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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: hwood34 on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:30:56

Title: Unknown Massive board
Post by: hwood34 on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:30:56

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-computer-Keyboard-/221603295258?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item339895f01a
Have no idea what this is. Can't really afford to take a chance right now but if anyone wants to jump on this soon be my guest

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: byker on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:35:15

$64 shipping to Canada.  :(

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:37:10

Model number (1825029) matches up with an old IBM model number, so my guess is beamspring.  Reset and enter look the right shap and size too.


Edit:  Beamspring photo for reference:

(http://i.imgur.com/P8DuLiI.jpg)

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:42:15

Quote from: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:37:10

Model number (1825029) matches up with an old IBM model number, so my guess is beamspring.  Reset and enter look the right shap and size too.

Edit:  Beamspring photo for reference:

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/P8DuLiI.jpg)

damn damn damn damn need money now

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:43:30

If you can get it for under $75 shipped, I'll loan you the money hwood.

And don't take my guess as gospel.  Nowhere does it say IBM, it only says Cannon on the cable.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:49:08

Quote from: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:43:30

If you can get it for under $75 shipped, I'll loan you the money hwood.

And don't take my guess as gospel.  Nowhere does it say IBM, it only says Cannon on the cable.

Seriously? That'd be awesome! I might let this run down as much as possible and see if anyone else has other ideas. But judging from some other photos I've found that certainly would appear to be beamspring.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:53:25

Yeah, seriously.  Cool people deserve cool toys.  I found that board earlier, but didn't want to risk it.  If you're willing to take the risk, I have no problem loaning you the money.  I know you're good for it in the long run.

And I'm hoping those are your bids on it.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:53:56

I put a $30 (+ $50 shipping) bid in (when seeing this thread but before reading all the comments). Y’all can feel free to snipe me though; I don’t want this enough to bid *too* high on it.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:55:04

As long as you put in for less than $75.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:56:24

****, looks like some money's coming out of my pocket now :p

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jwaz on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:57:21

Yeah, this ain't going to go cheap.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:57:33

3***3 just put in ~23 consecutive bids in <$1 increments. What a ridiculous bidding strategy. (If someone here is 3***3, wtf?)

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:00:50

If this goes much higher I must just go for the xerox. Never (possibly) hall effect...

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:02:07

Oh, are you 3***3? If so, apologies for bumping it another $15. I’m done now.

There’s only one real reasonable way to bid on ebay auctions: figure out what your maximum is, and schedule a “snipe” for the last 3–5 seconds for that amount. Bidding before that just invites other people to bid the value up, and you either lose the auction or pay more than necessary.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:02:49

Posting that kb in here:

(http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy60/atrociousgale/YouShouldntHaveDoneThat.gif)

your face now:

(http://images.rapgenius.com/f38e1db500856677df67637703193992.500x281x14.gif)

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:03:25

Quote from: jacobolus on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:02:07

Oh, are you 3***3? If so, apologies for bumping it another $15. I’m done now.

Scumbag jacobulus, says feel free to snipe me, bids it higher.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:04:11

Quote from: nubbinator on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:03:25

Scumbag jacobulus, says feel free to snipe me, bids it higher.

Well who the hell bids in $1 increments 20 times in a row? Sorry, the bidding pattern just made me mad, and I assumed it had to be someone not talking in this thread.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:04:25

this was before I knew about the good samaritans here :p

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jwaz on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:04:54

WHAT  :o :o :o

Quote

Winning bid: US $115.36      [ 33 bids ]     Shipping:   $50.00

Quote from: jwaz on Fri, 14 November 2014, 23:57:21

Yeah, this ain't going to go cheap.

Guess I called that one...

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:05:53

Quote from: jwaz on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:04:54

WHAT  :o :o :o

Quote

Winning bid: US $115.36      [ 33 bids ]     Shipping:   $50.00

Guess I shouldn't have said it's probably beamspring and hwood learned about posting things you may want in here.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:06:24

sweet baby jesus. jacobolus, if that was you, you earned it man

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:06:56

3***3 wasted so much effort here:
(http://i.imgur.com/nDuVm7H.png)

Always be sniping, folks.

Title: Re: Unknown Massive board (35 minutes left)
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:07:51

Quote from: nubbinator on Sat, 15 November 2014, 00:05:53

Guess I shouldn't have said it's probably beamspring and hwood learned about posting things you may want in here.

I can almost guarantee you at least one of the two guys with the snipe bids saw this days ago.