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Offline pitashen

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« on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 22:49:54 »
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Offline DaemonRaccoon

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 22:51:41 »
That box doesn't go with that keyboard...

It's probably a rubber dome...
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Offline Roguemaster8

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 22:51:57 »
Chinatown Model M?

This has fake written all over it.
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 23:27:38 »
I would also like to note that brand new blank keycap sets are a lot less than $100 from unicomp.
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Offline RColinTaylor

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 23:34:28 »
I dunno, man, this seems pretty legit. It says in the description that he is a business owner.
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Offline NeeGo

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 23:39:19 »
Quote from: RColinTaylor;519335
I dunno, man, this seems pretty legit. It says in the description that he is a business owner.

Over thirty-freakin-nine years too!
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Offline bazemk1979

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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 19 February 2012, 23:45:27 »
told the seller to remove keycap and take pic from it and then post it.
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Offline fohat.digs

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 09:12:17 »
That keyboard has been listed on ebay for months, starting at $500.

Surely it is an OEM / experiment / reject / leftover / test model that just never went through the whole process.

I would guess that it is legit, and he thinks that it should be a valuable rarity when it is really only a mildly curious oddity.

Now, if he was selling 100 of them at a cut-rate price, that would be suspicious ......
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Offline REVENGE

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:54:58 »
Good ****ing god why is this **** still getting posted.
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Offline mbc

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 15:14:14 »
they probably just forgot to laser it..
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Offline RColinTaylor

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 16:02:42 »
I just bid $150; hopefully nobody snags it up.
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Offline Snarfangel

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 16:13:20 »
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I just bid $150; hopefully nobody snags it up.

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That is too perfect not to be on purpose. :)
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Offline pitashen

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 19:30:34 »
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I just bid $150; hopefully nobody snags it up.

I have to assume you are not serious
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Offline Snarfangel

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 20 February 2012, 20:37:48 »
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I don't think you guys know how these are made.

Keyboard gnomes?
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 00:20:04 »
Quote from: mbc;519820
they probably just forgot to laser it..
I thought they were Dyesubbed PBT?

Quote from: ripster;520011
I don't think you guys know how these are made.
What's up with your wikis?
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IBM Pad Printed Model M key on left, Dell AT101W key on right - notice the lasered lettering is somewhat faint and burnt looking
The Model M doesn't look pad printed to me in that picture. I suppose it could be lasered, but at the top it says
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Laser engraving became popular in the mid-1990s
So did they start out as dyesub, then change to pad print or laser? I'm not talking about those black IBM sets either.

Anyway, I still suspect most model M keys are Dyesubb'd PBT, and I'll wait for Mr. #1 to make up his mind and update the wiki.
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Offline DesktopJinx

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 00:55:38 »
What about that is IBM-like?  It looks like some mid-90s Taiwanese crapboard bundled with no-name clones.
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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 21 February 2012, 11:28:25 »
Quote from: dorkvader;520383
I thought they were Dyesubbed PBT?


What's up with your wikis?  The Model M doesn't look pad printed to me in that picture. I suppose it could be lasered, but at the top it says
So did they start out as dyesub, then change to pad print or laser? I'm not talking about those black IBM sets either.

Anyway, I still suspect most model M keys are Dyesubb'd PBT, and I'll wait for Mr. #1 to make up his mind and update the wiki.
That is not a Model M
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