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IBM Model F-122 on ebay - Bad Ass Board but not cheap
« on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 16:36:51 »
This is the Mac Daddy, not a bargain basement price but probably fair for a good one.

These are getting pretty rare. Very early date, too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190748148697&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
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Re: IBM Model F-122 on ebay - Bad Ass Board but not cheap
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 18:38:06 »
So tempted...yet so poor. T__T
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Re: IBM Model F-122 on ebay - Bad Ass Board but not cheap
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:42:24 »
Sorry guys.  I bought it. T__T

Looks like I have another project board to get to work on.  Time to get another Teensy.
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Re: IBM Model F-122 on ebay - Bad Ass Board but not cheap
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 02 November 2012, 19:55:53 »
You may be right about them not being "rare" since many were probably made, although at $350 each in 1984 dollars nobody was likely handing them out willy-nilly, even at IBM itself. And since they are "weird" and cannot even be plugged into any contemporary computer, I would guess that most of them have gone into the trash.

When Soarer's converter came around last year, I started looking for them. I have bought a few, and watched them go by on ebay. At first, you could get a nice one for $20-$30 + shipping. That did not last long.

My observation is that now they are turning up less than once a month, and bringing anywhere from $35 to $150 plus shipping.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM Model F-122 on ebay - Bad Ass Board but not cheap
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 04 November 2012, 09:30:44 »
Quote from: AKIMbO on Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:42:24
Sorry guys.  I bought it. T__T

Looks like I have another project board to get to work on.  Time to get another Teensy.
Yours has some very nice, and very modern-looking blue printing on the tenkey. Very cool! I recently finished a soarer for mine, and have been using it constantly. It's an excellent keyboard!
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