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Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 11 October 2010, 21:29:25

Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-5641316-310X-23-A9016-Keyboard-/380276096766?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0)
As of this post, 0 bids, starting bid $9.99

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Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 11 October 2010, 21:35:51

Quote from: kishy;232736

Oooo I know someone who's gonna be mad that this was posted!

Did I screw someone up?  There weren't any bids.  Guess I could delete the thread?

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 17:53:17

Holy crap! Sold for $224.50 + $15.00 shipping!
I'm going to start looking for a cache of these so I can retire! :wink:

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 12 October 2010, 18:38:57

Despite the '3727' moniker, that keyboard is the keyboard of the IBM 3101 terminal, which was a standard serial ANSI terminal that worked with things that weren't IBM systems. It's interesting in that it looks like a 3270 key arrangement shoved into a 5251-style casing.

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: Sam on Tue, 12 October 2010, 19:03:37

Wow, if that's the kind of money these beam spring boards are going for, I'll have to pass on building my beam spring project.  I just can't see making a project for keyboards that are so expensive that they're only collectible items and not something the average person could buy and use.

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: HaaTa on Tue, 12 October 2010, 19:04:29

I guess I was lucky that mine was missing a keycap :P

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: Sam on Tue, 12 October 2010, 19:42:52

Actually the description of this one initially said it was missing the up arrow key, but the pictures showed a keyboard with all the keys.  I guess someone questioned them about it so they changed the description to not mention the missing key.  So not sure if those pictures are of the same keyboard they're selling or not.  Based on the disclaimer, they sometimes use stock photos not of the actual item.  Hope nobody's disappointed in paying that kind of money and getting something they didn't expect.

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: DesktopJinx on Tue, 12 October 2010, 20:09:40

What's a beam spring board?

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 20:11:50

Quote from: DesktopJinx;233074

What's a beam spring board?

This (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=IBM+Wiki#Beam+Spring+Keyboards)

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 12 October 2010, 20:12:21

Ooh, one of the Dino-tronic keyboards!

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 20:15:53

Quote from: microsoft windows;233077

Ooh, one of the Dino-tronic keyboards!

From when 4 inch tall keyboards roamed the Earth.  Well, they really didn't roam much actually, :wink:.

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: Sam on Tue, 12 October 2010, 21:57:25

Quote from: TexasFlood;233076

This (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=IBM+Wiki#Beam+Spring+Keyboards)

According to that Wiki, "All known Beam Spring keyboards were manufactured by IBM Canada at Don Mils, Toronto between c. 1972 - 1983."  The board that sold has a "Armonk, NY USA" on the label.  Does that mean this wasn't even a Beam Spring?  If not, then what was it, a Model F?

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:09:46

Quote from: Sam;233120

According to that Wiki, "All known Beam Spring keyboards were manufactured by IBM Canada at Don Mils, Toronto between c. 1972 - 1983."  The board that sold has a "Armonk, NY USA" on the label.  Does that mean this wasn't even a Beam Spring?  If not, then what was it, a Model F?

I really don't know, will defer to the more knowledgeable, perhaps ripster or ch_123?  I can tell you it's not the first time I've read of an IBM keyboard labelled as being made in Armonk which was thought to have actually been made elsewhere (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=189858&postcount=3).

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: Parak on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:28:40

Quote from: TexasFlood;233030

Holy crap! Sold for $224.50 + $15.00 shipping!
I'm going to start looking for a cache of these so I can retire! :wink:

I think someone else has the same idea. I caught this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-2682678-Keyboard-/310261049951?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483cffea5f) too late in my list of search matches (sitting in a tab..) :(

Maybe someone here got them..

Title: Vintage IBM 5641316 310X-23-A9016 Keyboard
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:30:36

Quote from: Parak;233136

I think someone else has the same idea. I caught this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-2682678-Keyboard-/310261049951?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483cffea5f) too late in my list of search matches (sitting in a tab..) :(

Maybe someone here got them..

Seems quite likely someone here might have gotten them I would think (wasn't me).