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Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: hotswank on Wed, 25 February 2009, 13:41:48

What IBM model is this for gathering more information about switch etc.

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 25 February 2009, 14:05:56

Quote from: webwit;22761

Aaah, it's an original IBM Model Crap ;)

Membrane.

Hmm.  The infamous Model C.  I think quite a few companies put out keyboards under this model.

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 25 February 2009, 14:07:46

i had one, its horrifying. terrible key feel, mushy mushy membrane, not even a good membrane, very much a bad membrane. Its too bad, I liked the semi-compact form factor.

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 25 February 2009, 14:32:49

Exactly how bad was that membrane, Wellington? ;)

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 25 February 2009, 19:26:32

Quote from: itlnstln;22769

Exactly how bad was that membrane, Wellington? ;)

;) It was alright.

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: nerp on Wed, 25 February 2009, 22:41:12

I had this board for a time. This was before I saw the light and realized that the keyboard was really the final peripheral I hadn't really invested in yet.

It was an OK board for somene who doesn't know any better. It was certinaly mushy and degraded quite rapidly. I made the mistake of cleaning it with the old fashioned blast-it-with-the-sink-sprayer and leave it upside down on a towel method and it was very difficult to press the keys after that. Ended up chucking it a short time later. Certianly felt like a generic crappy keyboard. Doubt IBM really had anything to do with its design and manufacture. Reeked of rebadge all the way.

Title: What IBM model is this?
Post by: cchan on Wed, 25 February 2009, 22:44:18

Pity... it's the only Japanese keyboard on ebay that I thought might be halfway decent is a slightly different version of that one. Oh well, guess it's back to searching for a hens-teeth SMK-88109. (http://64.176.254.221/index_p04.htm)