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Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:22:34

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Model-M-Space-Saver-Clicky-Keyboard-NIB_W0QQitemZ180351013474QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item180351013474&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: ozar on Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:24:47

lol... it's very tempting, but I've already spent enough for today.  :lol:

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:29:43

I already have a '91 so I think I will pass. There is a bit of mania going on with the mini's right now. I thought maybe it was just me or something, but I am not alone.
That one is posted at 172 and there are 6 days left!
Are any geekhack members bidding on this?

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: ozar on Mon, 27 April 2009, 19:31:20

Quote

There is a bit of mania going on with the mini's right now.

Yes, I should have purchased one a few months back when they were much cheaper.

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: DesktopJinx on Tue, 28 April 2009, 02:22:10

I picked up a NIB a few months back from clickykeyboards for... $180? Right place right time, I guess.

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 28 April 2009, 09:50:20

Quote from: ripster;87691

Nobody should answer BigPook.  He is a master at the Obama Fake Ball Pump:

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- Ripster

P.S. I never called him a shady character though.

nice response ripster. but really, I am not going for it : )

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: rnak92a on Tue, 28 April 2009, 11:35:59

It's so shiny and pretty, but I have to pass.  :Cry:

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:07:27

One of my goals in life is to get NIB mini's for each year they were produced. I wonder how long that will take....

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: rnak92a on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:10:32

Quote from: bigpook;87776

One of my goals in life is to get NIB mini's for each year they were produced. I wonder how long that will take....

That's going to be tough to do, bigpook.  If you happen to complete this quest, I hear there's a most exalted place in Heaven for you.  After all, God loves Model M minis, too.  :lol:

Cheers,
~rn

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:13:54

Quote from: rnak92a;87777

That's going to be tough to do, bigpook.  If you happen to complete this quest, I hear there's a most exalted place in Heaven for you.  After all, God loves Model M minis, too.  :lol:

Cheers,
~rn

Tough but not impossible, I hope. I expect it will take many years before its complete.

From what I believe, the big G was directly involved in the creation of the model m. Who else could have thought of using a buckling spring? : )
its genius man, pure genius.

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: wheel83 on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:18:56

god created the model m...obv.

but the space saving keyboard came out of the virgin mary...

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: rnak92a on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:19:03

Quote from: bigpook;87781

Tough but not impossible, I hope. I expect it will take many years before its complete.

From what I believe, the big G was directly involved in the creation of the model m. Who else could have thought of using a buckling spring? : )
its genius man, pure genius.

You bet.  

I know people here love all manner of other 'boards, but they can have them all.  There's nothing better than a Model M, particularly a NIB M.  It's free of people germs, board chow, hair, etc.  I've a 1988 1391401 that has the best key travel of any M I've ever used/owned, and it'll have to be pried from my cold, dead hands.

Luck with the NIB mini quest.  Myself, I'd love to own one, but I have poor timing when it comes to finding the rarities Brandon sells, and eBay quickly goes out of my price range.  That's how it goes.

Cheers,
~rn.

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:51:57

Quote from: ripster;87794

Just don't hit the "Smite" key.

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I would kill to have a smite key.

Title: NIB model m mini
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 28 April 2009, 12:58:29

Quote from: bigpook;87799

I would kill to have a smite key.

You win the quote of the day.  Time to update the signature.