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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Thu, 01 November 2012, 16:36:51
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This is the Mac Daddy, not a bargain basement price but probably fair for a good one.
These are getting pretty rare. Very early date, too.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190748148697&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190748148697&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
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So tempted...yet so poor. T__T
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Sorry guys. I bought it. T__T
Looks like I have another project board to get to work on. Time to get another Teensy.
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You may be right about them not being "rare" since many were probably made, although at $350 each in 1984 dollars nobody was likely handing them out willy-nilly, even at IBM itself. And since they are "weird" and cannot even be plugged into any contemporary computer, I would guess that most of them have gone into the trash.
When Soarer's converter came around last year, I started looking for them. I have bought a few, and watched them go by on ebay. At first, you could get a nice one for $20-$30 + shipping. That did not last long.
My observation is that now they are turning up less than once a month, and bringing anywhere from $35 to $150 plus shipping.
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Sorry guys. I bought it. T__T
Looks like I have another project board to get to work on. Time to get another Teensy.
Yours has some very nice, and very modern-looking blue printing on the tenkey. Very cool! I recently finished a soarer for mine, and have been using it constantly. It's an excellent keyboard!