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Refund received. Hope things get better for you lot_lizard. If/when this picks up again I'm sure pretty much everyone that was around for the first set will be more than willing to re-place the same order.

I wonder if these will actuate the model M though. That system actually requires some amount of force to activate, especially with the rubber mat in play.

XT board for $70, shipping included. Not the greatest deal, but looks relatively decent and no bidding war.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-PC- ... 2094250685

lot_lizard wrote:

Spoiler:

No one has ordered a Christmas edition yet (red top plate, green back plate, and white side spacers) , but if you did, I would probably deny the request anyway

The Italy edition

Also, while the standard LED cutouts are spaced evenly across 5cm (so 2.5cm between the left edge of one to the left edge of the next) the Unicomp-style ones are spaced ~1.9cm apart (across ~3.8cm). This might be pretty hard to resolve.


It's not hard to resolve at all. Drill new holes and get a ...

@lot_lizard posted it in workshop since it got pretty long and isn't 100% relevant here.

From the marketplace thread:

Actually, something to keep in mind: The late model fixed-cable Lexmarks with the cables off to one edge of the case (the ones with a small control board directly attached to the barrel plate) won't work with the USB insert, and the lock light windows don't line up ...

Actually, something to keep in mind: The late model fixed-cable Lexmarks with the cables off to one edge of the case (the ones with a small control board directly attached to the barrel plate) won't work with the USB insert, and the lock light windows don't line up either. I'd imagine Unicomps are ...

I mean, bolts should theoretically provide the same effect if they're tight enough and the plates still have the slight curvature differences that cause the tension.

That being said, I never found it that terrible to reassemble model Fs. It was pretty bad the first few times, but after taking apart ...

Yeah lot_lizard you might've uploaded the wrong spreadsheet them. Either that or I'm super blind, since I can't find an entry for the springs.

Is the replacement spring thing happening as part of this kit, or is that going to be later?

Mouser stocks SDL plugs, they're just relatively expensive (I think like ~$5 + shipping for all the bits) and it's kind of confusing as to what parts you need.

Techno Trousers wrote: ^M15, actually. I don't find them that desirable myself, but they are certainly pretty rare as compared to other model Ms

Whups, got the two "rare model m" variants confused. It even says it in the Ebay listing

Commence m13 bidding wars

It never fails to amaze me how much these go for....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Greysto ... 1840881467

If someone wants one of these troll boards

Speaking of stabs, are the spacebar stab slots in the same spot (relative to spacebar) as on a model M/F122?

Asking because I'm currently using a wheelwriter bottom row (code key + spacebar instead of alt + spacebar + alt) on my F122 and have had to make some funky clips to get the spacebar to work ...

Seems like it was a placeholder photo. The label in the listing how says G80-1851 LPMDE, which is consistent with the rest of the board.

There's also the small matter of lugging home a hundred-pound system without a car

Maybe if it stays up for a few more days I'll throw a low-ish offer in.

Wow, that's like less than 10 minutes away from where I live. Not sure what I'd do with it though....

I think the top one is as well, given that the description just says G81-3000LPNUS/00, which kind of implies both are that model (which has thick lasered caps).

Though the top one is missing two alphas. which makes it less useful as a keycap donor.

Looks pretty rubberdome-y to me, but I could be wrong.

I'd actually be pretty happy to sell one for something like 80-90 shipped (assuming you're in the US), considering USPS flat rate is 20 bucks and I need some sort of incentive to sell a board I wasn't planning on selling. That's still less than what these guys are asking, and this is a board I was ...

Those prices honestly aren't that great. A good price for an XT is like 60 bucks shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-TI-99-4 ... 2594265425

Looks like Hi-Tek linear?

Anyone know what switches this uses?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Avaya-EPC-Lucen ... 2274203879

I've found that soaking in a laundry detergent mix for a couple hours with occasional gentle agitation gets pretty much everything off without even having to scrub very much. The barrels of the one board that I had with partially disintegrated foam came out squeaky clean, and 2-3 cycles of this ...

I mean it's still industrial, it's still an M13, and it's still NiB. People pay upwards of 100 used for the black M13s, and those have crappy pad-printed legends.