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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: jpc on Thu, 07 April 2011, 19:35:22

Title: Lexmark Model M, 1995, excellent condition, $35
Post by: jpc on Thu, 07 April 2011, 19:35:22

Model 92G7453, assembled 09-JAN-95 in USA.

Every rivet is perfect, and the springs feel nice and crisp. This board was and is practically free of board chow, it appears to have led an easy life.

Two piece key caps. Very clean. Types nicely.

Has a blue IBM logo and a permanently attached PS/2 cord.

Asking $35 plus actual cost of shipping, to US preferred.

Thanks

Title: Lexmark Model M, 1995, excellent condition, $35
Post by: placebo guy on Thu, 07 April 2011, 21:52:44

Does your keyboard look this one?

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/30487/subcatid/0/id/486563

Title: Lexmark Model M, 1995, excellent condition, $35
Post by: jpc on Thu, 07 April 2011, 22:02:35

Sold.

And no it doesn't quite look like that one-- it has a coiled cable and the plastic label surrounding the numlock/capslock/scrlk indicators is brown, not white. Maybe it was not originally a 92G7453.

Title: Lexmark Model M, 1995, excellent condition, $35
Post by: jpc on Thu, 07 April 2011, 22:20:39

Interesting, those keyboards are dated the same day. Clicky's has serial number 1046023, mine has serial number 1044932. Both plant F2. (Excuse me-- PLT F2. Nobody knows what PLT means.)

1000+ keyboards coming out of the same plant in one day? I guess so, they made millions of them. Amazing. I wonder what Unicomp's volume is now.

Title: Lexmark Model M, 1995, excellent condition, $35
Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Fri, 08 April 2011, 23:23:08

Yeah, I just kinda flipped for a sec there. It's possible that there were far more than just a thousand a day. Also note, the weird model number. It's possible they made different models on the same day, and I would expect the serial numbers to be sequential starting from one for each model number.

Then I exclaimed "How many of these are there?!" and I realized that's why I'm able to get them so cheaply now. Solely because there are so few of us who care about these, and because there are so many that they're that cheap. Even with all the ones that apparently end up getting tossed in favor of... new rubber domes.

I think I need to cue ripster to post the supply demand curve, because that's a very blatant case.

Why the comment about not knowing what PLT means?