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Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: nowsharing on Sun, 18 September 2011, 19:34:09

:mod: :mod:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230671655471

Happy birthday someone.

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: kaiserreich on Sun, 18 September 2011, 19:54:20

Good luck to whoever that is bidding
Damn nice price

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: wcass on Sun, 18 September 2011, 21:22:54

i'll win one -one day.

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: theferenc on Sun, 18 September 2011, 22:41:27

If you want a working Model F, and you're willing to work with Soarer's adapter, there's also this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/120780036544?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

It's a 122 key F -- XT, I believe. At least, based on the wiki, it's model number indicates it should be an XT.

Edit: From the wiki:

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The 122-key keyboards used originally for the PC 3270 (an XT with terminal emulation software and hardware) and later the 3179 terminal. Part number 611034x, depending on version, layout, and whether it was for use with an emulator or actual terminal. It used a 240-degree DIN-5 connector. The layout was arguably inspired by the DEC LK-201, and seems to have been the basis for the layout of the later Model M.

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: nowsharing on Sun, 18 September 2011, 22:41:48

At $5 (with 1 hour left) when I posted, it was a bargain. At $65, well...it's pretty dirty. That said, they sometimes clean up very well.

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It's a 122 key F -- XT, I believe. At least, based on the wiki, it's model number indicates it should be an XT.

And, using the Ripsterian weight-to-quality theorem, it's the most well made keyboard ever I believe.

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: theferenc on Sun, 18 September 2011, 22:54:47

Valid, though either way, it should still work with Soarer's adapter, I believe. Though the more I look at the pins on mine, the more I realize I actually have to destroy the cable in order to connect it to the adapter. Might as well embed the adapter directly in the case, I suppose.

USB Model F?

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: wcass on Mon, 19 September 2011, 00:15:20

i like soarer's adapter - heck i have one already in the mod pictured below. but the full 122 is awful big and i don't have a need for that many keys - hence the desire for an 84 key. I was planning on embedding a USB controller and converting layout to something resembling standard US layout - would that be sacrilege?

Title: AT F on the cheap
Post by: czarek on Mon, 19 September 2011, 04:07:11

Ouch this thing is filthy...
I can't wait to go back home and build a teensy adapter for my Terminal Model F!