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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ander on Sun, 03 July 2016, 01:57:27

Title: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: ander on Sun, 03 July 2016, 01:57:27

This Model M 1391401 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Antique-Keyboard-Model-M-Pt-No-1391401-1984-/131866576354) appeared on eBay tonight:


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Yo4AAOSwOVpXeK~C/s-l1600.jpg)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2ykAAOSwXeJXeK~M/s-l1600.jpg)


Made in 1988... with a blue logo?? As far as I knew, the blue logo didn't come in till '92 or so.

My best guess is that Lexmark refurbished it and put a new case top on it... Funny to see something like that, though, isn't it?

Title: Re: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: chyros on Sun, 03 July 2016, 05:42:11

Blue badges from 1988 and silver badges from 1994, IBM were funny ****ers xD .

Title: Re: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 03 July 2016, 10:03:11

More likely somebody replaced the top case shell.

Title: Re: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: 1391406 on Sun, 03 July 2016, 10:11:53

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 03 July 2016, 10:03:11

More likely somebody replaced the top case shell.

That's my guess.

Title: Re: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: ander on Thu, 07 July 2016, 03:42:45

Ah, one of these Frankenboards I've heard about.


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Title: Re: 1988 Model M, blue logo?
Post by: QuincyJones on Thu, 07 July 2016, 06:22:57

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 03 July 2016, 10:03:11

More likely somebody replaced the top case shell.

Is a seller trying to pass it off as "New" with a huge markup? The original case was probably fubar'd, so they did this to make it look clean.