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Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 09 January 2012, 09:15:52
There seems to be a lot of interest in these lately.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140678114448&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140678114448&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 09 January 2012, 22:10:16
'cause of soarer.

My favorite quote from the listing:
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I THINK BUT AM NOT SURE THAT: This is an IBM “Model F” Keyboard. There are a LOT of “Model M” clicky keyboards out there, and to an untrained eye such as my own, they are often very hard to tell apart by box and visuals alone.
I should message him that it's an "M" and he should sell it to me for $40.

'pparantly the project gutenberg guy owned it.

I predict it will go up from the current $9.99
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: Internetlad on Thu, 12 January 2012, 14:21:21
"CLICKETY-CLACKETY,

CLICKETY-CLICKETY-CLACKETY

We don’t get those sounds anymore.

Soft and muted, the touch of today’s laptops may be soothing, but sometimes we want to know that PEOPLE ARE WORKING AROUND HERE, OKAY?"

I like this seller.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: poxeclipse on Mon, 16 January 2012, 16:05:45
The picture looks like a coffin. Anyhow, let's pray the new owner will bring it back to life.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: JBert on Thu, 19 January 2012, 12:59:45
$60 for a model F XT. At least it was NIB...
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: christoffer.braathen on Fri, 20 January 2012, 05:36:12
New owner on line. I know, it went up quite a bit, and it's not even my first one. But it looked sp darn fresh and minty in it's coffin ;-) Dust-collector in the end I guess. Need to wear earmuffs when using them.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 20 January 2012, 13:42:45
That is a nice keyboard, don't sell it short.

Try to get "papers" on its ownership history from the seller, it may prove interesting in years to come.

A Teensy only costs $20, if you can do some minimal wiring it is not unusable.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 20 January 2012, 18:24:56
Quote from: fohat.digs;495020
That is a nice keyboard, don't sell it short.

Try to get "papers" on its ownership history from the seller, it may prove interesting in years to come.

A Teensy only costs $20, if you can do some minimal wiring it is not unusable.
I've no trouble with the Soarer teensy, but I've held off getting one because of the really weird layout.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 20 January 2012, 20:30:43
With 3 Model F 122-key terminal boards at various levels of modification, I have just about hit buckling spring nirvana, but if you are just using it straight up with no mods, the XT board really does have the nicest feel.

The layout is idiotic by modern standards, especially for somebody like me who uses arrow keys, home cluster, and numpad regularly and often, and never became comfortable with toggling NumLock off and on to suit my whims.
Title: Nice Model F XT on ebay - looks like a top shelf specimen
Post by: bootstrap on Fri, 20 January 2012, 22:38:41
Quote from: christoffer.braathen;494726
New owner on line. I know, it went up quite a bit, and it's not even my first one. But it looked sp darn fresh and minty in it's coffin ;-) Dust-collector in the end I guess. Need to wear earmuffs when using them.


Congratulations! It's a nice keyboard to add to your collection - NIB, Michael Hart, etc. - even if you aren't going to use it much. Like the others, I got a problem with the layout. On a Model F PC/AT, I could learn how to use the small backspace and toggle between NumLock on/off, but I figured life will be too difficult on a Model F XT.