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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: 1391406 on Tue, 17 February 2015, 22:33:29
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Does anyone know if the 122-key Model F ever came new in a box like the Model M? I've never seen one and was wondering.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-122key-terminal-keyboard-Brand-New-in-original-shipping-packaging-/141562496518?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item20f5c84606 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-122key-terminal-keyboard-Brand-New-in-original-shipping-packaging-/141562496518?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item20f5c84606)
This is the closest I've seen. This does not look like IBM packaging though.
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I saw that one when it was posted in great finds. It doesn't look NIB to me, though. The box doesn't look IBM issued, either.
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Still surprised that it did not go for more.
I would have expected that the relationship between "New-In-Box" prices and "excellent condition" prices would be much farther apart on ancient gear like that.
There were millions of Model Ms built over the course of decades, for a commercial/industrial customer base, so it stands to reason that there would be lots of them left over. But Model Fs came as part of a complete system, so obviously they are more rare.
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But Model Fs came as part of a complete system, so obviously they are more rare.
Yeah I was gonna say that - does the fact that they're, you know, TERMINAL keyboards not more or less exclude them from being NIB expect if the whole terminal was NIB?