$300??? :eek: It would have to be very special...;)
Not to brag :first: but last week I bought a NIB lexmark M (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=220364907576) (1995) for $9 + $10 shipping. Yes I know I'm a bastard for talking the seller down $15 on shipping for this incredible steal, but hey, I'm cheap.
Clean the f****g garage out of all these Ebay Keyboards!I fear a brutal pistol whipping coming my way.
A NIB 1401 is a piece of history.
I don't know about retail but the Unicomp guy said they normally sold for $150. In another post I calculated that to be $360 or so in today's dollars.
You have a higher opinion of Ebay sellers than I do. I doubt any passed Economics 101. The smart ones sell one a cycle.Show Image(http://www.clownsunlimited.com/images/CarnivalGames/cow_milking.jpg)
Now I remember the other reason I start these threads. Just to make fun of Ebay sellers!
Hey, watch how you talk about ebay sellers. I still lurk here at times interesting reading.
On another note I saw a neat gadget in my friends computer room, I finally started looking around in it.
It is a Lynksys proconnect 4 station CPU switch. It has 5 keyboards, 5 mice, and 5 monitors connected to it. I would like to know just what it does.
georgew
Its model # is SVIEW04 It will be awhile till I can get a picture of it.
georgew
Oh ok, well that's a KVM too. :)Show Image(http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/17-107-748-09.jpg)
It looks like that one but it is beige, I think just an earlier version. So could you explain in layman terms just what it does. With 5 computers, mice, and keyboards what do you do with it? Does it just let you control what keyboard, monitor , and mouse goes to a computer except there are no computers connected to it.
georgew
5 mice and keyboards?
There are 4 in a group and then another set of inputs that is separate from the others. I will try to get a picture of it possibly tomorrow. Like I mentioned before my friend was into computers like no one else I know. He ran OS2, Windows, and Linux and possibly more. I never saw a wiring mess like his computer room. But I know it all worked when he was alive. There was also a Laptop that he could control it all from via wireless.
georgew
Quote from: Manyak;909835 mice and keyboards?
There are 4 in a group and then another set of inputs that is separate from the others. I will try to get a picture of it possibly tomorrow. Like I mentioned before my friend was into computers like no one else I know. He ran OS2, Windows, and Linux and possibly more. I never saw a wiring mess like his computer room. But I know it all worked when he was alive. There was also a Laptop that he could control it all from via wireless.
georgew
I've got pretty much the same setup you're describing lol. I've got 9 PCs in my house, each one with a purpose :)
But yeah it's a KVM, the 4 groups that are together go to the PCs and the one that is separate goes to the KB/Mouse/Monitor. It plugs directly into the PS/2 and monitor ports on the back of the PCs.
Still no other NIB 1391401s listed on Ebay. Lots of used still but some look pretty cruddy, if not SCARRY.
OK - I got a good idea who the Geekhacker who sent him that is.
Q: Please confirm PIN 4 on the SDL connector has continuity.
LOL - notice the ending frustation note - so VERY odd!
2 days to go and he's already panicking. Gotta have nerves of steel you Ebay sellers!
I gotta think of some questions to ask him.
hi ripster,
thanks for your thoughtfulness in being polite. i was the one who asked the seller those two questions about the support wire. i personally wouldn't have minded nor even realized any negativitiy but i appreciate your thoughtfullness. idiot_hacker increased my keyboard snobbiness and i'm no longer 100% satisfied with my 2 NIB white labels. neither have support wires like my old '88 did. i know that makes very little difference. it is still an indication of the extra care spent to manufacture the keyboard and i appreciate that. besides, i wanted to recover, for the sake of nostalgia, what i found in my garage but found not new enough for me to keep (and that would be a keyboard from 1988).
so i'm disappointed because i tried to place a maximum bid of $120 but it didn't go through because i was not home and had to use an unreliable computer. it kept refreshing the screen every 10 seconds like normal, i was sniping at the last 10 seconds (to get best deal), and so when i tried to punch in $120, the pc failed. i guess pop ups or something were not enabled. else i'd have won the bid that ended with $97. i personally don't think there's anything wrong with sniping but others who do will say serves him right :)
i personally think that this was a great deal. a lot of sellers charge $20 to ship (even reliable power sellers) whereas this guy gave free shipping. a lot of 1391401s come with out cable so $12 for shipping + cable from unicomp. further, this wasn't just any 1391401, not just any white label, but the best type of 1391401 out there (if i were to guess seeing that it was a '1988). yes, i know that this classification is very impractical but then again, we're not always practical when it comes to keyboards. you seemd to point out that this was a good deal yourself that is why i'm surprised why you expressed dissatisfaction with the offered item / deal on ebay.
well, congrats to the person who won the bid. i'm sure that another NIB 1391401 =<1988 will surface sometime.
I am very happy that I get to increase someone's knowledge. However, the real gems are 1391301. The oldest one I have is from JUN'86. The square IBM logo to the right makes the keyboard more aesthetically pleasing to my eye and it has all the higher build qualities like I mentioned about the early 401s. However even though I feel 301s are the best Model M, nothing beats my Model F PC/AT keyboard. It has a higher pitch click and is heavier then any of the Model Ms. I just have to adjust to the awkward layout when I bring it out to type for a bit.1390131 is the old metal label ones.