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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: MissileMike on Sat, 14 May 2011, 13:52:52

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: MissileMike on Sat, 14 May 2011, 13:52:52

http://cgi.ebay.com/Affirmative-Computer-Products-PS2-Clicky-Keyboard-1019T-/310318649692?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item48406ed15c#ht_4559wt_796

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: ricercar on Sat, 14 May 2011, 14:56:46

ah, another Space Saving keyboard conversion candidate.

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: ricercar on Sat, 14 May 2011, 15:08:56

Right, this is ebay, where "clickey" = "for sale"

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: hoggy on Sat, 14 May 2011, 16:32:13

It's like seeing a mistreated dog in the pound - someone rescue it.  I'm sure she'll approve of the space saving surgery.

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: ricercar on Fri, 20 May 2011, 20:38:51

mine for $25. we'll see if Model M means what I hope it means.

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: ricercar on Thu, 26 May 2011, 12:25:35

Typing on this super deal M13 now. Works with a $7 USB/PS2 y-splitter.

It's buckling spring with custom two-color legends on one-piece key caps. Legends for F13 through F24 appear on the F1-12 keys, and I'm particularly fond of the Zoom and Rule legends. How many people have a Model M with a Zoom key or one that Rules? I wonder what software category the special legends were for?

Needs cleaning as well as some possible TLC to [strike]spacebar and[/strike] T key, which seem slightly finickey for a buckling spring board. In addition to the normal controller board beneath the steel plate, there's a large chip on the LED board, which bears exploration.

The TrackPoint is good, perhaps a small bit less stiff than my previous M13 TrackPoint. A modern square-hole Trackpoint cover is loose on the round stick, unfortunately. I might have to use tissue or a PostIt note fragment to tighten things up. The right and left click buttons are Mylar domes instead of micro-switches, a disappointment because they provide less tactile feedback, need more force to press.


Since I have a 1337 black M13, this one is destined to be Project X, as I hoped: the first M13 Space Saving Keyboard. This purchase is a WIN.

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: BaconKnight on Thu, 26 May 2011, 21:27:49

You took the risk and came out ahead, congrats on that find!

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: Sam on Tue, 31 May 2011, 22:06:23

There was a lot of 4 M-13s that sold for $39 last week.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110693479514 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110693479514)

Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
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Title: Strange, unbranded, beat up M13- might go cheap.
Post by: MissileMike on Wed, 01 June 2011, 12:52:36

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