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Offline CosminOance

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Identifying this IBM M
« on: Tue, 26 January 2021, 13:03:21 »
Hi, I've come across these 2 keyboards (identical), that don't have the label on the back.
They're WKL, UK ISO layout and seem to have an rj45 connector (unless it's not rj45)
Anyone that might have an idea on what the model is?
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 26 January 2021, 13:18:16 »
Those are SDL ports, and the model number, well, isn't all that relevant, there are so many.

It's some variation of 139, I think 1394620 is English ISO, but the "base" model for all of these is basically 1391401
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 27 January 2021, 17:10:24 »
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 26 January 2021, 13:18:16
Those are SDL ports, and the model number, well, isn't all that relevant, there are so many.

It's some variation of 139, I think 1394620 is English ISO, but the "base" model for all of these is basically 1391401

Yes. 1406 or some other 139 issue. Just ISO instead of ANSI.
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 27 January 2021, 17:26:55 »
Indeed, once I knew it was called SDL, I managed to track it down. Unfortunately ithey were untested and no cables provided.
So I quenched my thirst with a 102W black alps Dell that needs a lot of love for some of the switches and some whitening shannanigans (waiting on Amazon for the peroxide and Taed containing detergent).
Model Ms do come in as quite expensive in the UK.
Thanks for the info.
« Last Edit: Wed, 27 January 2021, 17:38:24 by CosminOance »
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 January 2021, 10:11:46 »
Quote from: CosminOance on Wed, 27 January 2021, 17:26:55
Indeed, once I knew it was called SDL, I managed to track it down. Unfortunately ithey were untested and no cables provided.
So I quenched my thirst with a 102W black alps Dell that needs a lot of love for some of the switches and some whitening shannanigans (waiting on Amazon for the peroxide and Taed containing detergent).
Model Ms do come in as quite expensive in the UK.
Thanks for the info.

If you're looking at buying cables for them anyway, there are USB SDL adapter cables available on Ebay. I haven't used the one I have much, but it seems to do the trick nicely if you want to make those boards a little more compatible with modern systems.

I can't seem to find white ones at the moment.
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 28 January 2021, 10:42:09 »
Quote from: Maledicted on Thu, 28 January 2021, 10:11:46

If you're looking at buying cables for them


Contact Orihalcon here directly and he will probably give you a discount.
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 29 January 2021, 14:01:37 »
I lost the bid anyway.
I think the guy didn't like the fact that he was about to sell 2 model M for 50GBP with 1 minute left. Untested or not, I thought it was a good deal.
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Re: Identifying this IBM M
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 29 January 2021, 16:14:40 »
Quote from: CosminOance on Fri, 29 January 2021, 14:01:37
I lost the bid anyway.
I think the guy didn't like the fact that he was about to sell 2 model M for 50GBP with 1 minute left. Untested or not, I thought it was a good deal.

I wouldn't know why not. The cables aren't as cheap as you would expect, and they could have a bunch of broken rivets inside. They look clean at least, but they're also pretty common Ms. I have seen metal badge Ms go for about that from time to time.
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