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As far as I know, the system is basically a ruggedized PS/2 crammed into a cabinet on wheels, but that's just my (admittedly poor) deductive reasoning and heresy I've heard online. Thanks for that! I think you are correct that it is essentially a PS/2 class computer. Also I spotted a couple on eBay...

Imagine what I must have felt upon seeing the listing, lol. Ended up paying ~$35 all in for it, with a listed price of $100 for the full system. Would have loved to take the full computer, but there was no realistic way to get it from small town Maine down to me in Pennsylvania. Uggh...I'd probably...

headphone_jack wrote: ↑

12 Sep 2021, 18:09

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My latest Facebook find. 1993 MOPAR SSK, converted into an FSSK.

You found this on Facebook! That is a hell of a find.

Damn that F77 / F50 is beautiful. I'm jelly. I just have a vanilla F107 and new F77.

Nice work. Do you have the actual service manual or did you find a copy online? Also you might want to ensure that your machine is not bugged by the KGB. https://qz.com/932448/forget-smart-tvs-in-the-1980s-spies-were-hacking-typewriters/ :lol: :lol: :lol: “When I saw those x-rays, my response was, ‘...

You can also just use random jumper wires or take some wires from an old ethernet cable (preferably solid wire rather than stranded).

I've used 3M 300LSE double-sided clear adhesive tape for installing badges and other types of craft work at home. This tape is commonly used in cellphone repair.

Just a bump.

What about boiling + sonic clean + polish + apply wax lubricant? I want to try the hot melt wax that I use for my bicycle chains on a very nasty Northgate Omnikey that I thought was beyond saving without getting replacement switches for the entire board.

JP as a note I install and test each space bar on the keyboards that go out, but sometimes they require adjustment after the keyboards are bounced around in shipping - sometimes they are bounced so much that people have found the space bar separated from its keyboard barrel! I'm actually typing on ...

I just received my new F77 after waiting these past few years and I a bit let down by some rather inconvenient issues on an otherwise quality piece of kit. Right out of the box the spacebar is not operational as it will not release on it's own. It is simply stuck unless I manually pull it up. Seems ...

Eh, just have a case professionally painted in industrial gray. Pair it with a repro black badge and repro blue SSK keys from the New Model F project.

Go-Kart wrote: ↑

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thefarside wrote: ↑

14 Aug 2021, 05:05

Symbolics Lisp keyboard with an interesting description:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/R-r3-Holy-Grai ... 4933868710

WOW

Quite amusing.

So snarky I wonder, does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?

raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑

12 Aug 2021, 19:17

OH!!! Somehow I missed that. So they either have a second one, buyer didn't pay, or they're trying to get a higher price... any identifying marks to tell if it's the exact same one?

Yes, the scratches on the top left of the case. This isn't uncommon when a buyer doesn't pay.

I really like these "Fat Brown Alps". Hard to come by though.

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raoulduke-esq wrote: ↑

12 Aug 2021, 19:06

It had no bids the last time it was listed and just got recycled...

No bids?

“Blue Beast” vintage mechanical keyboard: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Beast-Vintage-Mechanical-Keyboard-w-Jog-Dial-CMX-Systems-Video-Editing-/174885744067 The seller thinks they’re foam and foil. Not that I want this one but when it had zero bids when first listed I placed a small bid and it inst...

I was a tad baffled by how this worked without the hole being messily filled in with plastic until I realised they were putting a long screw in the insert from the other side before melting it into place, and now it seems like a really good solution in general and also for a very specific scenario:...

Since this is a very detailed and comprehensive Model M restoration guide I just wanted to suggest adding an additional technique which has not been been commonly used, the the "Model M Threaded Insert Mod" - https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22822 I personally think using threaded inserts...

Yes, it's the same seller. And since the last one sold for $1169, it's not surprising they do this. Such a shame, though. That blue just doesn't do it for me and for that kind of the money the paint either needs to be original/vintage or at least professionally done rather than a cheap rattle can j...

Houston...we have a problem.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 389355802/

Wow! That system cleaned up beautifully! So glad you have the complete system including that box that I'm assuming has the documentation in it! You should definitely upload the disk images to Archive.org and possibly other places like Winworldpc, historical oddities like this need to be preserved, ...

Redmaus wrote: ↑

09 Jul 2021, 20:26

The beautiful simplicity of the menus is something that's hard to beat. Super cool find! I'm glad the SSK still lives with it's parent system.

I am too! The seller had a number of people who were trying to poach this keyboard from the rest of the system

A few months back I acquired an essentially complete and mostly functioning IBM 6901 Personal Typing System including the original space saving keyboard, monitor, and printer. This system is a PS/2 computer similar to the IBM PS/2 Model 30 but marketed as a dedicated word processor that also happens...

The two on my list: IBM Model M 1397000 (they seem to have all vanished) IBM Model M industrial SSK You have good taste. I'm still looking for the industrial SSK (One got away while I was trying to get a better deal :x ). I will never see another like it as it had a special Chrysler overlay and I c...

webwit wrote: ↑

28 Jun 2021, 17:27

IBM 3741 Data Station!

https://link.marktplaats.nl/m1721876549

A red one!

Can someone proxy this to me?

Her majesty: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174792246373

Media blast and have it plated in a desired finish or primer and paint and this would be better than new..