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Offline now_caffeinated

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Hey everyone!
« on: Fri, 22 January 2016, 08:20:53 »
Long time lurker. This forum inevitably has come up as a valuable source of info when I've been doing various keyboard searches, so now I'm hoping to get in on the fun :) I picked up a used 1989 model M a few years ago and have been loving it!
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Offline Moistgun

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Re: Hey everyone!
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 22 January 2016, 09:20:27 »
Welcome, Ive wanted an IBM board for some time now, but am forcing myself to hold out for a big find from goodwill or a garage sale or something.
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Hey everyone!
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 24 January 2016, 00:08:08 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

I'm using one of my SSKs at the moment - absolutely fantastic for a nearly 22 year old keyboard!

Has yours been bolt-modded?  None of mine have, although some has lost a few rivets.
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Offline now_caffeinated

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Re: Hey everyone!
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 25 January 2016, 10:13:28 »
It worked well when I got it, so I haven't had occasion yet to open it up to check for repairs/mods. Part of the outer clamshell wiggles a little, but that is only noticeable when I pick up the KB; not when I have it on the desk, typing.

Moistgun, maybe some other folks have had better luck at thrift stores etc, but I've never found a KB worth buying at the stores around here. Maybe if I luck out I'll find one at an estate sale or surplus, but almost 100% of the used keyboards around are cheap rubber domes. I picked up my M for less than $40 on ebay, and I've been very happy with it!
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Offline Moistgun

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Re: Hey everyone!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 25 January 2016, 13:24:56 »
I know :/
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Re: Hey everyone!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 25 January 2016, 23:36:27 »
Quote from: now_caffeinated on Mon, 25 January 2016, 10:13:28
It worked well when I got it, so I haven't had occasion yet to open it up to check for repairs/mods. Part of the outer clamshell wiggles a little, but that is only noticeable when I pick up the KB; not when I have it on the desk, typing.

Moistgun, maybe some other folks have had better luck at thrift stores etc, but I've never found a KB worth buying at the stores around here. Maybe if I luck out I'll find one at an estate sale or surplus, but almost 100% of the used keyboards around are cheap rubber domes. I picked up my M for less than $40 on ebay, and I've been very happy with it!

My first two Model Ms were $32 pickup from someone sort of local, but both were missing keycaps (not enough between them to make 1 full set), and both were missing cables.  I made a cable for one, bought an orihalcon cable for the other, and with the assistance of GH managed to find the keycaps I was missing.
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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