IBM 6019303
- scottc
- ☃
- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
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Oooh, shiny... That's in surprisingly wood condition, too! I'm impressed. Where did you get your hands on this?
- photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
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The best F layout! Great find!
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Wow: the Kishsaver's big bro!
I too am interested in any more of these. Great to see it in the original box.
For anyone who prefers TKL to 60%: just think of the inverted T you could put on the bottom row of the matrix zone, plus a numpad or navigation block above it. Xwhatsit's controller will be awesome with this!
I too am interested in any more of these. Great to see it in the original box.
For anyone who prefers TKL to 60%: just think of the inverted T you could put on the bottom row of the matrix zone, plus a numpad or navigation block above it. Xwhatsit's controller will be awesome with this!
- photekq
- Cherry Picker
- Location: United Kingdom
- Main keyboard: Various Cherry Corp keyboards
- Main mouse: Razer Deathadder (1st gen)
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black (55g springs)
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Exactly!Muirium wrote: ↑For anyone who prefers TKL to 60%: just think of the inverted T you could put on the bottom row of the matrix zone, plus a numpad or navigation block above it. Xwhatsit's controller will be awesome with this!
- Dubsgalore
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: ESA-3000-HASRO
- Main mouse: Deathadder 2013
- Favorite switch: MX Blacks
- DT Pro Member: -
Very, very nice buddy
- Daemon Raccoon
- Location: Flyover Country, United States
- Main keyboard: Model M SSK 1391472
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC LTrac
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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They actually still exist, with the original packaging no less. I'm impressed.
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
Wow, that's a nice one!
Regarding the original box: if the 77 key model is this, and the 62 keys one is the Kishsaver -- what is the 50 key model? Maybe the matrix layout that tinnie also had?
Regarding the original box: if the 77 key model is this, and the 62 keys one is the Kishsaver -- what is the 50 key model? Maybe the matrix layout that tinnie also had?
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Yes:
http://kishy.ca/?p=894
The 62 is my ideal pick of the lot, with the 77 key a close second. The 107 is still better to me than an AT, though!
I handled one of Tinnie's 50-keys (for Soarer) and it's just as tough as the Kish. I'd rather it didn't have the dividing lines between the blocks, though. But feels just as Model F as the 62 key.
http://kishy.ca/?p=894
The 62 is my ideal pick of the lot, with the 77 key a close second. The 107 is still better to me than an AT, though!
I handled one of Tinnie's 50-keys (for Soarer) and it's just as tough as the Kish. I'd rather it didn't have the dividing lines between the blocks, though. But feels just as Model F as the 62 key.
- rindorbrot
- Location: Bavaria, Germany
- Main keyboard: Phantom, GON NerD 2.0 TKL
- Main mouse: Zowie ZA11
- Favorite switch: MX Ergo-Clear, Nixdorf Soft-Touch
- DT Pro Member: 0029
Damn nice find!
I want one too. The missing navigation Buttons on the Kishsaver make me sad
I want one too. The missing navigation Buttons on the Kishsaver make me sad
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This was a rather fortunate ebay snag - I missed my alerts for it by a significant amount of time, and it had a bid already - but with a reserve set, I could still BIN and calm down a bit after nearly having to self-flagellate. More than what I usually pay for keyboards, but my birthday is coming up, so it was an early present.
But yeah, this is one of those unicorn type boards that I thought might never come up for me. Start looking for more, people, before they're all recycled!
But yeah, this is one of those unicorn type boards that I thought might never come up for me. Start looking for more, people, before they're all recycled!
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
I think the big trash/recycling happened long ago. Anyone smart enough to keep an old keyboard in its box and list it on ebay knows they have something worth selling. They'll only get junked if bids don't come along.
- Hypersphere
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Silenced & Lubed HHKB (Black)
- Main mouse: Logitech G403
- Favorite switch: Topre 45/55g Silenced; Various Alps; IBM Model F
- DT Pro Member: 0038
Interesting. I had not known that IBM once produced a 77-key Model F.
It is sad to think that there are landfills containing beam springs and model Fs that unknowing unappreciative people tossed into the dumpster long ago.
It is sad to think that there are landfills containing beam springs and model Fs that unknowing unappreciative people tossed into the dumpster long ago.
- Dubsgalore
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: ESA-3000-HASRO
- Main mouse: Deathadder 2013
- Favorite switch: MX Blacks
- DT Pro Member: -
If i could nab one these days, I'd go for a 62 key, but that 77 key is seriously badass
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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It's... beautiful. Why don't I have this in my Model F collection?
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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I feel incomplete.
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That's actually surprising to me, because I recall that you knew about this board and its provenance in 2010, which is before the vast majority of people. I kinda assumed that you dug one up from an illuminati vault or something at that point!webwit wrote: ↑It's... beautiful. Why don't I have this in my Model F collection?
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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You must be mistaken. After all, it's not on the wiki.
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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Must have missed it. Probably in my dormant period after geekhack before deskthority when sixty and me where doing Asia.Parak wrote: ↑That's actually surprising to me, because I recall that you knew about this board and its provenance in 2010, which is before the vast majority of people. I kinda assumed that you dug one up from an illuminati vault or something at that point!
- maxmalkav
- dye hard
- Location: Netherlands
- DT Pro Member: -
Parak wrote: ↑Spoiler:Some moar here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/13176014@ ... 021184281/Spoiler:
Three down, one to go. Hopefully some forgotten warehouses will keep being discovered so that many others have a chance to use these amazing boards
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