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Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: didjamatic on Fri, 09 September 2011, 21:50:01

Sexy Lexy here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300597282371)... a rare one.

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 09 September 2011, 22:16:45

I find the cord more interesting than the keyboard.
A) you'd think a keyboard that new wouldn't ship with an AT connector.
B) AT connectors (that I've seen) were all black.

So even if I were to assume that's not the original cable, it [should] be black if it was pulled from a 1985/87 Model M.

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: DaemonRaccoon on Fri, 09 September 2011, 22:24:07

Why does the description say it's for a PC/XT?

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 10 September 2011, 16:55:19

Quote from: DaemonRaccoon;413735

Why does the description say it's for a PC/XT?

They probably mistook the connector for being XT.

DIN connectors were used for AT/XT, as well as loads of other devices. So it's just AT. But you can easily change the cord to a PS/2 one.

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: Zamorph on Sun, 11 September 2011, 18:42:46

Looks amazing, but seller has no rep :(

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: kaiserreich on Wed, 14 September 2011, 19:59:08

Sniped(?) for $180.50

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: kaiserreich on Wed, 14 September 2011, 20:11:24

Congrats to the seller indeed.
Lexy labelled ones aren't as common as IBM labelled ones maybe?

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Wed, 14 September 2011, 20:32:34

This is the first lexmark one I have seen in the last 4+ months of looking on eBay so they seem pretty rare for sure.

Hopefully it does in fact work though since it wasn't tested.

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: MissileMike on Wed, 14 September 2011, 22:37:47

It was tested and cleaned after the auction went up- so it is a working keyboard.  It is the first lexmark labeled mini I have ever seen.  Did anyone here get it?

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Thu, 15 September 2011, 01:49:33

Quote from: MissileMike;416325

It was tested and cleaned after the auction went up- so it is a working keyboard.  It is the first lexmark labeled mini I have ever seen.  Did anyone here get it?

Ah...missed that.

In the end, it seems to be a bit higher than they have been selling for, but it is a rare model. I don't like having the Lexmark logo on it though.

Title: Sexy Lexy
Post by: Sam on Sun, 18 September 2011, 06:00:18

Quote from: ripster;416272

Congrats.

Sam will be sure to report that prices are falling but it sure doesn't look that way to me.  (No supply/demand curve.  Sorry, yelling not allowed).

Well, that was a special board, so it's understandable that it sold for a higher price.  Saw a common SSK that went unsold on ebay for $150.  So I still say prices are currently depressed.  I don't however expect the prices to stay depressed for long.  The dip in prices I believe was a natural consequence of a glut of boards over the slow summer season.  With not so many boards available and heading towards the Christmas season, I'd expect prices to recover.