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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ander on Wed, 03 October 2018, 17:16:03
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IBM Model M Buckling Spring "Clicky" Mechanical Keyboard (https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Buckling-Spring-Clicky-Mechanical-Keyboard/153204704517)
Currently at opening price of $30.00 or Make an Offer, plus shipping
Your Model M collection isn't complete without the mysterious p/n 1397735, the only original IBM Model M variant with no logo.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VccAAOSwAvpbtQKw/s-l1600.jpg)
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/j4wAAOSwy~JbtQKp/s-l1600.jpg)
Lexmark made a couple of logoless variants, and so has Unicomp—but the 1397735 is the only one ever cranked out by IBM itself.
I have one, and I can't describe the thrill of getting it out now and then, staring at the empty logo area, and thinking, "Why on earth was the ultra-competitive IBM willing to sell generic versions of its prized buckling-spring keebs to OEMs who could, presumably, put their own logos on them? And even if this question is never answered, wasn't it worth posting so I could italicize stuff?"
Although this one's listed as "Used", the seller describes it as "surplus, never used". And who knows what price they actually have in mind? Could you offer $50 and win it? There's only one way to find out (buh ha ha!!).
Mysteriously, A.
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I've heard of these. Looks to be in really nice shape.
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I've heard of these...
They remain cloaked in legend, nonetheless.
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Interesting find! It even had the thicker cable. And I didn't go for too, too much either for a keyboard in that shape. :)