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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: ed_avis on Thu, 11 October 2018, 04:55:30

Title: [SOLD] [ebay.co.uk] IBM M2, UK layout
Post by: ed_avis on Thu, 11 October 2018, 04:55:30

A bit pricey in my view.  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253927416479

Title: Re: [ebay.co.uk] IBM M2, UK layout
Post by: ander on Thu, 11 October 2018, 05:48:45

Keep in mind, too, that this is a Model M2—not to be confused with the Model M that preceded it.

The M2 was IBM's last, halfhearted stab at a mechanical board. They'd already carelessly lost the PC market, and were cutting costs wherever they could. Here, that primarily meant a much smaller and flimsier case, a plastic plate rather than the M's steel, and unreliable 2nd-rate electronics. (Our esteemed pal Chyros elaborates in his video review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gvMPBSGVng).)

So the good news is, it probably doesn't matter how much they want for it. Cheerio, chaps!