geekhack

geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: TexasFlood on Tue, 05 October 2010, 21:54:34

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 05 October 2010, 21:54:34

"Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR" (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-1393464-M-Clicky-Keyboard-SEP-1988-WORDSTAR-/290484292742?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs)
As of this post, 0 bids, 6days 21hours to do, starting bid $39.95 + $22.05 expedited shipping (to me).

Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Keyboard is in good working and cosmetic condition.
This is the older keyboard with the heavy dark lettering!
I think it has the Wordstar keytops! It is as good as it gets for a 20 year old keyboard.
Check pictures.  Has a couple of minor marks on the bottom. Warranted 7 days no doa.
The keystrokes are clean and crisp and the famous IBM "Clicky" sound lets you know it is quality all the way!

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562288_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562323_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562349_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562382_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562414_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562447_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562479_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562506_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/2/5/4/9/6/webimg/412562540_o.jpg)

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: DesktopJinx on Wed, 06 October 2010, 10:56:45

WordStar keycaps? Never heard of those. I used WordStar way back when, and I don't recognize any of those markings.

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: TexasFlood on Wed, 06 October 2010, 14:58:23

Quote from: DesktopJinx;230471

WordStar keycaps? Never heard of those. I used WordStar way back when, and I don't recognize any of those markings.

The seller didn't seem sure and could be wrong.  Seems like someone else here recently bought an ibm buckling spring with some unique key markings but can't remember the detail, might even have been a space saver.  Anybody remember that?  Was wondering if it might be the same markings.

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: xwhatsit on Wed, 06 October 2010, 17:48:47

That's not WordStar. Look at the arrow keys -- `Partn' -- some custom point-of-sale job?

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 06 October 2010, 18:22:59

Sure got some crazy key caps there.

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: shem on Fri, 08 October 2010, 09:12:41

Quote from: TexasFlood;230552

Seems like someone else here recently bought an ibm buckling spring with some unique key markings but can't remember the detail, might even have been a space saver.  Anybody remember that?  Was wondering if it might be the same markings.

Maybe you mean the one I bought:

http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12642&d=1285618854 (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12642&d=1285618854)

This one has DisplayWrite keycaps and is different.

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 08 October 2010, 09:18:10

Quote from: shem;231314

Maybe you mean the one I bought:

Show Image

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12642)

This one has DisplayWrite keycaps and is different.

Yes that is what I was thinking of, thanks.  So, not like that one, we know one more thing it's NOT, :smile:.

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: mcdonc on Fri, 08 October 2010, 19:14:39

It's an airlines reservations keyboard: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9523/subcatid/0/id/102599

Title: Vintage IBM 1393464 M Clicky Keyboard SEP 1988 WORDSTAR
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 08 October 2010, 19:27:42

Quote from: mcdonc;231586

It's an airlines reservations keyboard: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9523/subcatid/0/id/102599

Cool.  Maybe I should have recognized it as I used to work for a major CRS.  But in my defense, I didn't see the terminals much, :wink:, and Pan Am was gone by the time I got there.  I recently saw an old Apollo terminal in a computer shop.  Quite the antique.  Somebody had bought the keyboard and left the rest, breaking up an extremely rare collectible.  That's terrible, something like, uh, one of us would do!

Looks like this
(http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/incoterm/incoterm_1_large.jpg)