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Title: Lexmark Model M's with AT-DIN connectors--Strange!
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 11 September 2010, 13:53:28

These guys are selling some Lexmark-branded Model M's (http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-1398601-Clicky-Keyboard-Lexmark-PC-/190436988124?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2c56edd4dc) with AT-DIN connectors. I never knew they made them like that after 1987.

Title: Lexmark Model M's with AT-DIN connectors--Strange!
Post by: didjamatic on Sat, 11 September 2010, 19:54:39

Those were made in 93, so I bet they are old stock cables they got from IBM when they bought out their stock.

Title: Lexmark Model M's with AT-DIN connectors--Strange!
Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 11 September 2010, 20:18:08

I don't think they're stock cables. The AT-DIN cables on the 1985-1987 Model M's were black, while these are identical to the 1987-1995 cables, except for the plug.

I think the story behind these is that Lexmark offered AT-DIN cables with their keyboards. A few M5-2 and M13 keyboards have been known to come with an AT/Serial cable. It's probably a similar situation here.