wow, you must have done a lot of sniping on ebay to get so many :eek:
wow, you must have done a lot of sniping on ebay to get so many :eek:
I got lucky at a local E-Waste recycler :D
wow, you must have done a lot of sniping on ebay to get so many :eek:
I got lucky at a local E-Waste recycler :D
No woner these guys are in such bad condition. from your description, didn't sound as though you lovingly restored them and decided to pass them on. you got them for $1 each or something? :p
The Northgate cable is not a male-male-PS/2 cable.
I described how to make a clean simple PS/2 installation in reply #157 of the Blue Alps Tour thread.
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49604.msg1262678#msg1262678 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49604.msg1262678#msg1262678)
Otherwise, you need an original mini-DIN6-to-AT cable and a separate AT-to-PS/2 adapter.
Remember those M13 pictures you did?
If you did a similar-quality one of the 107, I would much appreciate it. Need it for my desktop backgrounds folder.
Anyway: paid. Can't wait! This is the KB I want more than any other (that has yet been made).
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These appear to use generation 1 or 2 (of 4 I know of) of IBM relegendable. They dont' always stick on the caps very well.
The only other source I know of for these is fentek
http://www.fentek-ind.com/keys.htm
The fentek (appear to be gen 4) ones are super expensive, though.
Can I put pre-emptive dibs on any 62 or 77 keys that you might find in the future? ^_^
Can I put pre-emptive dibs on any 62 or 77 keys that you might find in the future? ^_^
Can I put pre-emptive dibs on any 62 or 77 keys that you might find in the future? ^_^
Same here. I am particularly interested in an IBM 62-key Model F. Thanks.Can I put pre-emptive dibs on any 62 or 77 keys that you might find in the future? ^_^
Ha, I sure hope I find some.
This e-cycler takes in stuff from all over the state and they're pretty good about hanging on to keyboards for me, so I suppose it's not too far fetched that I might eventually run into some more of these or some of the smaller models. One can only hope.
Will do. Thanks for the info on the relegendables. How are you able to tell what generation they are? I noticed that some of the boards seem to have a square-ish piece under the relegendable and some of them just look like the bottom part of a Model M two-piece cap. Is that it?
Edit: For anyone on the fence, there are about 5 keyboards that are unaccounted for thus far.
Will do. Thanks for the info on the relegendables. How are you able to tell what generation they are? I noticed that some of the boards seem to have a square-ish piece under the relegendable and some of them just look like the bottom part of a Model M two-piece cap. Is that it?
Edit: For anyone on the fence, there are about 5 keyboards that are unaccounted for thus far.
The "generation name" 1-4 is just a conjecture based on mould marks and plastic composition. I have reason to believe they are in the proper order but no hard data. I guess I'll have to actually take pictures and document this now.
So, these were meant to go on over a the bottom half of a normal IBM 2-piece, but for some reason some of the bottom halves are a little different. I suspect IBM did this to get the paper to stick on a bit better, but that's just a wild guess. I have not seen this "new" bottom half on any other IBM KB than under some relegendables. I guess I'll have to document that as well. I didn't think people would be ineterested.
Ygpm, I'll take one too.