still don't like the recess. So those are really good, never seen them like that though.
Meh.
Why's a NeXT so cool beside other equal-age computers? Because it's black.
Black with silver trim is the best way to go.
That's funny ... I recently bought an endura pro as well because at the time I couldn't find an M13. I'm curious what you think of yours. I love that it's buckling spring but have a few issues with it. At first I really didn't like the trackpoint but I'm getting used to it. And it doesn't sound like an M. But I think what bugs me the most is it's shape .. It's just not the same as the M..
Anyway .. Looking forward to using an M13 soon :)
That looks nice. I like the thinkpad keyboards -- but the touchpad is so ANNOYING; which is why I disabled it. But I still don't like the recess. So those are really good, never seen them like that though.
That looks nice. I like the thinkpad keyboards -- but the touchpad is so ANNOYING; which is why I disabled it. But I still don't like the recess. So those are really good, never seen them like that though.
I haven't used a single Thinkpad with a trashpad and I'm proud of it.
I bet I can disable any touchpad with a chain saw.Don't think it didn't occur to me, :smile:. Might have done if I had owned that one. I tried opening it to see if there was something I could unplug to disable it but nothing I tried that way worked. I have no doubt there is some hardware way to disable it but nothing I could identify. Maybe there is a software approach I missed. Also googled up a creative guy who had solved the same problem by cutting a thin plastic cover to fit out of an empty pasta container or something and physically covering thereby blocking it from working, so might have tried that. But I decided to pass and ended up getting the one without the touchpad.
Lately I've been obsessing over M13s .. happened to find these:
M13 #1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425154313?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fdcf09)
M13 #2 (http://http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-model-M-TRACKPOINT-so-makes-M13-/140425157804?cmd=ViewItem&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item20b1fddcac)
Don't know if the price is good or not but figured I'd post them anyway :)
(and my first post on this forum as well (I've been lurking some lately) :)
This white BIN M13 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-IBM-PS-2-Keyboard-Built-Mouse-/390208089734?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ada36ee86) might be a better deal cause I suspect the ones you linked to will run up well above that price in the last minutes & seconds.Show Image(http://i.ebayimg.com/04/%21Bm9J+u%21BGk%7E$%28KGrHqQOKkIEtlS2hq8mBLhi7nuofg%7E%7E_3.JPG)
And the beige versions are a lot more rare, mostly black versions were made.
Unfortunately I hadn't read the description earlier and would probably scare me off - "You are buying a Vintage IBM keyboard with a built in Mouse into the keypad I have only tested the keyboard part I could not get the mouse to work but maybe it doesn't like windows xp computers because thats what I tested it on. Looks to be in really clean shape. This is a PS/2 Model is M13 82G3281 Made in 1994. Please email me any other questions will be sold as described.".
Unfortunately I hadn't read the description earlier and would probably scare me off - "You are buying a Vintage IBM keyboard with a built in Mouse into the keypad I have only tested the keyboard part I could not get the mouse to work but maybe it doesn't like windows xp computers because thats what I tested it on. Looks to be in really clean shape. This is a PS/2 Model is M13 82G3281 Made in 1994. Please email me any other questions will be sold as described.".
Another thing interesting is that the camera says 2001 for the photo. The camera's date could be wrong... but still.
...which is BS, because it's a 100% standard PS/2 pointing device and will work on all systems so-supporting (Windows 3.1 through 7 being a good way to put it).Probably so.
Assuming the TP is either broken or a ribbon is disconnected/torn.
Another thing interesting is that the camera says 2001 for the photo. The camera's date could be wrong... but still.I find it relatively rare, in general, that folks have their camera clocks set correctly. But it is odd that it would be right there so bold and obvious, and wrong.
Unfortunately I hadn't read the description earlier and would probably scare me off - "You are buying a Vintage IBM keyboard with a built in Mouse into the keypad I have only tested the keyboard part I could not get the mouse to work but maybe it doesn't like windows xp computers because thats what I tested it on. Looks to be in really clean shape. This is a PS/2 Model is M13 82G3281 Made in 1994. Please email me any other questions will be sold as described.".
Yeah I saw that one too but I just figured the trackpoint was broken and passed it up. If only I'd known 15 years ago I was going to want these today I could have stocked up :). Of course they probably cost as much or more new...