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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Wed, 24 January 2018, 00:44:59

Title: [Sold, looks like] '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69
Post by: ander on Wed, 24 January 2018, 00:44:59: IBM by Lexmark Model M "Clicky" Mechanical Keyboard AT Connector 1398601 1991
(https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-by-Lexmark-Model-M-Clicky-Mechanical-Keyboard-AT-Connector-1398601-1991/232598475796)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/KvcAAOSwry1aNEBk/s-l1600.jpg)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/L5cAAOSwdW9aNEBo/s-l1600.jpg)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CHQAAOSwTO9aNEBv/s-l1600.jpg)

The only Model M Lexmark produced under their own name. It wasn't long ago that Brandon at Clicky Keyboards was saying (http://clickykeyboards.com/product/lexmark-model-m-lexmark-brand-1398601-16-aug-94/), "We have not seen this keyboard in any other keyboard collection." They've turned up now and then since, but they're never a common sight.

As I post this, the seller has 9 available, and they look extra-clean. They have the big IBM-style label, too, rather than Lexmark's later wimpy, afterthought-looking one.
Title: Re: '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69 shipped
Post by: JP on Wed, 24 January 2018, 07:52:20: Those are really nice. I really like this Lexmark logo.
Title: Re: '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 24 January 2018, 17:33:29: It's wacky when you think about it: In 1991, Lexmark—IBM's former MK division, which had become sold off as a private company—was still making Model M's for IBM, and at the same time, making Model M clones (they even say "Model M") and selling them under their own name. I wonder if they even asked IBM for permission, or at least gave them a heads-up?
Title: Re: '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69 shipped
Post by: ander on Wed, 07 February 2018, 05:35:11: 2 left.
Title: Re: '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69 shipped
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 07 February 2018, 19:44:07: All gone now.
Title: Re: '91 Model M's, p/n 1398601 (Lexmark logo), v. clean, $69 shipped
Post by: JP on Thu, 08 February 2018, 17:17:31: This was definitely a great deal. I already had two of these but these ones were older judging by the listings pictures.