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Offline alienman82

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Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 23:44:47 »
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Re: $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 07:06:49 »
Thank you for posting.

But that's not exactly what I'd call a 'very good condition'.  ;D
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Re: $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 07:16:20 »
Its been on eBay for months.. I don't believe its a keyboard box. Seller is just taking a guess and trying to add interest. Very few IBM keyboards would fit in a 16" box.
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Re: $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 09:34:06 »
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Re: $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 16:00:26 »
I didn't think anyone would want this back when the seller listed it the first time.
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Re: $15 IBM Keyboard Box
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 18:53:19 »
I have a Model F AT box that is about 19"x13"x4" so this box is far too small to be an original IBM keyboard box.
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:17:44 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 18:53:19
I have a Model F AT box that is about 19"x13"x4" so this box is far too small to be an original IBM keyboard box.

any chance that this box would be for 62 keys or 50 keys model f?
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39 »
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00 »
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:35:57 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I guess it makes sense! People think I'm weird as hell for collecting keyboards and having so many sets of keycaps, artisans, etc. when I can only use one at a time.

Reminds me of this video  :D

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Such artisan, many caps, very keyboard.

Always searching for Bro caps! 

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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:55:21 »
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:35:57
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I guess it makes sense! People think I'm weird as hell for collecting keyboards and having so many sets of keycaps, artisans, etc. when I can only use one at a time.

Reminds me of this video  :D


:eek:
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 15 November 2015, 00:01:48 »
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:35:57
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I guess it makes sense! People think I'm weird as hell for collecting keyboards and having so many sets of keycaps, artisans, etc. when I can only use one at a time.

Reminds me of this video  :D


this one is even more weird than the washing machine one...
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 15 November 2015, 00:28:48 »
Quote from: jonathanyu on Sun, 15 November 2015, 00:01:48
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:35:57
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I guess it makes sense! People think I'm weird as hell for collecting keyboards and having so many sets of keycaps, artisans, etc. when I can only use one at a time.

Reminds me of this video  :D


this one is even more weird than the washing machine one...

I love the intensity and slight tinge of insanity in his voice - the kind of voice you learn to avoid at parties :D
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 15 November 2015, 21:44:27 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:25:39
Is this a thing? People actually sell boxes?

Yes.

And collectors will actually buy them to add to their collection.

Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I could see that being the case if the box were in halfway decent condition, but in its current state it's exceedingly dubious, in my opinion.
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 16 November 2015, 04:06:13 »
LOL—we had a whole thread going on this item last month.

Quote from: 1swt2gs on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:35:57
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 14 November 2015, 23:33:00
Some people collect the weirdest things (not pointing at anyone here in particular).

I guess it makes sense! People think I'm weird as hell for collecting keyboards and having so many sets of keycaps, artisans, etc. when I can only use one at a time... Reminds me of this video  :D

Well, the plastic-chair collector, that seems like an autism thing:

Obsessions and special interests "If there’s one thing everyone knows about people with autism, it’s that they can be single-minded. But when does a special interest tip over into an obsession?"
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 16 November 2015, 04:39:48 »
Selling a grimmy box? For 15? Yuk, you'd probably get sick from touching it
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Re: Piece of **** --> $15 IBM Keyboard Box
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 17 November 2015, 15:08:23 »
I think you mean grimy. Here's Grimmy:


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