You snooze, you lose...

[TexasFlood]

I saw this Lexmark Trackball Keyboard earlier today then got distracted and forgot all about it.  By the time I remembered having seen it & checked, it had ended without much bidding.  Went for $15.50+$17.02 shipping = $32.52.

Well, hopefully somebody here got it, looked like a good deal.  Oh well, I didn't really need it anyway.  But I wanted it. :sad:.  Fess up, who snagged it?! :wink:.

Well, maybe it was a rubber dome and good thing I missed it.  At least thinking that makes me feel better, :smile:.

[Shawn Stanford]

I spotted one of these in a big keyboard lot on the 'bay yesterday, I was wondering what it was.

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-42-VINTAGE-KEYBOARDS-IBM-HP-APPLE-KEYTRONIC-/310244055182?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483bfc988e



But, judging by what looks like a blue strip under the trackball, it might be a Unicomp version:

[ch_123]

As far as I know, all the beige Unicomp M5-2s are rubber dome keyboards.

[phoenix]

You snooze, you lose...

How true. I woke up late on Saturday to miss something that had been in my watch list since being listed. No one bid on it. Now it's relisted and discovered by a fellow geekhacker (relax, I don't know which one of you) who usually bids very high...

Edit: if you think you know what I'm talking about, I'm ready to give up one of my ATs for it

[mcdonc]

'twas me that snagged it.

[didjamatic]

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-42-VINTAGE-KEYBOARDS-IBM-HP-APPLE-KEYTRONIC-/310244055182?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483bfc988e

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Man, that is one ugly, hammered bunch of keyboards.  A couple are interesting but most are incomplete, rubber domes or are not AT compatible.

There's an M2 that's complete, a complete Model M that is really dirty.

I like that colored key cap board but don't know if it's mechanical.

[ch_123]

I dont see the M2... where is it?

There's a load of Model Ms, some AEK IIs, a DEC LK401, something that looks like a mechanical Chicony, and what is likely a Minitouch up top.

[didjamatic]

Doh, you're right it's not an M2, it's a rubber dome.  It's just below the IBM aircraft carrier in that last pic.

[TexasFlood]

'twas me that snagged it.

Well, at least a fellow geekhacker got it.  If I hadn't snoozed we might have ended up bidding against each other and running up the cost.  Maybe next time others will snooze and I'll get lucky.  Let us know how it works out, it looked like it was in good condition.

[ch_123]

Doh, you're right it's not an M2, it's a rubber dome.  It's just below the IBM aircraft carrier in that last pic.

It occurred to me after I posted that that you might have got them mixed up. I suppose when obscured there is a similarity, but the Win keys give it away as a Chicony rubber dome - EIBM's favorite.

Speaking of which, where has EIBM gone...

[iMav]

As far as I know, all the beige Unicomp M5-2s are rubber dome keyboards.

Mine isn't.  (buckling spring AND USB)

[ch_123]

I meant to elaborate on that one a bit further - didn't you say that Jim or Chuck said yours was the first buckling spring one they made?

At any rate, I have never heard or seen a buckling spring one except for yours. Seen plenty of the dome ones though. There may be some BS ones out in the wild, but they're probably quite rare.

[microsoft windows]

As far as I know, all the beige Unicomp M5-2s are rubber dome keyboards.

Many of them are. But Unicomp offers a buckling spring version as well.

[ch_123]

Yes, I am aware, see the post above yours. Do please read the thread before you post in it.

[mcdonc]

This one is indeed a buckling spring (model 1398156) in terriffic shape (sorry TF).

[TexasFlood]

This one is indeed a buckling spring (model 1398156) in terriffic shape (sorry TF).

Congrats, good for you, you so and so, :wink:.

As the thread title says, "you snooze, you lose", :sad:.