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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: riotonthebay on Fri, 21 March 2014, 10:57:18

Title: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: riotonthebay on Fri, 21 March 2014, 10:57:18
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-1394946-Industrial-Grey-Vintage-1996-/151259498839?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item2337c4c957
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: ComradeSniper on Fri, 21 March 2014, 21:30:28
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: Photekq on Fri, 21 March 2014, 21:36:52
I want an industrial 101 so much :'(
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 21 March 2014, 22:25:20
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Oh, I have plenty. Could even trade them for other interesting keys for buckling springs.

 :eek:

Just probably his own homemade dyesubs.

That said, Unicomp sells these.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: ComradeSniper on Fri, 21 March 2014, 22:43:39
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Oh, I have plenty. Could even trade them for other interesting keys for buckling springs.

 :eek:

Just probably his own homemade dyesubs.

That said, Unicomp sells these.

Really? I can't find them on their site   :confused:
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: ZeDestructor on Fri, 21 March 2014, 22:57:31
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Coloured Model M caps are fairly rare, and to my knowledge, this is the only on with coloured enter keys. Usually it's Ctrl/Alt/Shift that gets coloured Blue/Red/Green respectively for old wordperfect overlays.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: Techno Trousers on Fri, 21 March 2014, 23:52:07
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Oh, I have plenty. Could even trade them for other interesting keys for buckling springs.

 :eek:

Just probably his own homemade dyesubs.

That said, Unicomp sells these.

Really? I can't find them on their site   :confused:

Unicomp sells printed caps in many colors. Just go into the parts area, then buttons. You can only get them with standard legend, but if you want some blue keys, they've got you covered.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: berserkfan on Sat, 22 March 2014, 00:34:59
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Coloured Model M caps are fairly rare, and to my knowledge, this is the only on with coloured enter keys. Usually it's Ctrl/Alt/Shift that gets coloured Blue/Red/Green respectively for old wordperfect overlays.

The fact that dying is easy also means that if some organization puts in a mass order with unicomp and tells them to dye some keycaps, unicomp can easily do it. It's not a collectible thing.

I have colored ones all over my board. If originally new, most of my dyed keycaps look exactly like original Unicomp ones bought new and can't really be distinguished.

I would advise everybody not to get distracted by the keycap colors. If you want the keyboard, bid on it because it's a rare Industrial that looks in very good shape.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 22 March 2014, 16:03:13
I've never seen the green and blue enter keys before, are those common on Industrial boards?

Cool keyboard though. I imagine this will go for a lot.

Coloured Model M caps are fairly rare, and to my knowledge, this is the only on with coloured enter keys. Usually it's Ctrl/Alt/Shift that gets coloured Blue/Red/Green respectively for old wordperfect overlays.

I thought he just got some from unicomp. That said, IBM did make coloured keys (green and yellow blanks) for several terminal keyboards.
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: Grr8 on Fri, 28 March 2014, 09:24:34
Went up fast at the end and finished at $307.50

Anyone here get it?
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: HAL9000 on Fri, 28 March 2014, 17:41:14
I got it :-)
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: Pacifist on Fri, 28 March 2014, 17:45:24
I got it :-)

nice

post pics please
Title: Re: IBM Model M 101 Industrial 1996
Post by: Techno Trousers on Sat, 29 March 2014, 00:39:04
Congrats! I'd like to see some detailed pics too.