NIB Model F-XT (1501100 ) – BIN: $111 shipped

[ander]

Dunno if anyone's interested, but new ones don't turn up very often:

Mint Condition In Box Vintage IBM 1501100 Clicky Mechanical Keyboard TESTED 100%

[fohat.digs]

"Mint condition in box" is not new.

And F XTs are about the only ones that ever turn up new, in any case.

[chyros]

The listing notes that it has been previously used. Which makes sense because the styrofoam doesn't appear to have decomposed too much. Doesn't ship outside the US though, I think.

[ander]

That's what I like about you guys: You're precise.

As I'm sure you'll agree, there isn't nearly enough precision in the world. The world, if anything, tends to be sloppy—even dangerous (which, of course, implies sloppiness). What a relief it is to hang out here and get a feeling of exact knowledge of keyboard conditions. I don't know about you, but it helps me sleep better knowing there's at least one bastion of precision in this sloppy, generally imprecise world.

[fohat.digs]

People make a big deal out of virginity.

Ebay would certainly side with a "not as described" complaint on an item with a "NIB" listing when in fact it was not.

I take it as a given that I will be dismantling and reconstructing any IBM keyboard that I get, and I even did a bolt-mod (badly needed) on a new-in-box SSK that I got last year.

[alienman82]

removed.

[ander]

It's too bad we don't also have a Meh Finds section—I could've moved this there.