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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: didjamatic on Thu, 07 January 2010, 08:52:58
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Does anyone know the original retail price of a Model M when they were new in the 80's? How about other keyboards?
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IIRC, Model Ms cost $150 (USD) in the 80's. I'm not sure what that would be eith inflation, but I would imagine that it would be around $250 or so.
EDIT: According to this (http://gdgt.com/ibm/model-m/specs/), the M's MSRP was $250. I'm not sure how valid that is, though.
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From 1985 to 2008 inflation was 100%, so a $150 keyboard in 1985 would be $300 in 2008.
Pretty expensive, but I thought it would be even more than that.
A little more than retail Topre boards, but when you compare to today's "common" $10 rubber dome keyboards, that is a huge difference.
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I've heard the $250 figure in a few places, although by the Lexmark days, it was down to $100-150.
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I've heard the $250 in a few places, although by the Lexmark days, it was down to $100-150.
This is probably realistic. I bet Jim from Unicomp would know.
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The XT Model F was between $350-400. And the M15 was $179, or $199 with a numpad.
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I've heard the $250 figure in a few places, although by the Lexmark days, it was down to $100-150.
That would seem about right, in the mid-'90s Ms were around 250 DM here. (G80-3000s didn't cost much over 100.)
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When I ordered my IBM ps/2 Model 70 there was an accessories list where the keyboard was listed at something > DM 1000,- which would be around Euro 500,- or $700 using today's conversion values. The Model 70 was DM 25000,-. This included the keyboard and probably a 14" color monitor.