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Title: cheap mini
Post by: Tr0j4nM4x1mus on Mon, 19 April 2010, 13:50:49: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1988-IBM-Clinky-Keyboard-Model-M-1392464_W0QQitemZ130384466541QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item1e5b85126d
Title: cheap mini
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 19 April 2010, 13:59:46: Very temped... If it wasn't for the missing keycaps, I'd have it already.

If memory serves me correct, that variant is made for IBM's DisplayWrite software, which was based on the system for the Display Writer. Should be PS/2 compatible.

Pics Here. (http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/9242/subcatid/0/id/120575) Please someone buy it before I change my mind!
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Mon, 19 April 2010, 14:42:46: I emailed the seller with an offer ($60 shipped) this morning and they changed the auction to buy it now for me. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to make offers. It showed up last night as a $10 auction.

I LOVE the hat keys. This will become my daily driver.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 19 April 2010, 14:48:49: It was BIN for $10? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....[Trails off into the distance]
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Mon, 19 April 2010, 14:49:57: It was a normal auction starting at $10. They changed it to BIN for me by request.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 19 April 2010, 14:51:14: Oh right... Now there you were getting my hopes up! =P
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Mon, 19 April 2010, 14:56:27: It was a great deal, but not that great :)

I'm glad now that I didn't low-ball it too far, or the sleuths here would have bought it.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: EverythingIBM on Mon, 19 April 2010, 17:52:59: Quote from: nowsharing;173501
It was a great deal, but not that great :)

I'm glad now that I didn't low-ball it too far, or the sleuths here would have bought it.

What's so great about the minis? You're getting half the keyboard and no LEDs. Sure it's SMALLER, but that means less IBM particle goodness.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: EverythingIBM on Mon, 19 April 2010, 20:13:37: Quote from: ripster;173578
Minis make grown men drool.[/IMG]

I'm over six feet tall, so, I'd greatly protest before getting into one of those vechicles. I remember how cramped the Ford Probe was, nice car and all, but I'm not a 4-foot asian:
(http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3895/3181/22236590002_large.jpg)

(for anyone who doesn't get my reference, Ford Probes used a lot of japanese components, which is why they were so small and only available in front-wheel drive; good luck fixing an oil leak, you have to take the whole motor out because there is no engine space: I hate cramped engines, it's like cramped computers).

EDIT: on a side note, the "probes" had a trunk so big that you could stuff all of kishy's computer crap in there.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: didjamatic on Mon, 19 April 2010, 20:46:27: I used to own a Mini Cooper S, loved it but wanted something bigger, faster and safer so I sold it. Though I had a friend who was about 6'2-4 and he was fine in his Mini. They're bigger inside than you think.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Mon, 19 April 2010, 20:55:06: I love miniature cars. I drove various Fieros for 12 years, and had a Delorean for a while. I have two Fiats to choose from here in Brazil, and love em.

My Delorean and my third Fiero. I'm pretty short, so they fit like a glove.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: kriminal on Mon, 19 April 2010, 20:57:53: Quote from: EverythingIBM;173576
What's so great about the minis? You're getting half the keyboard and no LEDs. Sure it's SMALLER, but that means less IBM particle goodness.

i love mini kb's my first model m will be a mini XD
Title: cheap mini
Post by: HaaTa on Mon, 19 April 2010, 21:57:34: Quote from: didjamatic;173607
I used to own a Mini Cooper S, loved it but wanted something bigger, faster and safer so I sold it. Though I had a friend who was about 6'2-4 and he was fine in his Mini. They're bigger inside than you think.

Yeah, I'm around 6'2 and mini's are fine. Quite roomy actually.

Now an asian sports car...I'm looking for the sun roof.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: zerocool on Tue, 20 April 2010, 03:34:19: i think mini keyboards are great and i got it on my old PC i use.
it can just be i got use to it and anything bigger i cant deal with, lol
Title: cheap mini
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 20 April 2010, 07:13:19: You painted your DeLorean? For shame, Didj.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Tue, 20 April 2010, 11:19:33: Quote
You painted your DeLorean? For shame, Didj.
That was the general consensus, but I couldn't afford an unpainted one and I really liked the way that one looked in red, which is part of why I bought it. It was basically an old, cheap, slow lotus.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: ricercar on Tue, 20 April 2010, 11:25:51: I had the chance to buy a Delorean in '95 for $40K USD. Instead I bought a 1991 Turbo MR2 for $13K and blew the other 27K on trivial stuff like food and rent and keyboards.

By the time I actually sat in my dream car, a Fiat X/19, my legs were too long to fit beneath the steering wheel without depressing the pedals. I was only 6'0" and my life as a car enthusiast ended that day.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: nowsharing on Tue, 20 April 2010, 12:19:16: I bought my Delorean for $10K, of which I had less than half of at the time. I kept it for about two years and sold it after fixing it up a little.

X19s were awesome. I used to love two seaters.
Title: cheap mini
Post by: kishy on Tue, 20 April 2010, 13:27:39: DE-FREAKING-LOREAN

I've seen two in my life, and they were probably the same car in different places. Original stainless finish.

Beautiful in an 80s kind of way.