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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:41:48

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:41:48

Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-2682678-Keyboard-/310261049951?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs)

Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available

Per the WIKI (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=IBM+Wiki#Beam+Spring+Keyboards), this looks like the beam spring IBM Displaywriter keyboard.
But somebody correct me if I'm reading it wrong.
If so, then it's beam springs but not usable on any modern computer.

(http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/2/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/9238222/img2/img.jpg)
(http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/1/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/9238222/extra/2)

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: TexasFlood on Tue, 12 October 2010, 23:42:44

Looks like I took too long to post this, missed the boat and they're sold already. That didn't last long.

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: netwebber on Wed, 13 October 2010, 21:46:57

Old Dave Bowman ordered them all for his apartment. Pod delivery cost him extra.

(http://home.comcast.net/~netwebber/pictures/Podwithkeyboards.jpg)

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: TexasFlood on Wed, 13 October 2010, 22:07:52

Quote from: netwebber;233598

Old Dave Bowman ordered them all for his apartment. Pod delivery cost him extra.

Show Image

(http://home.comcast.net/~netwebber/pictures/Podwithkeyboards.jpg)

Oh, oh, chance to reuse an image I did for the  GHSS Photoshop Giveaway, :biggrin:

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=11002)

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 14 October 2010, 17:28:30

^That last image is going to be my new wallpaper.  :)

I would definitely have bought 1-2 of those displaywriter beam spring keyboards.  They might not work on a modern system (yet) but are great for any keyboard collector who appreciates over-engineered keyboards and owning a great piece of computing history.  I kept one on my desk for a couple of weeks and few people could walk by without asking about it.

I really hope Sam got one because it sounds like he has the skill and resources to make these things usable.

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: TexasFlood on Thu, 14 October 2010, 18:08:09

:smile:

If somebody here bought 'em, fess up!!!

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: Parak on Thu, 14 October 2010, 19:05:35

Same model from a different seller here, not from that batch: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380278786072

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: MissileMike on Fri, 15 October 2010, 07:51:04

Can those keycaps be used on an M?

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: HaaTa on Fri, 15 October 2010, 08:18:15

No, completely different. Closer to typewriter keycaps.

Title: Vintage IBM 2682678 Keyboard - BIN $33.99, 6 available
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 19 October 2010, 16:53:59

Identical in fact.