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Title: [ENDED] NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: ander on Fri, 14 December 2018, 23:35:17: Okay, admit it: You've always wanted a virgin. Model M, that is.

Vintage Mint New In Box IBM Keyboard 42H1292 Never Used Free Shipping to CONUS! (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mint-New-In-Box-IBM-Keyboard-42H1292-Never-Used-Free-Shipping-to-CONUS/233047623339)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uWEAAOSwaOtby3Ns/s-l1600.jpg)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/R9cAAOSwSVdby3NO/s-l1600.jpg)

$125 or Make Offer; free US shipping.
Title: Re: NIB Model M 42H1292, $125 OBO, free US shipping
Post by: JP on Fri, 14 December 2018, 23:36:46: Not sure if that one is a virgin, I mean the box is opened :-\ Also that one isn't even old enough to drink yet.
Title: Re: NIB Model M 42H1292, $125 OBO, free US shipping
Post by: ander on Sat, 15 December 2018, 00:29:01: Quote from: JP on Fri, 14 December 2018, 23:36:46
Not sure if that one is a virgin, I mean the box is opened :-\

The keyboard's the virgin, Mr. Fussy, not the flippin' box. Besides, I knew virgins in high school who'd done a lot more than having their covers lifted.

Quote from: JP on Fri, 14 December 2018, 23:36:46
Also that one isn't even old enough to drink yet.

So you wouldn't drink 19-year-old wine? Must be nice.

Look, it's an unused 2nd-generation M (note the fixed cable), not even one of Lexmark's thinned-down variants... If the seller's willing to take a C-bill for it, I doubt you'd find another NIB BS M for less.
Title: Re: NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: orihalcon on Sat, 15 December 2018, 06:50:50: I’m with JP on this one, but perhaps for different reasons. You start throwing letters into part numbers and it starts seeming “less IBM” to me. Plus, I personally prefer the classic Lock LED overlay. That’s not to say that it isn’t an excellent board though ;)
Title: Re: NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 15 December 2018, 08:41:05: That looks like a Greenock label to me. I have had dozens of Model Ms, and only 3 didn't work - all 1999 42Hs from Greenock.
Title: Re: NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: ander on Sun, 16 December 2018, 18:19:00: I guess it just is what it is, then. (It actually was what it was all along, but let's not argue verb tense here.)
Title: Re: NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: JP on Sun, 16 December 2018, 18:32:17: Quote from: ander on Fri, 14 December 2018, 23:35:17
Okay, admit it: You've always wanted a virgin. Model M, that is.

What is this? :-X
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Title: Re: NIB 1999 Model M 42H1292
Post by: ander on Sun, 16 December 2018, 18:40:41: Quote from: JP on Sun, 16 December 2018, 18:32:17
What is this? :-X
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Seller says: "The box is even in fantastic shape but has a spot where a candle sat on it and transferred some wax onto the outside; never on the keyboard itself." This is just according to the description, though. The description for the item. On its auction page.