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Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 21:07
by imdatperson
https://imgur.com/a/jykHL8I
Thought I'd share the boards I got from a pretty large local IBM lot! Got really lucky with this one and I couldn't be happier
-3 Models F (two XT's, one in borderline NOS condition, and the infamous AT!)
-1996 Model M
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 21:12
by snacksthecat
Grats dude! That's awesome.
What do you mean by "local IBM lot" though?
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 21:21
by imdatperson
snacksthecat wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:12
Grats dude! That's awesome.
What do you mean by "local IBM lot" though?
Thanks
by local lot I meant that I got it off craigslist locally- I worded it a little weird haha
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 22:18
by mattlach
imdatperson wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:07
https://imgur.com/a/jykHL8I
Thought I'd share the boards I got from a pretty large local IBM lot! Got really lucky with this one and I couldn't be happier
-3 Models F (two XT's, one in borderline NOS condition, and the infamous AT!)
-1996 Model M
Nice finds!
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 05 Feb 2019, 23:06
by depletedvespene
Congratulations!
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 01:33
by imdatperson
mattlach wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 22:18
imdatperson wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:07
https://imgur.com/a/jykHL8I
Thought I'd share the boards I got from a pretty large local IBM lot! Got really lucky with this one and I couldn't be happier
-3 Models F (two XT's, one in borderline NOS condition, and the infamous AT!)
-1996 Model M
Nice finds!
Thanks!
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 01:33
by imdatperson
Thank you man!
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 01:41
by mattlach
imdatperson wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:21
snacksthecat wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:12
Grats dude! That's awesome.
What do you mean by "local IBM lot" though?
Thanks
by local lot I meant that I got it off craigslist locally- I worded it a little weird haha
That is pretty cool. Nothing interesting like that ever shows up on craigslist around here in Boston.
I haven't been to the
MIT flea in several years though. Maybe I should check it out when it starts back up in the spring.
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 01:56
by imdatperson
mattlach wrote: ↑06 Feb 2019, 01:41
imdatperson wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:21
snacksthecat wrote: ↑05 Feb 2019, 21:12
Grats dude! That's awesome.
What do you mean by "local IBM lot" though?
Thanks
by local lot I meant that I got it off craigslist locally- I worded it a little weird haha
That is pretty cool. Nothing interesting like that ever shows up on craigslist around here in Boston.
I haven't been to the
MIT flea in several years though. Maybe I should check it out when it starts back up in the spring.
Believe me I was extremely shocked for sure, but lately I have been having some luck I guess. Not too long before finding the collection I got lucky with an out of state craigslist ad that was willing to ship! Ended up getting an NEC board with white alps and a 5181 with blue montereys for a crazy good deal. Something will eventually show up man!
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 04:17
by XMIT
Never in the many years I was a regular at the MIT flea did I find a particularly nice keyboard. I haven't been in almost ten years but I feel like it was going downhill when I left.
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 05:54
by mattlach
XMIT wrote: ↑06 Feb 2019, 04:17
Never in the many years I was a regular at the MIT flea did I find a particularly nice keyboard. I haven't been in almost ten years but I feel like it was going downhill when I left.
That is a shame. I haven't been in probably the same amount of time, and I never looked for keyboards when I went.
Last I went I picked up a couple of SGI Indigo workstations just for fun. Never did anything with them, though...
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 06:09
by imdatperson
mattlach wrote: ↑06 Feb 2019, 05:54
XMIT wrote: ↑06 Feb 2019, 04:17
Never in the many years I was a regular at the MIT flea did I find a particularly nice keyboard. I haven't been in almost ten years but I feel like it was going downhill when I left.
That is a shame. I haven't been in probably the same amount of time, and I never looked for keyboards when I went.
Last I went I picked up a couple of SGI Indigo workstations just for fun. Never did anything with them, though...
The days of finding this stuff outside of ebay are numbered for sure.
Re: Awesome Boards from My Local IBM Haul
Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 06:39
by XMIT
Well I guess that's not entirely true. I got a NIB Model M with Trackpoint, back in 2003 or so, for about $20. I ended up selling it at some point. Even then I preferred the older, heavier Ms!
But you won't find a Space Cadet there, that's for sure. When I stopped going it was getting taken over by commercial surplus operations selling like four year old Thinkpads.