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Title: Got this Model M...can't find info on part number 1397661
Post by: turbocharged on Fri, 07 January 2011, 21:36:05: So I got this IBM Model M that has a part number 1397661. It is a blue label and is made in 1992. It is PS/2, buckling spring, has drainage channels, and only has 1 piece key caps. So far I can't find any information on it beyond this item for sale at Clickykeyboards stating that it is identical to the 1391409. But theirs says it has 2-piece keycaps.

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9229/subcatid/0/id/132172

Any ideas?
Title: Got this Model M...can't find info on part number 1397661
Post by: maximus20895 on Sat, 08 January 2011, 01:34:22: Wow, that other one is ten years prior to 9/11.
Title: Got this Model M...can't find info on part number 1397661
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 08 January 2011, 06:48:34: Quote from: turbocharged;274971
So I got this IBM Model M that has a part number 1397661. It is a blue label and is made in 1992. It is PS/2, buckling spring, has drainage channels, and only has 1 piece key caps. So far I can't find any information on it beyond this item for sale at Clickykeyboards stating that it is identical to the 1391409. But theirs says it has 2-piece keycaps.

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9229/subcatid/0/id/132172

Any ideas?

There's a huge number of random part numbers associated with any piece of IBM hardware, and nobody bothers keeping track of them all, preferring to focus on common and distinct PNs.

From the sound of it, your keyboard is a 1391401-style keyboard with one part keycaps. AFAIK, you could request in your order with IBM whether you wanted a keyboard with one or two part caps, there are certain situations where the one part caps would be desirable, for example - a school or library where the two part caps may encourage people to steal bits.
Title: Got this Model M...can't find info on part number 1397661
Post by: Cheese101 on Sat, 08 January 2011, 07:58:42: Quote from: maximus20895;275046
Wow, that other one is ten years prior to 9/11.

Whats that got to do with the price of tea in China?
Title: Got this Model M...can't find info on part number 1397661
Post by: turbocharged on Sat, 08 January 2011, 19:46:44: Interesting..are the single keycap Model M boards worth more or less than the standard ones...or does it not matter?