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Offline Rule16

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IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 10:03:05 »
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Re: IBM MODEL F AT - US EBAY
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 10:24:17 »
That is an F XT

I have not been watching these too closely, but I would guess that they are selling in the $50 range.
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Re: IBM MODEL F AT - US EBAY
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 10:54:13 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 20 May 2013, 10:24:17
That is an F XT

I have not been watching these too closely, but I would guess that they are selling in the $50 range.
Ah sorry, so not such a good deal then?
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Re: IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 11:12:42 »
Looks like a nice enough board, but it will require some work.

A Teensy will cost you about $22 shipped (US) and that will take a bit of wiring.

The Model F XT is a great-feeling board but the layout is dreadful. If you are picky about appearance, the plastic on the Model Fs is harder and more brittle than on the Ms, and there is a shiny substrate with a separate "pebbled" layer on top. The seller refers to "paint peeling" at the corners, but it is actually delamination or spalling.

Until recently (and I have not tracked prices in the last year or so), these could usually be bought for $20-40 + shipping.

Unless you know what it is and want to make a project out of it, I would say "pass" unless it was practically free.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 12:25:03 »
I bought mein for that price NIB, and was from some Guttenberg company..... not sure about the name though but was something like that.
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Re: IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 16:21:37 »
I got mine for $40 on ebay. The layout is bad, but if you teensy it, you can remap it however you want. I swap ctrl and alt, make the key left of Z into shift, and the ~ into enter, and I have no problems enjoying this board :)
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Re: IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 17:39:29 »
Holy Mackerel !

I just saw one of these, untested, as-is, sell on ebay over $70 with 10 bids !

Half that would have seemed to be a good price. I have 2 of them dis-assembled  - I need to put them back together pronto if they are drawing this kind of price!
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: IBM MODEL F XT - US EBAY
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 20 May 2013, 19:48:36 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 20 May 2013, 17:39:29
Holy Mackerel !

I just saw one of these, untested, as-is, sell on ebay over $70 with 10 bids !

Half that would have seemed to be a good price. I have 2 of them dis-assembled  - I need to put them back together pronto if they are drawing this kind of price!
Looks like the guy selling his for $250 might get it sold afterall...
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