IBM PS/2 Model 8530 With Model M Click Keyboard & OEM Box

[fanpeople]

Pretty cool combo if you ask me, free vintage computer with your purchase of expensive model M. Or free keyboard with vintage computer. Alternatively vintage computer-keyboard combo.

Any way you look at it if your into old computers and Model M keyboards than this might be for you. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PS-2-Model-8530-With-Model-M-Click-Keyboard-OEM-Box-/251812882301?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa137a77d

[berserkfan]

with that 3.5" floppy drive, I'm sorry to say it isn't vintage enough for many people.

[fanpeople]

with that 3.5" floppy drive, I'm sorry to say it isn't vintage enough for many people.

Pretty cool combo if you ask me, free modern-vintage computer with your purchase of expensive model M. Or free keyboard with semi-vintage computer. Alternatively kinda-vintage computer-keyboard combo.

Any way you look at it if your into old computers and Model M keyboards than this might be for you. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-PS-2-Model-8530-With-Model-M-Click-Keyboard-OEM-Box-/251812882301?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa137a77d

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[rowdy]

with that 3.5" floppy drive, I'm sorry to say it isn't vintage enough for many people.

How many people have got 3.5" floppy disks hanging around?

Apart from me, that is?

[fanpeople]

with that 3.5" floppy drive, I'm sorry to say it isn't vintage enough for many people.

How many people have got 3.5" floppy disks hanging around?

Apart from me, that is?

The local IGA near me still stocks 3.5" floppy disks in packs of about 5 or 10. Not sure if really old stock, or really old school owner.

[rowdy]

with that 3.5" floppy drive, I'm sorry to say it isn't vintage enough for many people.

How many people have got 3.5" floppy disks hanging around?

Apart from me, that is?

The local IGA near me still stocks 3.5" floppy disks in packs of about 5 or 10. Not sure if really old stock, or really old school owner.

I can't remember the last time I saw any floppies for sale anywhere!

[ed_avis]

FWIW, this PS/2 Model 30 is an ISA bus machine, intended as IBM's low-end replacement for the PC-AT.  It is not MCA bus like most of the PS/2 line.  So it is not as 'vintage' or interesting as it might be.

[berserkfan]

What's really vintage IBM enough for most geeks, should be one of these hand cranked calculators by IBM. Now that's literally mechanical for you!

(I wonder how many cranks are needed to process a single frame of a modern FPS game.)

[fohat.digs]

FWIW, this PS/2 Model 30 is an ISA bus machine, intended as IBM's low-end replacement for the PC-AT.  It is not MCA bus like most of the PS/2 line.  So it is not as 'vintage' or interesting as it might be.

I have one of these in the basement, but don't remember the exact model number. I would love to sell it cheap, but shipping would probably be $40 in the Eastern US and $50 in the West.

[E TwentyNine]

FWIW, this PS/2 Model 30 is an ISA bus machine, intended as IBM's low-end replacement for the PC-AT.  It is not MCA bus like most of the PS/2 line.  So it is not as 'vintage' or interesting as it might be.

Microchannel, another great development by IBM screwed up by ****ty marketing and licensing deals.

And to keep it on topic - SSK's were the low end option for many of the Mod 30's and similar.  You had to pay more for a fullsize.

[fohat.digs]

You had to pay more for a fullsize.

Makes sense.

But then why are the SSKs not much more common? They seem to be in perpetually short supply.

[E TwentyNine]

You had to pay more for a fullsize.

Makes sense.

But then why are the SSKs not much more common? They seem to be in perpetually short supply.

My guess would be those small desktop PS/2's , Mod 25/30, (don't know if the PS/1's came with SSK's)  were mostly for home use and weak machines, even for the time, and simply got tossed after a few years.  Don't know how well they sold to begin with.

[kishy]

Model 30 is actually a pretty neat PS/2...I have a 30 286 (the normal 30 has an 8086). These computers introduced VGA to the world. No MCA, only ISA. They're the bastards of the PS/2s, along with the 25 (which I also have).

Hopefully it doesn't go into a dumpster, they're particularly uncommon in the world of old computers now. That floppy drive is probably dead though, the proprietary PS/2 floppy drives have issues.

[E TwentyNine]

Hopefully it doesn't go into a dumpster, they're particularly uncommon in the world of old computers now. That floppy drive is probably dead though, the proprietary PS/2 floppy drives have issues.

Did they?  I don't recall ever having a problem and I went through a slew of PS/2's from a 60 up to the 95's.  Eject button seemed to require a lot force, and preferred the larger eject button over the smaller variation.  Forget if that was a model thing or tied to drive capacity.

A mod 60 is where I got my first M.  Still have that tank of a keyboard but not that tank of a machine.  Thing weighed a ton.

[kishy]

Hopefully it doesn't go into a dumpster, they're particularly uncommon in the world of old computers now. That floppy drive is probably dead though, the proprietary PS/2 floppy drives have issues.

Did they?  I don't recall ever having a problem and I went through a slew of PS/2's from a 60 up to the 95's.  Eject button seemed to require a lot force, and preferred the larger eject button over the smaller variation.  Forget if that was a model thing or tied to drive capacity.

A mod 60 is where I got my first M.  Still have that tank of a keyboard but not that tank of a machine.  Thing weighed a ton.

I should rephrase, not "had" issues, but they don't seem to have the longevity that other period floppy drives had. One of the manufacturers (there are a couple versions of the PS/2 drives) had issues with bad capacitors, another I think had r/w head issues IIRC.

I suppose considering their age they're expected to have issues though.

[Touch_It]

IBM boxes sure do look purdy.