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Offline digi

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IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 14:56:00 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-3278-Personal-Computer-Keyboard-1977-Canada-Clicky-RARE-Beam-Spring-/291257241768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d048d0a8

I know some of you are looking for a beam spring board. This price seems high to me but I'm no expert on these so maybe this model is rare? Looks like there is about 20lbs of steel under this bad boy!
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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 15:00:17 »
****. The 3278 has a nice layout in terms of beamsprings imo but that's a *really* high price.
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Offline Glodener

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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 17:26:06 »
Hey, may as well start high right?  ya never know...  looks like the last one to come up for sale went for 305.00 a few months ago
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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 17:27:34 »
There were two that went for around $170 about 2 months ago.
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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 18:00:58 »
I remember using one of these in the mid 90's when I worked form IBM. It was a bit of a relic even then, but it was all they had at the education building to connect to the internal IBM VM system. Ah memories...at the time I was developing software for OS/2.
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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 18:46:52 »
I thought I dropped big bucks for my 3101/3727. In retrospect, that was a sweet deal for a like new beam spring, I haven't seen anything close to as nice except for the NOS scores by those certain European collectors...

This one is priced pretty high for a dirty board, you can get cleaner ones for less if you bide your time.
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Offline Glodener

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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 20:45:07 »
I'll clean it up with some windex tomorrow and post new pics and then it will be worth a lot more I guess?

Its been sitting on a shelf for 20 years and I wiped it off with a paper towel before taking the pics... didn't want to break anything :D
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Re: IBM Beam Spring on eBizzle
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 02 October 2014, 21:05:18 »
Quote from: CPTBadAss on Thu, 02 October 2014, 17:27:34
There were two that went for around $170 about 2 months ago.
Mine was $75 and they were under $100 regularly until xwhatsit blew up the scene.

About it being dirty, cleaning it well will make it more desireable, but most people are more worried about the condition of the internal plate. Part of why mine was so cheap is the plate is all corroded. I have another one I am working on for another GH'er that the plate is in absolutely pristine shape. Such a one would be worth significantly more.
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