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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: rnak92a on Tue, 28 April 2009, 15:10:08
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Listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-Keyboard_W0QQitemZ300310154589QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item300310154589&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/8/1/5/0/8/webimg/254629711_o.jpg)(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/1/8/1/5/0/8/webimg/254629711_o.jpg)
Excellent example from what's shown, though no internal shots provided. I have one of this vintage and it's especially firm and loud. I love it.
Cheers,
~rn
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Nice looking board... I have two of them already, plus I'm trying to eliminate some of my bigger boards like that one, or would probably snag it myself.
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This post brings back the memory of two traumatizing auctions that I missed last week. An ebayer listed two 1390131s as "vintage IBM 101 key clicky keyboards" starting at $15.00. I managed to get an '88 1391401 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150338940508) from him for $10, because you wouldn't find the auctions through a typical "ibm model m" search.
Long story short, there were two days left with no bids on the 131s and for no reason he switched both auctions to buy-it-now and someone stole them for $30 plus actual shipping. I had emailed him earlier to express my interest and to see if he would combine shipping, so I was kind of put off that he didn't offer them to me first. They came with the original cables, and one even had a plastic cover. Here they are 1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150338940157) and 2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150338939001).
Sorry to rant, but I literally lost sleep over this. Looking back on it now, at least I got a nice price on one old M.