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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Janeiac on Wed, 28 October 2015, 20:23:43
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=181724065198&globalID=EBAY-US
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iirc, these are model m
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Model M? Are they not f122? I'm confused. :(
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Odd. The cable is coming out of the case in a different place to other F122s.
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The 139xxxx are Model M numbers.
There were some PS/2 Model Ms that were programmable and nice. This is a good price if they really are new.
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Looks so pretty....
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Unless people have really started looking, it seems like there's an insane number of these suddenly appearing.
In a couple of month's time everyone will bemoan not having bought one of these when they were available.
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M122s are plenty, F122s not so much. Rumour has it there's about to be about 100 or so F122s coming out after Cindy sorts things out on DT (shhhhh).
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=181724065198&globalID=EBAY-US
I can't find details anywhere on these particular part numbers, but the 139* format does indeed indicate they're Model M's. So I'd say these are M's that were made, for some reason, to resemble Model F's, with stepped modifier keys rather than M-style flat ones.
Unfortunately the seller included no photos of the backs, the only definite way to ID them. (Plastic = M, metal = F, plus they'd probably have labels that said "Model M" or "Model F".)
I wrote the seller and asked if they could send me a back photo or just tell me what the backs said, but they never replied. I don't know if they're too busy, or if they don't consider it worthwhile, or if they're actually trying to pass these off as F's. However, they knew they were 122-key boards, and they included all the info except whether they were M's or F's, so I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
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I bought one. It's an unusual Model M.
We talked about it here...
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73274.msg1790309#msg1790309
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Oh, ha ha, I thought this was that thread.
Plus, of course, these are PS/2, which no Model F would be—so, duh. :?)
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Yep, that thread definitely helps a lot! I think I want one. I'm sure I could definitely use it as a daily driver.
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Well, I dunno... They are unusual boards, but if they're just M's, I don't see what the advantage would be of having the F-style stepped keys. Some people even complain about those here. If they were actually F's, it would be worth the trouble, considering how vastly superior F's are to M's. Okay, I'm just typing that in case Snowdog sees it, so I can get him going. :?)
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I'm not a fan of the stepped keys, but it would be something different and intimidating, mwah ha ha ha.
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Well, I dunno... They are unusual boards, but if they're just M's, I don't see what the advantage would be of having the F-style stepped keys. Some people even complain about those here. If they were actually F's, it would be worth the trouble, considering how vastly superior F's are to M's. Okay, I'm just typing that in case Snowdog sees it, so I can get him going. :?)
The Model F feels nicer, but comes with its own compromises. It will be unquestionably superior to the M in every way, if and only if one is produced in a full-size and/or TKL ANSI layout that can be cheaply and easily connected to a modern computer.
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if and only if
The last time I saw this phrase was in mathematical theorums in college, lol.