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Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 21 March 2010, 17:57:34

Courtesy of everyone's favorite IBM vendor -

1. (http://cgi.ebay.ie/IBM-Model-M13-Trackpoint-Keyboard-13H6705-Black-549_W0QQitemZ130376315972QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5b08b444#ht_1216wt_939)
2. (http://cgi.ebay.ie/IBM-Model-M13-Trackpoint-Keyboard-13H6705-Black-547_W0QQitemZ140392593470QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20b00cf83e#ht_1328wt_939)

Ignore the high shipping price, it's set to give the cost for shipping to Ireland.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 21 March 2010, 18:06:23

Some additional ones from BON of interest -

M5-1 (http://cgi.ebay.ie/RARE-1993-IBM-Model-M5-1-Clicky-Keyboard-1370478-510_W0QQitemZ140381123148QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item20af5df24c#ht_1206wt_939) $80... which isn't bad given how rare the things are.

Cheap 42H in nice condition (http://cgi.ebay.ie/CLEAN-1996-IBM-Model-M-Clicky-Keyboard-42H1292-Unit-550_W0QQitemZ140392607360QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item20b00d2e80#ht_1066wt_939)

1391402 (http://cgi.ebay.ie/91-IBM-Model-M-Keyboard-French-AZERTY-1391402-Unit-537_W0QQitemZ140389018344QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item20afd66ae8#ht_1482wt_939) French layout Model M for those who need such a thing. Particularly interesting is that it's an ISO keyboard made in the US...

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 21 March 2010, 18:50:51

Was that you who just bought it?

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: platon on Sun, 21 March 2010, 18:51:10

someone bought it already ! I think it is the same one that had started at $200 with no luck, until now.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: sethstorm on Sun, 21 March 2010, 19:06:16

Quote from: ch_123;165975

Courtesy of everyone's favorite IBM vendor -

1. (http://cgi.ebay.ie/IBM-Model-M13-Trackpoint-Keyboard-13H6705-Black-549_W0QQitemZ130376315972QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5b08b444#ht_1216wt_939)
2. (http://cgi.ebay.ie/IBM-Model-M13-Trackpoint-Keyboard-13H6705-Black-547_W0QQitemZ140392593470QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20b00cf83e#ht_1328wt_939)

Ignore the high shipping price, it's set to give the cost for shipping to Ireland.

That's what I paid for a Lexmark one(my working one), but would not do for a Maxi-Switch model.  If there are no meaningful differences, so be it.  One good M13 is enough here, it'll only be bonus if the M13 on the way has repairable(and not show-stopping) defects.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: kishy on Sun, 21 March 2010, 19:34:19

Quote from: sethstorm;166002

That's what I paid for a Lexmark one(my working one), but would not do for a Maxi-Switch model.  If there are no meaningful differences, so be it.  One good M13 is enough here, it'll only be bonus if the M13 on the way has repairable(and not show-stopping) defects.

As I understand it, it's the Lexmark ones that are inferior...Maxi Switch used the real trackpoint, Lexmark the less-good one.

Geekhack members have told me this...not sure if it's true or not.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: microsoft windows on Sun, 21 March 2010, 19:41:15

I looked, but saw it was from that guy with the terrible customer support. And it was overpriced too.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: sethstorm on Sun, 21 March 2010, 20:14:00

Quote from: ripster;166025

That Akio Toyoda guy?  

Show Image

(http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/02/25/alg_toyota_president.jpg)

Different type of "customer disservice", and only by scale.  

Quote from: ripster;166025

I was too late for the M5-1 but I have a feeling these keyboards: the M5-1, the M5-2, and M13 just aren't designed for modern 1900x1200 screens.  This Unicomp M13 at full acceleration just isn't cutting it.

Get with the program, normal aspect monitors have fallen by the wayside. [/sarcasm]

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 22 March 2010, 04:56:32

Quote from: kishy;166009

As I understand it, it's the Lexmark ones that are inferior...Maxi Switch used the real trackpoint, Lexmark the less-good one.

Geekhack members have told me this...not sure if it's true or not.

You're thinking of Unicomp.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: kishy on Mon, 22 March 2010, 07:07:30

Quote from: ch_123;166089

You're thinking of Unicomp.

Well yeah, but what I was told (I think by you...) is that Lexmark introduced the crappy trackpoint that Unicomp still uses.

That would have happened in my M5-2 thread.

Edit: whoops, my mistake (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=144436&postcount=18). There was no mention of Lexmark either way.

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 22 March 2010, 07:25:42

Quote from: kishy;166099

Well yeah, but what I was told (I think by you...) is that Lexmark introduced the crappy trackpoint that Unicomp still uses.

That would have happened in my M5-2 thread.

Edit: whoops, my mistake (http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=144436&postcount=18). There was no mention of Lexmark either way.

I think I would have remembered if I had said something completely wrong like that...

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: kishy on Mon, 22 March 2010, 07:36:33

Quote from: ch_123;166100

I think I would have remembered if I had said something completely wrong like that...

Yeah, I thought you would have too (which is why I went to investigate where I incorrectly remembered seeing it).

So, that being said, were Maxi Switch and Lexmark both using the same real TrackPoints?

Title: BON - Black M13s
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 22 March 2010, 09:00:24

Yep, I have both a Lexmark M4-1 and a Maxiswitch M13 and they both use the right one.