As soon as you take it out of the box it's loose 1900$ value and become what it is, a basic model MExcept it never really had $1900 value.
i would trust the seller of these three boards a lot quicker than the one in OP..
Zero broken rivet guarantee?
Have one, can confirm worth $2kI lol'ed
OMG! How many do I have? Oh well I opened the boxes! Awww.Nice collection!
I suppose they lost all those thousands of value even though they are still in them!
I can confirm they are nice to have, but not worth that much!!!!!
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Just a few pictures....
... Besides I modified the terminal boards with status LED's and standard controllers so they would work with a PC!
I have to put a condom on every time Snowdog posts his collection.
I have to put a condom on every time Snowdog posts his collection.
Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.
I have about 20-something Ms, but they're in use on 20-something computers. Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.
Oh, I know about collecting--I have a solid matchbox and hot wheels collection from my childhood as well as legos. I guess since I work on the computer all the time and have so many computers, it's a bit hard for me to wrap my head around having the keyboards without systems. I'd probably buy computers or reverse kvm switches so I could put all of them to use if I started collecting. Probably why I haven't bought a new board even though some have been quite intriguing--where am I going to use it?Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.
I think that people are either born with a "collector gene" or they aren't.
It bothers you that I have so many keyboards? Well, maybe you should find a hobby you like. It's not easy restoring Model M keyboards. I put a lot of time and energy into the ones I could fix and use. The ones I couldn't fix, I paid to have restored. Some are worth it. Maybe not to you, but they are to me. If you don't have a hobby, that's your loss.I meant no offense. In fact, I love that you have so many, especially in such great care and condition. I was just trying to wrap my head around just collecting them vs how I end up putting every M I have into use somewhere. I guess to me the joy is using my collection vs the collection itself. Kinda like how some car enthusiasts love to restore cars, not own them and others like to drive them and not restore them. Thank you for helping me find some insight into the mindset of keyboard collecting. I think I understand it better now.
Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.
I think that people are either born with a "collector gene" or they aren't.
I have about 20-something Ms, but they're in use on 20-something computers. For those of you that just collect them without putting them in use, what's the attraction? I know for me the only way this is fun is if I'm using them. Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.I can see the point in having considerably different Ms, but not in having almost the same ones. I have an ancient industrial one and a bolt-modded grey-badge one and that's it; I sell off all others.
Is the collector gene like the hoarding gene?
I'm with you. If I didn't get these all dirt cheap and have enough systems to use them on, I'd probably consider selling a few to a good home.I have about 20-something Ms, but they're in use on 20-something computers. For those of you that just collect them without putting them in use, what's the attraction? I know for me the only way this is fun is if I'm using them. Someone enlighten me to the collecting thing.I can see the point in having considerably different Ms, but not in having almost the same ones. I have an ancient industrial one and a bolt-modded grey-badge one and that's it; I sell off all others.
I am able to purge useless junk. Unless I can imagine a legitimate use for something, I will jettison it.It's a fine line, isn't it? 'One man's junk is another man's treasure' as the saying goes. But what if you're on the treasure side of that saying? Who's to tell you what to keep or what not too? It's everyones' right (at least in the US) to acquire and keep whatever they want during their lifetime. It's after that lifetime that it becomes messy...
On the other hand, I am sure that I possess things that I have not touched or used in half my lifetime.
It's after that lifetime that it becomes messy.
Absolutely. I had my basement fairly clean, but both my parents passed away in recent years, and it is harder to throw their stuff out than mine. And my father had a good deal of my grandfather's stuff ....I'm starting to face that as my parents start to wind down their businesses. Luckily we can scan things and get rid of the originals, but the sheer mass of documents is overwhelming. It was 4000lbs when we moved it a few weeks ago. I can't wait for it to all be the size of a small refrigerator and easily accessible.
Absolutely. I had my basement fairly clean, but both my parents passed away in recent years, and it is harder to throw their stuff out than mine. And my father had a good deal of my grandfather's stuff ....I'm starting to face that as my parents start to wind down their businesses. Luckily we can scan things and get rid of the originals, but the sheer mass of documents is overwhelming. It was 4000lbs when we moved it a few weeks ago. I can't wait for it to all be the size of a small refrigerator and easily accessible.
If implemented correctly, electronic signatures are just as good as physical signatures and are admissible in court.
It's not easy restoring Model M keyboards. I put a lot of time and energy into the ones I could fix and use...
When you spend hours using Q-Tips™ to dig hardened layers of 30-year-old snackfood crumbs out of something,
Two words 'government organisations' sure the 7-10 years has now passed and you could probably throw out that mound of boxes filled with dumb paperwork from 1995 which probably didn't need to be archived by law, but got put in because its easier than using the shredder. But lets not because no one wants to be the individual to say "yes you may dispose of that cancerous mountain wasting metres and metres of archive space". In fact you could probably make the argument that it poses a fire risk, that is ok we will go to a paperless system and this will no longer be a problem. Well the paperless system got introduced but again no one wants to give the word to stop using the old paper system, bang now you got two systems of archiving documents one was meant to replace the other. You have to use the new system because it is progressive and saves paper, but you HAVE to use the old system also otherwise the world could end.Yep, the 7-10 years rule probably would be useful if all we were worried about was compliance, but sometimes a document just saves money. A old survey plat from the 1990s was able to be used to speed up a new survey by weeks--so sometimes it's just a matter of needing the data from yesterday today. I think the hardest part of the conversion process will be just weeding things out and then sorting the scanned pdfs. But we'll have time to do it.
tl;dr The means, method and management of documents triggers me.
Or electronic signatures, they are awesome when applied to the right sort of documents. But there is absolutely no benefit in altering a form to include an electronic signature, claim to the world that you have just solved an accountability problem when the form is meant to only be filled out by hand. I bet it took weeks to implement that change to the one form, yet neglect the fact that it is a policy breech to fill out that particular form on the computer. In fact it is a red mark from the auditors if they discover one of those forms filled out on the computer.
So triggered.
Government worker, can confirm ridiculousness of paperwork. What's even better is how inept our paperless solutions are. For example, if I want to fax something that requires a signature, I have two options. Guest, I print the paper, sign it, fax it with a cover sheet, await confirmation. Two, print it out, sign it, scan it in, import scanned images into word, save as pdf, open fax software, type in fax number, type in cover sheet info, delete "private" fax number so they send it to the office fax, hit send, pray the software works and it goes through (it usually doesn't for me).
Also, constant EOBs from MediCal. They're a waste of space and a waste of resources,but no insurance company makes it easy to bulk register people so you can access stuff online. So we get 1-3 per month per person, all of which get filed.
If implemented correctly, electronic signatures are just as good as physical signatures and are admissible in court.It amazes how much people on gh know about almost any topic. I thought the 'paperwork reduction act' would have changed some processes by now. Of course, we all know how slow the government is to change things--just too many connected things that can break from sudden change.
OMG! How many do I have? Oh well I opened the boxes! Awww.
I suppose they lost all those thousands of value even though they are still in them!
I can confirm they are nice to have, but not worth that much!!!!!
I'm laughing.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/Ma7FdGY.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/QhAD9BO.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/J9074I3.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/13msCM2.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/r3hvZ1Y.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/vwx52sq.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/qdORsE6.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/JXIMsrX.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wgJjr63.jpg)
Just a few pictures....
... Besides I modified the terminal boards with status LED's and standard controllers so they would work with a PC!
I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?That is a very, very nicely done picture. I remember thinking that when I saw it, and I'm a pro photographer.
I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?That is a very, very nicely done picture. I remember thinking that when I saw it, and I'm a pro photographer.
I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?
I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?That is a very, very nicely done picture. I remember thinking that when I saw it, and I'm a pro photographer.
Yep, the 7-10 years rule probably would be useful if all we were worried about was compliance, but sometimes a document just saves money. A old survey plat from the 1990s was able to be used to speed up a new survey by weeks--so sometimes it's just a matter of needing the data from yesterday today. I think the hardest part of the conversion process will be just weeding things out and then sorting the scanned pdfs. But we'll have time to do it.
People on gh are so passionate! :thumb:
It irks me quite a bit when we've established some solid workflows that completely bypass paper--reviewing legal documents before signature is a perfect example. My dad used to print it out, mark all over it, and then fax it to the attorney. This would result in sometimes dozens of printed copies, and the only way to archive the changes made was to keep all the copies. ugh. Today's method involves reviewing on the computer and then emailing the attorney with a followup phone call. But my dad still keeps writing notes. He's still generating paper when we have a paperless workflow. But I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks. He's been working with his paper workflow for 40 years now, so some habits die hard.
I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?
Having trouble with quoting fanpeople? I found the error.... Hope you can fix it on both your posts....
When you spend hours using Q-Tips™ to dig hardened layers of 30-year-old snackfood crumbs out of something,Holy cow! I have never done anything like that... I break it all the way down into pieces and let hot soapy water do all the work on everything but the electronics.
OMG! How many do I have? Oh well I opened the boxes! Awww.
I suppose they lost all those thousands of value even though they are still in them!
I can confirm they are nice to have, but not worth that much!!!!!
I'm laughing.
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I love your second picutre... may I use it as my wallpaper?
When you spend hours using Q-Tips™ to dig
Really? As arduous as cleaning around spring barrels can be,
When you spend hours using Q-Tips™ to dig...
The operative word was "hours" but maybe you were speaking figuratively.
Not my idea of "fun" but with everything broken down to parts, you can get every single component spotlessly clean throughout... I look at that as simply a reassurance for something that I bought from a [stranger] on ebay.
If there are Keyboard Immortals among us, you'd certainly be one of 'em.)
As long as everything works, the state of the inner assembly never crosses my mind, any more than how clean the bottom of my car is. Life's too short.
*eye twitch* if you knew the amount of meticulous sanding and painting I'm in the middle of... hahaha. To each thier own, 'tis a great hobby no matter how you slice it :thumb:
Well, that's interesting! You should see how many FAILED shots I have too! Maybe I should go for a change of career!That's not just you! When I started, my keeper rate was about 1:20. Now my non-keeper shots is 1:10. :))Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/M6M6YSh.jpg)
....That didn't work.
Oh! I found my other picture that I forgot to upload....Prettttyyy... :cool:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/1l21upX.jpg)
Edit: This is a picture from before njbair helped me out with a new NumLk/ScrLk key!
It's not a bad picture at all.
...a classic symptom of Asperger Syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome).) This aspect of it gets my hearty endorsement.Wait, can't you get medicare/medicaid for this? lol
Oh! I found my other picture that I forgot to upload....Prettttyyy... :cool:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/1l21upX.jpg)
Edit: This is a picture from before njbair helped me out with a new NumLk/ScrLk key!
It's not a bad picture at all.
If you would have had a dark cloth on that table, that shot would have been pretty killer for just something put together. When shooting products, the thing to keep in mind is that you don't want anything in the background to take away from the product. Pretty simple concept and seems intuitive, but it's really hard to remember sometimes if you're not used to it. Try it the next time you shoot any of your keyboards. :thumb:
Have you even went to and gone through my pictures in my imgur album?I have to admit that I haven't. Something I'll put on my todo list for when I have some free time. :thumb:
Hmm.
...a classic symptom of Asperger Syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome).) This aspect of it gets my hearty endorsement.Wait, can't you get medicare/medicaid for this? lol ... I can just see a bunch of people filing for disability and then using the funds to restore keyboards--it would be an industry in itself!
But then we could probably get a bailout when our 'business investments' go south. :))...a classic symptom of Asperger Syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome).) This aspect of it gets my hearty endorsement.Wait, can't you get medicare/medicaid for this? lol ... I can just see a bunch of people filing for disability and then using the funds to restore keyboards--it would be an industry in itself!
They'd probably insist on monitoring our eBay browsing.
BTW, I have no idea why that 3x post of mine occurred up there... I'm pretty careful about such things, so I'm guessing it was a forum glitch. Nonetheless I'm willing my face to be red because I'm such and agreeable and modest guy.
That reminds me of when I bought a brand new inbox Model M 1390131 for $430 and then a few months later when I moved apartments the box was squashed and I threw it out. Now its worth $50!