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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: fraglord on Mon, 14 July 2014, 16:32:35
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Hello guys,
last year I got two Model M from a local computer retailer. They came in neutral box with inlay perfectly made for the keyboard to fit. The Keyboard also in a plastic bag. The seller claimed they were refurbished Model M's and he said it was common those keyboard refurbished by companies approved by IBM. I was wondering about the neutral label on the bottom and the layout of the LED's area plus the cord (PS/2, straight wire without bend relief).
As it was a good price and without any doubt it was buckling spring, I not bothered and got them.
Now i decided to take the one I am currently using apart and I am wondering about the controller plus the wiring - a very uncommon look.
Anybody else here came across such a kind of Model M and can state some details?
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Looks like your standard later model Lexmark built hardwired M.
No idea why the label was changed, perhaps original was lost.
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Agreed, that is a very standard model M built by Lexmark. I have a few. Just as reliable as the others in my experience.
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I was gonna say that it doesn't look like any of the ones I've taken apart, but that's because I've not actually seen inside a Lexmark. Just a 42H Greenock, as far as later made ones go.