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Offline 1391406

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Has anyone ever seen an NIB 122-key Model F?
« on: Tue, 17 February 2015, 22:33:29 »
Does anyone know if the 122-key Model F ever came new in a box like the Model M? I've never seen one and was wondering.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen an NIB 122-key Model F?
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Re: Has anyone ever seen an NIB 122-key Model F?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 17 February 2015, 22:39:41 »
I saw that one when it was posted in great finds. It doesn't look NIB to me, though. The box doesn't look IBM issued, either.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen an NIB 122-key Model F?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 18 February 2015, 07:53:50 »
Still surprised that it did not go for more.

I would have expected that the relationship between "New-In-Box" prices and "excellent condition" prices would be much farther apart on ancient gear like that.

There were millions of Model Ms built over the course of decades, for a commercial/industrial customer base, so it stands to reason that there would be lots of them left over. But Model Fs came as part of a complete system, so obviously they are more rare.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen an NIB 122-key Model F?
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 18 February 2015, 13:01:35 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 18 February 2015, 07:53:50
But Model Fs came as part of a complete system, so obviously they are more rare.
Yeah I was gonna say that - does the fact that they're, you know, TERMINAL keyboards not more or less exclude them from being NIB expect if the whole terminal was NIB?
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