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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Drew Baumann on Mon, 04 June 2012, 11:52:50
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Keyboards-LOT-of-3-/330741309348?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item4d01b7dfa4
Looks like the silver square logo
#1390131
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Nice bid war! Wow, 1986 with old style back label.
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2 - 131s and a 120, plus 2 black AT cables
I had a stealth bid in on these, but they will go for over $100 now
Somebody snag 'em
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They look pretty beat up, but I'm sure whoever got them will clean 'em up!
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I almost won. Glad someone else did. I have no business owning 3 right now!
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I almost won. Glad someone else did. I have no business owning 3 right now!
Amin to that, I saw this listing an hour after it came out, but once I saw it reached over $100, something else came up and I snatched this one for $65
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Those MS word 5.5 shortcut key refrence stickers are pretty rare. So nice of them to have included the keyboard with it, too. You can never trust sellers to pry the stickers off without ruining the adhesive beneath.
:p
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Those MS word 5.5 shortcut key refrence stickers are pretty rare. So nice of them to have included the keyboard with it, too. You can never trust sellers to pry the stickers off without ruining the adhesive beneath.
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ru saying if i try to remove the long sticker it might damage the plastic? i dont intend on leaving it on once when i start refurbishing the board, wetting the sticker should loosen things up a bit
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No, I was kidding. It should be fine to remove it, though be ready with some cleaner (soapy water or maybe alcohol) to clean up the adhesive residue. You should take the top case off when you clean it, though I assume you are anyway when you refurbish (and possibly bolt mod) it.
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So far I have always lucked out with new and used boards, for example this square logo which is year 88 only had 2 broken rivets, and as for the rest new and used ones either 1 or none, hopefully I will luck out. Anywas bolt mod is something I want to learn, but dont want my first board to be by any of the used ones cause they are all like new condition. I need to find localy some beat up, keycaps missing but functional without any spillage damage for $5 and this type of a board I would like to practice my first bolt mod. Once when I have done it, then the rest of the used boards I will bolt mod them, would not bolt mod the new boards though.
Exactly what I thought about removing the sticker and the residue, so far hot water + Dawn has done all the cleaning my Model M's needed, has removed also some stubborn glue reside, just needs lil soaking and leaving it to soften up a bit.