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Offline ekeppel

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Industrial XT Model F, probably not BS, but still pretty rare...
« on: Tue, 29 November 2016, 06:40:56 »
Just saw this Industrial XT come up on eBay this morning.  I believe it's the non-buckling spring version because the keycaps appear different than the usual XT ones.  Still, I have never seen one of these for sale anywhere, and it might interest those of you who collect. :-)

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-Keyboard-Mechanical-Clicky-Buckling-Spring-83-Key-XT-w-Original-Box-/201732430078

Price is buy-it-now $250 plus shipping, but the seller is accepting bids too, so it could go for less.

EDIT: Note the 1.99 thrift store sticker in the last photo (hope they remove that photo - I messaged the seller, hehe)

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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: Industrial XT Model F, probably not BS, but still pretty rare...
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 29 November 2016, 07:01:45 »
We've seen them for sale before.  Oak switches.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=53890.5
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Offline ekeppel

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Re: Industrial XT Model F, probably not BS, but still pretty rare...
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 29 November 2016, 09:59:50 »
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 29 November 2016, 07:01:45
We've seen them for sale before.  Oak switches.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=53890.5

Thanks, I didn't remember what kind of switch they were supposed to have, but knew it wasn't BS at least.  :thumb:

Does this still technically qualify as a Model F or did IBM have a different name for them?
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Re: Industrial XT Model F, probably not BS, but still pretty rare...
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 29 November 2016, 11:34:26 »
Quote from: ekeppel on Tue, 29 November 2016, 09:59:50
Thanks, I didn't remember what kind of switch they were supposed to have, but knew it wasn't BS at least.  :thumb:

Does this still technically qualify as a Model F or did IBM have a different name for them?

I would suspect they're not considered an F by IBM but I do not know what their part number/designation would be.
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Re: Industrial XT Model F, probably not BS, but still pretty rare...
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 29 November 2016, 12:47:21 »
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 29 November 2016, 11:34:26
Quote from: ekeppel on Tue, 29 November 2016, 09:59:50
Thanks, I didn't remember what kind of switch they were supposed to have, but knew it wasn't BS at least.  :thumb:

Does this still technically qualify as a Model F or did IBM have a different name for them?

I would suspect they're not considered an F by IBM but I do not know what their part number/designation would be.
For sure it had different part numbers at least. IBM gave every ****ing screw a different part number xD .
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