Great/Interesting Finds

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Madhias
BS TORPE

28 Aug 2014, 22:06

raatmarien wrote: Industrial IBM Model M - 90 euro
http://tweakers.net/aanbod/699881/ibm-m ... ering.html
Now it's on bidding mode, starting from €90. It's a 1390655.

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Muirium
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28 Aug 2014, 22:06

madhias wrote: I would suggest to buy at this price instead the recently added SSKs from Phosphorglow instead of this offer, perfectly bolt modded and wonderfully refurbished '91 models.
There's a new batch?

Seebart: I gotta agree with Madhias here. With Phosphor, you're know getting the best stuff, with all the hard work already done better than you can! You're paying a pretty penny for an SSK anyway. (Well, if you missed Cindy's… and I still expect a lot of work to do.)

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Hypersphere

28 Aug 2014, 22:15

Muirium wrote:
madhias wrote: I would suggest to buy at this price instead the recently added SSKs from Phosphorglow instead of this offer, perfectly bolt modded and wonderfully refurbished '91 models.
There's a new batch?

Seebart: I gotta agree with Madhias here. With Phosphor, you're know getting the best stuff, with all the hard work already done better than you can! You're paying a pretty penny for an SSK anyway. (Well, if you missed Cindy's… and I still expect a lot of work to do.)
I would second this recommendation. An SSK with the Phosphor touch would be a much better board, unless you just have to have the industrial gray (or olive, or whatever the color actually is!).

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seebart
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28 Aug 2014, 22:33

oh I totally agree with you guys, Phosphor is in the USA right? Shipping from the US and german customs is a big turn off for me. German customs can be nasty, keeping you waiting for months or damaging items.

That ssk in Holland is pretty much at my bidding limit already, I know someone else is going to bid more anyway.
unless you just have to have the industrial gray (or olive, or whatever the color actually is!).
that´s way out of my range anyway.

Phosphor´s boards are sold, and have been for a while.

http://deskthority.net/f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f5 ... osphorglow

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dyger

29 Aug 2014, 00:00

I think on Phosphor's homepage are still 2 SSKs available for 235$ each.

EDIT: Link for lazy http://phosphorglow.net/store/products/ ... ace-saver/

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Hypersphere

29 Aug 2014, 00:08

IBM M13 Black on clickykeyboards:
clickykeyboards.com.m13black.jpg
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http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... /id/584011

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Muirium
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29 Aug 2014, 00:22

dyger wrote: I think on Phosphor's homepage are still 2 SSKs available for 235$ each.

EDIT: Link for lazy http://phosphorglow.net/store/products/ ... ace-saver/
Nice one! I forgot all about Phosphor's own site. I'm always pointing people to his thread (as Seebart linked) but that page is the place to go.

@Seebart: Yeah, I'm with you on the trouble with customs. They're old keyboards, nothing to see here!

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webwit
Wild Duck

29 Aug 2014, 00:33

Kids these days. I had to haul my IBM's from Mars.

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dyger

29 Aug 2014, 00:53

Hypersphere wrote: IBM M13 Black on clickykeyboards:
clickykeyboards.com.m13black.jpg
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... /id/584011
It certainly looks nicer but the price is still a little steep compared to this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-IBM-Track ... 233afd8881 I think I read a few pages back that he auto accepts 50$.

andrewjoy

29 Aug 2014, 12:35

andrewjoy wrote: Is anyone going to go for this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-PC-Keyboa ... 27ea42ed2a

I am tempted to for spare parts if its cheap enough, if any of you guys want it for a full repair i will stay off it
I just placed a bid for this, still undecided if it will live again or sacrifice itself for the F terminal and AT repair.

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Kurk

29 Aug 2014, 15:37

andrew,
if you get that model F will you be willing to sell me a foot? As long as it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, that is ;).

See this cobwebbed thread: http://deskthority.net/w-a-n-t-t-o-b-u- ... t5171.html

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Hypersphere

29 Aug 2014, 18:02


andrewjoy

29 Aug 2014, 19:16

Kurk wrote: andrew,
if you get that model F will you be willing to sell me a foot? As long as it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, that is ;).

See this cobwebbed thread: http://deskthority.net/w-a-n-t-t-o-b-u- ... t5171.html
you can have a foot that is if its the right side it only has one

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facetsesame
Mad Dasher

30 Aug 2014, 00:23

I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.

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Hypersphere

30 Aug 2014, 02:10


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Kurk

30 Aug 2014, 11:37

facetsesame wrote: I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.
That would be great!

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facetsesame
Mad Dasher

30 Aug 2014, 12:53

Kurk wrote:
facetsesame wrote: I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.
That would be great!
Here are the 5150/5160 keyboard feet. Both appear to be servicable and largely intact, if not perfect.
The P/N of both is 1107917, though the first digit is missing from one.
XT_feet1.jpg
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One has the base worn or even lightly filed(?!) in two places, creating marks and making it less rounded.
The other has yellowing on the exposed parts and some minor chips and scratching on the base.
XT_feet2.jpg
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Most of the keys from an XT are also available:
Spoiler:
XT_spares_available.jpg
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I'm not sure if you and andrewjoy want to fight it out over these, but I'll leave it up to you both.
Note: Invoking the Hypnotoad will be considered cheating!

andrewjoy

30 Aug 2014, 14:51

The xt i linked i am mainly getting for parts anyway, i possibly have another xt in better condition for keeps.

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facetsesame
Mad Dasher

30 Aug 2014, 23:23

The feet have been claimed!

The keys are still available...

andrewjoy

31 Aug 2014, 11:09

DO you have any hammers and springs ? if i dont get the XT parts board i may be interested

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facetsesame
Mad Dasher

31 Aug 2014, 11:22

Sorry, no, just the keys. It was all from someone else's salvage operation, I never got to see any more of the bits, just the stuff in the photo.

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chzel

31 Aug 2014, 21:08

Anybody have any idea what kind of switches this has?
It is the keyboard from the Siemens T1200 Telex machine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MECHANICAL-VINT ... 2a3100e852

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foxtrott

01 Sep 2014, 11:18

the switch is RAFI.. smoother than MX- RED. ... like this:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/sieme ... t=teleperm

M'er Forever

01 Sep 2014, 16:50

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mr_a500

01 Sep 2014, 17:41

M'er Forever wrote: NIB IBM Model M 1370477, very low price at $100 (USD), similar to 1391401 except has 1-piece keys:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRAND-NEW-Seale ... 19f2df1190
Nice find. Cheap shipping to Canada too.

It looks like there are some here too (but a bit more expensive):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRAND-NEW-NIB-I ... 1586875854

andrewjoy

01 Sep 2014, 17:44

I won the trash for parts xt so once i am done with it people can pick over the remains there will probably be just case plate PCB XT modifiers and controller but people are welcome to them just pay for shipping

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Halvar

01 Sep 2014, 18:28

The five old IBMs in Germany (of which four are Model Fs, one Model M) are back, still not sold -- and now the seller seems to be considering offers, too:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Funf-gebrauchte- ... 2594c5f68c

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And who should buy them, if not DT users? ;)

If anyone here is interested in any of them, please PM Seebart and/or me with which one you're interested in and maybe at what price. We are both thinking about taking one or two of them each if the price is right (= lower than it's now), but five of them are just too much, so we're looking for one or two more interested people...

andrewjoy

01 Sep 2014, 18:46

i am still down for the XT

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seebart
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02 Sep 2014, 13:55

then the XT is yours. Please PM Halvar or myself for the rest!

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Muirium
µ

02 Sep 2014, 15:20

Which ones are you and Halvar actually interested in? I'm just interested in your taste, not joining in myself. Still all spent out!

Frankly, the XT looks the most practical of the lot.

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