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Offline intelli78

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IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:04:47 »
« Last Edit: Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:51:54 by intelli78 »
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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:28:54 »
Looks like a regular one to me.

I think that the concave side pieces give it away.
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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:49:56 »
Regular in this case being a Model F, which is what fohat was trying to say :p

Someone got a very nice deal.
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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:54:47 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 01 May 2014, 14:28:54
Looks like a regular one to me.

I think that the concave side pieces give it away.

Any tips for IDing the Oak type in the future?

I didn't even realize that these gray ones came as capacitive buckling springs. Cool! A fortuitous great find.
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Offline E TwentyNine

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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 16:09:23 »
An Oak Switch board won't have the curve of the case front (to either side of the Fn keys and right of keyboard).

And it'll be an industrial grey case.

This one isn't grey case, only the front inset grey, it's from a portable.
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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 17:18:15 »
Thanks for the info.
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Re: IBM keyboard with Oak (?) switches, $20 obo + $10 shipping
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 01 May 2014, 17:41:12 »
looks like it's sold.

Aww MAN! I've been sorta wanting one of these so I can take it apart and get a good look at the case.
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