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Title: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: berserkfan on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:40:27
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-PC-AT-PERSONAL-KEYBOARD-84-KEY-CLICKY-CLICK-computer-/111261107737?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19e7adc619

looks nice and clean. Missing a black rubber pad. I can't tell whether the numpad keys are shiny or whether it's just reflection. I'd say is worth chasing up to $86, after which is really quite subjective.

I notice seller WILL ship abroad and his shipping estimate is pretty fair. $30-50 for Europe, Asia and Australia.
Title: Re: Another F AT. Shipping $14 from Texas
Post by: AKIMbO on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:42:10
All of a sudden, there's a flood of AT F's reasonably priced.  Nice find!
Title: Re: Another F AT. Shipping $14 from Texas
Post by: jdcarpe on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:44:43
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:46:59
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.

SURE....that's what they all say :P
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: berserkfan on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:50:10
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.

SURE....that's what they all say :P


 :)) Right, and it's my auction. I just happen to be pulling the strings from 10,000 miles away.  :p

Let the conspiracy theorists fire away!
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: terrpn on Mon, 20 January 2014, 12:37:33
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.

SURE....that's what they all say :P


 :)) Right, and it's my auction. I just happen to be pulling the strings from 10,000 miles away.  :p

Let the conspiracy theorists fire away!

did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: berserkfan on Mon, 20 January 2014, 14:31:30
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.

SURE....that's what they all say :P


 :)) Right, and it's my auction. I just happen to be pulling the strings from 10,000 miles away.  :p

Let the conspiracy theorists fire away!

did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper

It's not my auction. I was just joking. Where I am, Antarctica is nearer than Texas.
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: terrpn on Mon, 20 January 2014, 17:11:35
Funny, the one I got from cgbuen has the same rubber pad missing. :)

And before someone asks, no, that's not my auction. I don't sell keyboards on eBay, and I'm not in San Antonio.

SURE....that's what they all say :P


 :)) Right, and it's my auction. I just happen to be pulling the strings from 10,000 miles away.  :p

Let the conspiracy theorists fire away!

did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper

It's not my auction. I was just joking. Where I am, Antarctica is nearer than Texas.


nice...............elbow room- my kind of joint

i'm with ya- like the extra quiet
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 20 January 2014, 22:32:13
I saw it this morning and placed a $35 bid. I was outbid moments later.
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: mapple on Tue, 21 January 2014, 00:57:10
GOOD CONDITION
I CAN'T TEST SO AS IS, NO RETURNS - so basically what seller is saying i have no idea is it working....... although "The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended" so is it working or not? can't get response from this guy
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 21 January 2014, 06:41:27
It may be as simple as the seller not having an AT-to-PS/2 adapter. A person who is not interested in 20+ year old keyboards would not have such a thing.

In other scenarios, this might help with an opportunity to get a bargain. This time, however, there is obviously a lot of interest in this keyboard.

With selling prices at $100+, there may well be multiple speculators bidding up to the $80+ range purely for the purpose of reselling at a profit.
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Wed, 29 January 2014, 01:02:42
did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper

Yes. Model F ATs are prone to that corrosion. I will be scrubbing away, you can guarantee that. I am also going to mod the layout. I don't like the fata$$ enter keys. Needs more ANSI.

Seller hasn't shipped it yet though *shrug*
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 29 January 2014, 09:19:53
did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper

Yes. Model F ATs are prone to that corrosion. I will be scrubbing away, you can guarantee that. I am also going to mod the layout. I don't like the fata$$ enter keys. Needs more ANSI.

Seller hasn't shipped it yet though *shrug*

ANSI mod is not that hard, if you are going in there to clean and rehab anyway, it is a trivial swap of springs. Bigass Enter is not a problem for me, but I can't stand a small Backspace.
Title: Re: Another F AT in good shape. Will ship worldwide for fair price.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Wed, 29 January 2014, 21:39:55
did u ever open it up? zooming in it looks pretty rough on the inside..............

looks like corrosion to me-- in need of a good scrub :eek:

sorry to be a party pooper

Yes. Model F ATs are prone to that corrosion. I will be scrubbing away, you can guarantee that. I am also going to mod the layout. I don't like the fata$$ enter keys. Needs more ANSI.

Seller hasn't shipped it yet though *shrug*

ANSI mod is not that hard, if you are going in there to clean and rehab anyway, it is a trivial swap of springs. Bigass Enter is not a problem for me, but I can't stand a small Backspace.


I would add the additional alt keys beside the space bar if I had a spare F XT to gut.