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Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: Mercen_505 on Mon, 20 July 2009, 20:12:58

Nice. It appears to be in very good condition, indeed.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: rdjack21 on Mon, 20 July 2009, 21:18:59

Nice. Retail box as well. Wonder how high it will go

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: HKEPCLED on Tue, 21 July 2009, 04:01:10

pretty babie, It's mine already  (daydreaming....)

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: o2dazone on Tue, 21 July 2009, 13:17:09

I was going to google that, but then I changed my mind

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 21 July 2009, 13:35:23

Wasn't that the one from Total Recall?

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 21 July 2009, 20:17:29

I've seen a few Black M13s go for quite cheap lately on eBay. I'm glad to see that order has been restored to the world, and they're selling at near-Topre prices once.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: HKEPCLED on Thu, 23 July 2009, 20:29:46

232.5 now.... WOW.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: Mercen_505 on Fri, 24 July 2009, 12:47:00

Quote

This is because of the color and because of the trackpoint and the state it is in.

Is the lettering on your M13 straight on the keys? My black M13 has wonky keys where the lettering on the non A-Z keys is often horribly misaligned. I took some pics last week, because it's kinda nuts how obviously off it is... heh.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: rdjack21 on Fri, 24 July 2009, 13:47:39

Hmm I have a Black M13 and the printing on the keys looks better than that. I'll try to take a macro shot of one of the keys tonight. So we can have a comparison. When I read your first post about the keys I took a closer look at it and was not sure if the lettering was painted or not. A good macro picture should show what it is though.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: o2dazone on Fri, 24 July 2009, 18:05:05

Jesus, I could sand my heels with those keys, look at that texture

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 24 July 2009, 18:50:42

That keyboard's a later one after the Lexmark era with an integrated cable. Personally, I wouldn't pay $150 extra just for a cardboard box and some styrafoam, but people can do whatever they want with their money.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: HKEPCLED on Sat, 25 July 2009, 11:47:46

I give up, price too high,
some rookie ebayer pushing up the price...

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 25 July 2009, 13:49:43

Quote from: ripster;104038

May be why Unicomp never sold their keyboards with White Lettering on Black keys.

They did for a very short period of time. Then they stopped because the writing on the keycaps wore off very quickly.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: Mercen_505 on Sat, 25 July 2009, 20:39:56

(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/_Sirocco/bad_keys_1.gif)

My camera sucks ass at macro shots, but you get the idea. I was trying to get a good shot of the keys that are starting to wear off, but couldn't quite manage it. The single space keys are lined up well, but most of the double or one and a half width keys are all wonky.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: Mercen_505 on Sat, 25 July 2009, 21:19:09

Yeah, so you can imagine my chagrin at buying an expensive keyboard and finding that ~10% of the keys look like they were painted on by Salvador Dali.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: rdjack21 on Sat, 25 July 2009, 21:50:04

well I was going to take some pics of mine as well but ran out of time. I'm now in Florida and the keyboard is in Texas. Maybe when I get back from vacation I will try to take some pics.

On a side note typing on this Nokia N810 is not to bad.

Title: NIB IBM M13 - Black Clicky Trackpoint
Post by: HKEPCLED on Sat, 25 July 2009, 22:23:59

very disappointed, final price not rich $300...