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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Shawn Stanford on Mon, 16 November 2009, 14:50:18

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: Shawn Stanford on Mon, 16 November 2009, 14:50:18

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-00-1-Keyboard-VINTAGE_W0QQitemZ320449900600QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9c4d7038

(http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!BfNrs0w!Wk~$(KGrHqQOKjYEr)0g5g6dBL!YS(dE,g~~_12.JPG)

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: JBert on Mon, 16 November 2009, 16:28:48

Hmmm, seems like one of those buckling beam keyboards. Doesn't ship outside the USA though.

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 16 November 2009, 16:39:22

Only $10, yet no international shipping... Urgh...

It's a Displaywriter board, for those who are interested.

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 16 November 2009, 17:18:14

Some of it's 'brother' keyboards were quite nice, like the 5251 terminal keyboard for example -

(http://www.corestore.org/5251-1.jpg)

The 3278 keyboard is probably one of the most awesome looking keyboards of all time though.

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: msiegel on Mon, 16 November 2009, 18:12:59

appearance aside, somebody should snag it :)

there's a limited supply of beam-spring switches out there... it would be great if more of us were holding on to them :D

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 16 November 2009, 18:16:46

You should get one - see if you can fit the beam spring switches inside your modded Model F =P

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: msiegel on Mon, 16 November 2009, 18:28:51

Quote from: ch_123;133022

You should get one - see if you can fit the beam spring switches inside your modded Model F =P

i'm tempted... but the model f mod is designed to be case-less ;D

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 16 November 2009, 18:48:05

You'd also need something to hold the BeSp switches against the plate... We really need an official Geekhack machine shop for this kind of stuff...

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ak_nala on Tue, 24 November 2009, 03:14:44

Somebody snagged it for $9.99. Not bad for a beam-spring.

Wonder if it was one of us? Oh wait, it was me :)

Let the reverse-engineering commence!

Title: Another old IBM washes up in the 'bay...
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 24 November 2009, 05:14:21

Huzzah!

Hopefully some means of recycling the Beam Springs will be found.