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Vintage ibm metal keyboard (hernia console) p/n 7362149





Wish I could buy it—but telling you guys is the next best thing!
« Last Edit: Mon, 20 June 2016, 19:29:01 by ander »
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 19:02:58 »
Man these things are really coming out of the woodwork lately.
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 19:29:41 »
Wow, that didn't take long... Someone got a nice deal, hope it was one of you!

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82927.0

Indeed, someone beat me to the punch (but I suppose that's better than punching me to the beat). So alphax3 announced this at 8 a.m.? So it was available all day, pretty much, and no one snapped it up till just now?

BTW, what's proper when you start a redundant thread like this? Is there a way to delete it?
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 19:31:29 »
Saw that live, but short half of it.

Wasn't that bought and relisted?

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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 19:43:45 »
Wow, that didn't take long... Someone got a nice deal, hope it was one of you!

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=82927.0

Indeed, someone beat me to the punch (but I suppose that's better than punching me to the beat). So alphax3 announced this at 8 a.m.? So it was available all day, pretty much, and no one snapped it up till just now?

It's the curse of vague titles.  "Ancient IBM iron" doesn't catch your attention, you think it's stone-age punch card stuff.

"Beam Spring" does.  And away it goes

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BTW, what's proper when you start a redundant thread like this? Is there a way to delete it?

There's no "proper" way. You can lock it with a link over to the other thread, but little point in that now.
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 21:24:17 »
BTW, what's proper when you start a redundant thread like this? Is there a way to delete it?

There's no "proper" way. You can lock it with a link over to the other thread, but little point in that now.

At least I've marked mine "[SOLD]"... Wouldn't that be a good board policy, so people who see items that particularly interest them don't have to spend time following useless links and being disappointed?
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 21:47:51 »
Saw that live, but short half of it.

Wasn't that bought and relisted?

This behemoth sold last time for $130 shipped to a member here from the UK, but alas, he was not able to take possession of it.

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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 21:53:12 »
A "hernia console" that came from a "vintage steal (sic) foundry".

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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 20 June 2016, 21:55:42 »
This behemoth sold last time for $130 shipped to a member here from the UK, but alas, he was not able to take possession of it.

$130, wow... Well, the $70 he's getting from flipping it might console him a bit.

And "Behemoth"? I thought all beamsprings were that massive. Is this a particularly big one? Would it be heavier than a Model F-122?
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 21 June 2016, 05:19:48 »
This behemoth sold last time for $130 shipped to a member here from the UK, but alas, he was not able to take possession of it.

$130, wow... Well, the $70 he's getting from flipping it might console him a bit.

And "Behemoth"? I thought all beamsprings were that massive. Is this a particularly big one? Would it be heavier than a Model F-122?

I believe so, though I've never held an F-122. It's a bit less heavy than my F107 which I beleive are heavier than a 122?
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 21 June 2016, 06:07:22 »
an F-122. It's a bit less heavy than my F107 which I beleive are heavier than a 122?

They're pretty close. I suspect the 122 is heavier.
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 05:13:24 »
an F-122. It's a bit less heavy than my F107 which I beleive are heavier than a 122?

They're pretty close. I suspect the 122 is heavier.
Chyrosran22 did a review on a F122 — close to 4 kg.  My 3101 is around 14 lb. or 6.3 kg, and this one looks even more massive.  I wonder what boxes these keyboard must have come with.
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 08:30:12 »

Chyrosran22 did a review on a F122 — close to 4 kg.  My 3101 is around 14 lb. or 6.3 kg, and this one looks even more massive.


My F-122s weighed in around 8.25 lb / 3.75kg, but I have not weighed my F-107. Even though the case is "metal" it is really rather lightweight.

But yes, those beam springs are ponderous.
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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 22 June 2016, 09:00:52 »
****, can't believe I missed a beamspring at $200 :(

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Re: IBM 7362149 beamspring, all keys, looks good, $200 shipped [SOLD]
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 02 July 2016, 04:20:54 »
My F-122s weighed in around 8.25 lb / 3.75kg, but I have not weighed my F-107. Even though the case is "metal" it is really rather lightweight... But yes, those beam springs are ponderous.

When you're talking something that's inherently cool, "ponderous" is good, as it implies there's more of it.
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