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Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: Icarium on Wed, 01 February 2012, 13:41:14

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Vintage-Clicky-Keyboard-Model-F-M-150110-80s-Pretty-good-shape-1-/140692449523?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c1ec68f3

Well...what is it? :) What's a model F anyway?

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: DrSchlock on Wed, 01 February 2012, 13:47:33

It would be nice if he posted pictures of the actual keyboard. My model F has a black metal bottom plate. It's even heavier than the model M. I believe model Fs also have capacitive switches instead of membrane.

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: HoboBob on Wed, 01 February 2012, 14:39:52

If it's the original box, the board inside should be a Model F XT.

Same model can be seen on Clicky: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11066/subcatid/0/id/529211 (http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11066/subcatid/0/id/529211)

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: slueth on Wed, 01 February 2012, 15:01:02

Yea it should be a model f.

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: Icarium on Wed, 01 February 2012, 15:05:58

How much are those worth?

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 01 February 2012, 15:15:16

They seem to be selling in the $40-50 range now that Soarer has made an easy conversion available.

I bought a couple last summer for $10-ish, but they seem to be much more desirable now.

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: Icarium on Wed, 01 February 2012, 17:39:56

Conversion? For the cable?
I'd like one but shipping is probably (as usual) prohibitive.

Title: Ebay: Model F or M?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 01 February 2012, 17:59:21

Shipping from US to Euro is approximately $50 for a standard keyboard.

Soarer's conversion uses the Teensy ($20, + small envelope shipped from Washington state) and converts the controller to a mini-USB-B plug. You have to do a little minor soldering, but it works well.

I have not done one on an XT, but you should be able to fabricate an outboard box if you have a female DIN connector.

On my projects, I mounted everything inside the case, but the XT has less room and an outboard box is more versatile.