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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: .di on Sat, 28 January 2012, 16:01:32

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: .di on Sat, 28 January 2012, 16:01:32

Hi guys.. just picked this keyboard up at a garage sale here in Sweden.. paid $1.5.. pretty nice.. =) wonder if you guys can help me identified some info about it.. think it's a buckle spring model..

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 28 January 2012, 16:22:07

Pull a key off and see what is inside.

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: Touch_It on Sat, 28 January 2012, 17:40:19

ibm model m2 ill pull up some more info in a minute.  ps its BS for switch type

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: Touch_It on Sat, 28 January 2012, 17:47:47

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-M2-Keyboard-/230738348767?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b913cadf#ht_500wt_898

not familiar with uk layout or w/e that is but it is a m2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-M2-Keyboard-/230738348767?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b913cadf#ht_500wt_898

i have one of those as well, switch type is bs, issue is that many are plagued by bad capacitors and may not work or not work correctly,

that said really nice find

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: .di on Sat, 28 January 2012, 18:08:56

thanks for the info.. just pulled a key off now that I know its BS.. didn't want to brake it before I know what I'm dealing with..
[ATTACH=CONFIG]38890[/ATTACH]

love that the @£$ is printed on the side and not on the top.. you can't see these kind of key anymore.. love the print.. is it Dye sublimated..?

it seams like every key is still working on my board.. =)

Title: need help: keyboard model..?
Post by: jkercado on Sat, 28 January 2012, 21:34:14

Ah, nice find!