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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: sethstorm on Thu, 07 January 2010, 19:16:09

Title: Some salvageable Terminal M's w/ Hat Keys for ~$15USD per board
Post by: sethstorm on Thu, 07 January 2010, 19:16:09

Here are some  "Model M 1389260 Clicky Keyboards" (http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-5-VINTAGE-IBM-Model-M-1389260-Clicky-KeyBoards_W0QQitemZ390131851328QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item5ad5aba040) for about $15USD per keyboard.  Condition appears to be salvageable for all but one of them.

US $74.95 + shipping.

They appear to only ship to the United States.

Title: Some salvageable Terminal F's for ~$15USD per board
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 07 January 2010, 19:28:25

At least one of those is a Model M. The two piece keycap missing it's top is a dead giveaway. The area around the barrels on the pics with the missing keycaps looks quite plasticky as opposed to the shiny olive metal you'd expect on a Model F.

Bare in mind that early Model M 122-keys looked identical to their Model F predecessors, even down to the 'hat' keys usually associated with Model Fs.

Title: Some salvageable Terminal F's for ~$15USD per board
Post by: sethstorm on Thu, 07 January 2010, 19:38:18

Quote from: ch_123;149006

At least one of those is a Model M. The two piece keycap missing it's top is a dead giveaway. The area around the barrels on the pics with the missing keycaps looks quite plasticky as opposed to the shiny olive metal you'd expect on a Model F.

Bare in mind that early Model M 122-keys looked identical to their Model F predecessors, even down to the 'hat' keys usually associated with Model Fs.

Corrected.