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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: berserkfan on Mon, 21 April 2014, 22:44:39
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Space-Saving-SpaceSaver-Vintage-Clicky-Keyboard-PN-1391472/251511867355?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003150253%26meid%3D6374936969594075410%26pid%3D100034%26prg%3D20131003150253%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D261459628199
Buyitnow
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Also available slightly cheaper (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56372.0) from one of our resident members in good standing :)
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http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57379.0
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I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.
Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?
And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.
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I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.
Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?
And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.
You have the skills, do what I did with an AT. It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...
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I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.
Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?
And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.
You have the skills, do what I did with an AT. It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...
Mmmmm F
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You have the skills, do what I did with an AT. It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...
I have one really nice F AT that I plan to mod to near-ANSI, M-spacebar, and Alt keys with internal Teensy.
With that accomplished, I will probably be close enough.
One day, I hope to *cough* retire *cough* and I won't need the numpad all the time any more.
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You have the skills, do what I did with an AT. It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...
I have one really nice F AT that I plan to mod to near-ANSI, M-spacebar, and Alt keys with internal Teensy.
With that accomplished, I will probably be close enough.
One day, I hope to *cough* retire *cough* and I won't need the numpad all the time any more.
You have a teenage daughter, I remember?
There is such a thing as college in the US, unless she goes the Amish or Utah-polygamous family route.
Colleges are so exorbitant now (including state college), that you're paying two arms and two legs and a tail as well.
Methinks barring some major college reform (politically impossible) you're not going to retire for another twenty years. So let's not dream about getting rid of that numpad; in a few years your fingers will be very busy on that numpad, trying to figure out how to put your kids through college. :(