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1st-gen (square metal) IBM logo badge, $14.95 shipped
« on: Mon, 18 September 2017, 02:39:15 »
Have a Model F or 1st-gen Model M with a missing logo badge? Grab one here:

Vintage IBM Metal Logo 3/4" Model M Keyboard 1386887 1390572 1390876





$14.95 + free U.S. shipping.

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Re: 1st-gen (square metal) IBM logo badge, $14.95 shipped
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 18 September 2017, 08:59:21 »
These badges are so nice. I looked for ages to get a cheap 1390136 just to get one - and I already had a black badge model xD .
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Re: 1st-gen (square metal) IBM logo badge, $14.95 shipped
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 18 September 2017, 15:21:15 »
They are really cool badges - just be aware the 3/4" badges are the smaller ones on the M122s, not the 1" badges like on the M101s.
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Re: 1st-gen (square metal) IBM logo badge, $14.95 shipped
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 18 September 2017, 17:57:08 »
If you are desperate and cheap, somebody (Greek Stallion?) found a box of IBM-branded 3.5" floppies with IBM logo on the metal slider that could be cut and fit.

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Re: 1st-gen (square metal) IBM logo badge, $14.95 shipped
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 20 September 2017, 17:27:03 »
They are really cool badges - just be aware the 3/4" badges are the smaller ones on the M122s, not the 1" badges like on the M101s.

Is that right! Huh, never noticed... How about that. The bigger boards must make the difference less obvious.


If you are desperate and cheap, somebody (Greek Stallion?) found a box of IBM-branded 3.5" floppies with IBM logo on the metal slider that could be cut and fit.

Yeesh, you'd need a laser cutter to do that neatly, wouldn't you? Heh, though—you could also cut out your logo area and mount this sort of thing in it:





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