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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Wed, 12 December 2012, 16:15:42
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Somebody buy this before I do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en)
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conus...what a surprise :-X
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Somebody buy this before I do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en)
Okay! AT -> PS/2 easy to do?
Dem keycaps! :cool: (Actually, are the normal keycaps just Model M keycaps that I can get at Unicomp?)
- Ron | samwisekoi
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Somebody buy this before I do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en)
Okay! AT -> PS/2 easy to do?
Dem keycaps! :cool: (Actually, are the normal keycaps just Model M keycaps that I can get at Unicomp?)
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's not as easy as simply using an at to ps2 adapter. You need to use a teensy 2.0 and soarer's converter code for an xt.
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Somebody buy this before I do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en)
Okay! AT -> PS/2 easy to do?
Dem keycaps! :cool: (Actually, are the normal keycaps just Model M keycaps that I can get at Unicomp?)
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's not as easy as simply using an at to ps2 adapter. You need to use a teensy 2.0 and soarer's converter code for an xt.
But it's still pretty easy, I would say. I paid $30 shipped for my XT lightly used in box, and this one appears to be in somewhat better shape.
Either that's not the original box, or they have discarded the foam.
I actually have discarded my box, but still have the foam, so it's a good deal for me, but I'm not paying $57 for it.
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Somebody buy this before I do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271121104029&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en)
Okay! AT -> PS/2 easy to do?
Dem keycaps! :cool: (Actually, are the normal keycaps just Model M keycaps that I can get at Unicomp?)
- Ron | samwisekoi
It's not as easy as simply using an at to ps2 adapter. You need to use a teensy 2.0 and soarer's converter code for an xt.
But it's still pretty easy, I would say. I paid $30 shipped for my XT lightly used in box, and this one appears to be in somewhat better shape.
Either that's not the original box, or they have discarded the foam.
I actually have discarded my box, but still have the foam, so it's a good deal for me, but I'm not paying $57 for it.
So $100 all in?
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Considering getting this. I've got all sorts of Model M's and love them all, but keep hearing that Model F's are even better. I know I can build a Teensy converter now, so, maybe I'll get this. I'm wondering if the layout will be too off-putting or not. I should have tried to get Akimbo's modded Model F a while back, but my keyboard addiction wasn't far enough along at the time.
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The layout is impossible, but the feeling is exquisite.
The AT layout is much better, and when I get mine back out of storage and re-jigger the Enter\Backspace area to modern standards, it will be tolerable. But they were already cutting costs with the AT, with the plastic case and all.
The XT is a must-have for a serious keyboard collection, if you are a collector, but I doubt that one person in a thousand would want to actually use it on a regular basis.
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The layout is impossible, but the feeling is exquisite.
The AT layout is much better, and when I get mine back out of storage and re-jigger the Enter\Backspace area to modern standards, it will be tolerable. But they were already cutting costs with the AT, with the plastic case and all.
The XT is a must-have for a serious keyboard collection, if you are a collector, but I doubt that one person in a thousand would want to actually use it on a regular basis.
Then I guess I'll hold out for an XT. I already have more keyboards than I could ever actually use... this is how it must be with women and those collectible figurines.
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This is an XT. You may consider holding out for an AT or (better yet) a 122 if you want to actually use it.
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I think it's mostly just curiosity on my part. I really like my Model M's, but Model F's are supposedly even more solid in terms of manufacture and keyfeel, so I'd love to try one out.
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After you take a Model F apart, and see how it is constructed, you will realize that Model Ms are plastic toys in comparison.