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Offline metzu

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Info on this IBM Model M
« on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 00:07:13 »
manufactured by lexmark,it says Made In USA,but it has the Ń key and function keys are in spanish


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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 00:08:36 »
Quote from: metzu on Fri, 27 July 2018, 00:07:13
manufactured by lexmark,it says Made In USA,but it has the Ń key and function keys are in spanish


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Neat. That's a Model M in the Spanish ISO layout.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 00:10:20 »
what you mean ISO layout? no detachable cable either
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 14:50:53 »
Did you happen to get this new from Unicomp? Recently they had a sale of NOS Latin American Model Ms from the 90s.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:09:14 »
Im looking to buy it and wanted to know if it worth it but the cable non detachable?
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:22:39 »
Quote from: metzu on Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:09:14
Im looking to buy it and wanted to know if it worth it but the cable non detachable?

Are you in the US, and what is the selling price?

That is a rather shabby Model M, I would recommend a new Unicomp if you could get one for anywhere near the same price. It will cost many dollars to replace the key caps.

In the US that is a <$60 keyboard, shipped.

Elsewhere in the world, if Model Ms are harder to find (and note that outbound shipping from the US is some of the highest in the world), it might be worth considerably more.

PS - it can be used quite easily without the replacement key caps
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:30:36 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:22:39
Quote from: metzu on Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:09:14
Im looking to buy it and wanted to know if it worth it but the cable non detachable?

Are you in the US, and what is the selling price?

That is a rather shabby Model M, I would recommend a new Unicomp if you could get one for anywhere near the same price. It will cost many dollars to replace the key caps.

In the US that is a <$60 keyboard, shipped.

Elsewhere in the world, if Model Ms are harder to find (and note that outbound shipping from the US is some of the highest in the world), it might be worth considerably more.







PS - it can be used quite easily without the replacement key caps


yes that about the price around $60 im in Buenos Aires Argentina,i already had a model m (spanish layout made in mexico by IBM 1993)and i like it so much what worries me are not so much the key caps(a guy sold them here for 3 for $35
what worries me a bit its the matter that its made by lexmark(i dont know about that)and that the cable its fixed and non detachable check for the pic im adding on the original post


pics:

http://oi66.tinypic.com/jzwf7l.jpg


http://oi64.tinypic.com/2a7dcv8.jpg


http://oi67.tinypic.com/14cgtoh.jpg



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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:38:43 »
Brand new lexmark spanish layout, late model with SDL connector but thin backplate.

http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/1392015
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:45:27 »
Quote from: ag36 on Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:38:43

Brand new lexmark spanish layout, late model with SDL connector but thin backplate.


This is a superior keyboard at double the price, if you can afford it.
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"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 17:50:48 »
Wich one the one on my post?
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 18:02:10 »
AG36 posted a link to a new Unicomp. My guess is that postage from Lexington, Kentucky, is $50-$70, and makes the new Unicomp (with native USB and warranty) well over twice the price of the older Lexmark in South America.
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"Starting in 2011, the deficits again started to shrink. During Obama’s term  the deficit was reduced by $900 Billion  before finally in 2015 the GOP managed to wrangle a “reconciliation” bill out of Obama where he again cut corporate taxes, as well as made permanent some of George W. Bush’s original tax cuts. This is the year everything reversed. Before this, under Clinton, Bush and Obama the deficit in almost every year was gradually decreasing. The balance we had of taxes and the economy was bringing the deficit down, the money coming in was slowly catching up with the money going out until 2015. Trump’s subsequent tax cut has continued the new trend even after the rest of Bush’s cuts have since expired. Obama had an average GDP of 2.3%, with 11.6 million jobs created and unemployment peaking at 10% in 2009, then falling to 4.3% in 2016. If we had continued on that downward deficit track, we would have again reached balance and another surplus in 2017-2018.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #11 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 18:20:59 »
Oh ok.yes,what i wonder its the one that i posted its a good deal for $50 are the lexmarks inferior in some way than the ones made by IBM?
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #12 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 19:40:49 »
That's actually pre-Unicomp NOS Lexmark(I brought one) :), thinner backplate, lightly wrapped case and worn mold texture, slightly misaligned dyesub. Acceptable but far from ideal. As with model M, the earlier the better and the one with metal badge are the best.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 27 July 2018, 20:16:23 »
they use the same cable?
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 28 July 2018, 05:15:37 »
If is detachable, yes.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 28 July 2018, 20:51:29 »
Quote from: ag36 on Sat, 28 July 2018, 05:15:37
If is detachable, yes.


heres a picture of it,would you say that it its?


http://oi64.tinypic.com/2a7dcv8.jpg
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #16 on: Sat, 28 July 2018, 22:01:26 »
No, your's not detachable.
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Re: Info on this IBM Model M
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 29 July 2018, 02:39:59 »
i found one for sale tahts better!
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