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Offline wyatt8740

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Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:03:08 »
Hi, I'm wyatt, and I've been here for  a while as a lurker. I just recently joined.
I had heard about 'Model M's' being excellent keyboards before, and while volunteering at a school 'rummage sale', I spotted a white keyboard with a coiled cable. I walked up to it, expecting another 90's dell Rubber Dome board, and was quite pleasantly suprised to find a Model M!
I got it 100% free, because the people in charge of the event (stuff is later sold to others cheap) that I could have it free, because no one wanted stuff that old.
It's a weird model number; 59G7980.
This is the sticker on the back.

It has a detachable cable, was made by lexmark in 1993, and has drainage channels.

My gaming rig:

Yes, that is a Model M, a 1024x768 Gateway LCD, and a Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 4700.

Also, I found a commodore vic-20 there:

And a tandy 1400 LT!
« Last Edit: Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:07:40 by wyatt8740 »
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I don't usually collect things, but when I do, they're from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. My typing speed: 79 WPM
IBM Model M 1386303, 1987 / IBM Model M 1391401, 1993 / IBM Model M 59G7980, 1993 / Unicomp "Mini M" UT40E7A (modded), 2021 / Dell AT101W, 1994 (Black Alps) / Apple Extended Keyboard (Orange Alps), 1987 / Sun Type 5, unknown year (Rubber Dome)

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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:04:12 »
Nice bottle of lotion you got there  :))
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Offline wyatt8740

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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:27:48 »
Quote from: digi on Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:04:12
Nice bottle of lotion you got there  :))
No, that's 30 proof hydrogen peroxide. I DO NOT reccomend using that stuff as lotion.
(In case you don't know, hydrogen peroxide in that concentration is extremely nasty and dangerous stuff.)
It's for retr0bright Gel i used on my NES.
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I don't usually collect things, but when I do, they're from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. My typing speed: 79 WPM
IBM Model M 1386303, 1987 / IBM Model M 1391401, 1993 / IBM Model M 59G7980, 1993 / Unicomp "Mini M" UT40E7A (modded), 2021 / Dell AT101W, 1994 (Black Alps) / Apple Extended Keyboard (Orange Alps), 1987 / Sun Type 5, unknown year (Rubber Dome)

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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:31:15 »
LOL, ok wow, my bad.
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 18:33:29 »
Quote from: wyatt8740 on Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:27:48
Quote from: digi on Mon, 26 August 2013, 17:04:12
Nice bottle of lotion you got there  :))
No, that's 30 proof hydrogen peroxide. I DO NOT reccomend using that stuff as lotion.
(In case you don't know, hydrogen peroxide in that concentration is extremely nasty and dangerous stuff.)
It's for retr0bright Gel i used on my NES.
I'll give it a go... Can't be that bad!
P.S. That Commodore is killer!
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 19:03:11 »
Nice haul there!
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 19:13:40 »
Welcome to GH.  Great vintage collection you got there.  And it looks like everything has been successfully Retr0brite'd.  Where did you get the 30% hydrogen peroxide, I've looked in a lot of stores, including stores that supply hair salons, and I can't find it. 

Also what game is that you're playing?  It looks like a game from 1996 that I used to play, but I can't remember the name. 
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 19:29:00 »
Mine craft?
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 19:32:45 »
LOL.  is that minecraft?  I never played it.  It still looks like a game from 1996.
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Re: Meet yet another eccentric keyboard collector!
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 26 August 2013, 23:40:17 »
Welcome.
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