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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Flowshi on Sat, 15 October 2016, 04:54:40
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First sorry for my bad grammar and spelling!
So my parents cleaned up and found a weird Model M keyboad. It's a german keyboard with qwertz layout. Weird thing - it doesn't have a IBM or Lexmark logo, instead it has a squared logo from the german comany MS Elektronik GmbH. On the back side it says:
Kybd No: 1369274 - couldn't find the number on Wikipedia or other sites
I.D. No: 5001268
Date 06-08-93
Plt No: F7
Model M
Made in the USA
Manufactuired by Lexmark
To bad they haven't found the cable yet, but it's problaby somewhere, I told them to look for it.
Is the keyboard worth something? If it's working I problaby use it on my own.
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Well, it's at the very least interesting!
It's in the same vein as the GE healthcare unicomp model Ms that got sold recently. OEM'd by Lexmark (in your case)/Unicomp (for the GE boards) but since the order was large enough/the company had enough clout, the branding is that of the ordering company.
GTSI, Allen Bradley, and Lynk are a few others that had model Ms made with their logos.
The whole thing is pretty unique though. There aren't too many company-branded model Ms out there, and European layout ones are also less common than ANSI layout ones.
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Fotos, bitte!
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I would like to see some pictures if you could!
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Does it have a SDL cable connection on it like most other modular Ms?
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Moved this from Great Finds (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=41.0) to the Keyboards (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=31.0) sub-forum.
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Here are some pictures.