Nothing. It was a discard. Free.
That's how I've obtained all but a handful of my extra peripherals. Sometimes it's mice with bad button switches, so I cannibalize to make good ones. In this case, the lack of window/menu keys probably caused it to be tossed.
Part # 13H6705
FRU # 13H6710
ID # M300723
Date 02/03/97
Plt # 00
Model M13
They eventually replaced them with the mini IBM keyboards whose keys were one piece instead of with caps on them.
Congratulations, you found for free a keyboard that used to regularly sell on ebay for $150-200 (not as much any more, they seem to be more common)Well, they never die, which is always nice. Only thing I have to work out is that I need to swap mouse buttons on the keyboard, but I want to leave them normal on the trackball. My laptop gives me the option of doing that, but for some reason it's not coming up as an option on the desktop. Laptop runs XP Media Center, but the desktop runs straight ol' Pro...
Nope, the minis never replaced the 101-key keyboards, and the minis usually used double piece caps. It's just that most of the 101-key Model Ms that Lexmark made had single piece caps.
Probably talking different minis here. I've never heard of a IBM Space Saving keyboard with non-removable keys.
A couple of paper clips would work fine. The Model M has some of the easiest to pull caps of any keyboard I have tried.
Mine has the one-piece key caps. Still removable, but it'd be hard to do without tools.Show Image(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/4037939396_70151b6146.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fourohfour/4037939396/)