IBM Model M 3270 Key Set New

[sethstorm]

Not Ebay but $35 at Clickykeyboards.

Pretty geeky even for me (hey, no "Rule Home" key!) but the Blue Ctrl keys is one of my favorites.  And maybe you want to freshen up your 3270 keyboard.

Between that, a few terminal boards, and Webwit's set, you should have more than enough.

[Specter_57]

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$35 for what appears to be an incomplete set of keys and caps....?

I can pick up two(2) complete 122-key terminal boards at a local recycler for only $40....for a bit less if I haggle a bit....


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[sethstorm]

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$35 for what appears to be an incomplete set of keys and caps....?

I can pick up two(2) complete 122-key terminal boards at a local recycler for only $40....for a bit less if I haggle a bit....

M or F?

Terminal F's are usually around $40 shipped.

Terminal M's are all over the place between $12-40.

[Specter_57]

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I have a pair of 1390702s and a single 1390876.

122key terminals, "M" I believe.

This recycler, you can go through the boxes, replace missing keys/caps...no tax, etc.

So far so good.   :-)

Need a Keyboard Babel translator or the USB Keyboard controller to make them functional on  a PC.
You can also use Kishy's method as well.
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[sethstorm]

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I have a pair of 1390702s and a single 1390876.

122key terminals, "M" I believe.

This recycler, you can go through the boxes, replace missing keys/caps...no tax, etc.

Need a Keyboard Babel translator or the USB Keyboard controller to make them functional on  a PC.
You can also use Kishy's method as well.

Unless I'm mistaken, the model F based terminal boards have 61xxxxx product numbers, possibly as specific as 611xxxx.

[kishy]

Man, I've gotta get up to TO sometime!

[sethstorm]

Man, I've gotta get up to TO sometime!

...and if there still are tons of those keyboards in that region of Canada, start getting the proper identification (a passport) to be able to make those border crossings.

[kishy]

...and if there still are tons of those keyboards in that region of Canada, start getting the proper identification (a passport) to be able to make those border crossings.

Passport application is on the counter upstairs. I'm just lazy (or preoccupied; it depends on who's getting the story).

There's a city bus route that actually runs into [the city in Michigan immediately adjacent to me]. Not sure I want to go to jail for keyboard smuggling though...lol.

Realistically I won't pay a visit to Toronto for years. I was born there, and it was the last time I was there...I'm not a big city kind of person so I see no appeal to it.

[ch_123]

You should seek out the mythical factory where IBM Canada made Beam Springs. I hear that they were made from virgin moose, using tools carved from the finest maple trees.

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That concludes all my national stereotypes for that corner of the world.

[sethstorm]

Passport application is on the counter upstairs. I'm just lazy (or preoccupied; it depends on who's getting the story).

There's a city bus route that actually runs into [the city in Michigan immediately adjacent to me]. Not sure I want to go to jail for keyboard smuggling though...lol.

Realistically I won't pay a visit to Toronto for years. I was born there, and it was the last time I was there...I'm not a big city kind of person so I see no appeal to it.

It'd be the most interesting customs inspection to explain why I have tons of Terminal Model M's in my trunk.

Last time I passed through Windsor, the most they did was inspect the boat, ask if you were there on pleasure or business and ask for identification.  Then went on over to Cobourg (through Toronto) and the lake immediately north of it.  That was the early 90's when there were still agreements to have that low of a documentation threshold.

Only passed through Toronto (north via 401) and south (QEW) - never stopped in it.

[kishy]

Somehow I don't think a keyboard made of meat would work too well.

[kishy]

It'd be the most interesting customs inspection to explain why I have tons of Terminal Model M's in my trunk.

Last time I passed through Windsor, the most they did was inspect the boat, ask if you were there on pleasure or business and ask for identification.  Then went on over to Cobourg (through Toronto) and the lake immediately north of it.  That was the early 90's when there were still agreements to have that low of a documentation threshold.

Only passed through Toronto (north via 401) and south (QEW) - never stopped in it.

The Windsor-Detroit border is still fairly lax...no intensive screenings for the majority of people...but they'll rip your head off if you don't have the right documentation or if you're acting funny.

That's the Americans. Nobody hates Canada enough to bomb us so we just let people travel in peace.

[sethstorm]

The Windsor-Detroit border is still fairly lax...no intensive screenings for the majority of people...but they'll rip your head off if you don't have the right documentation or if you're acting funny.

That's the Americans. Nobody hates Canada enough to bomb us so we just let people travel in peace.

Still, it'd be the strangest declarations and inspection that I would have.