Great/Interesting Finds

andrewjoy · 25 Jun 2018, 17:38

Sadly that not a terrible price.

waldorf120 · 25 Jun 2018, 17:45

Also untested square badge 85 Model M (terminal?) For $71 shipped.

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fohat · 25 Jun 2018, 18:58

waldorf120 wrote: ↑Also untested square badge 85 Model M (terminal?) For $71 shipped.

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Nice! Very early date and bar code label. Good chassis for modification.

Elrick · 26 Jun 2018, 07:38

Just spotted this nicely restored SSK;

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-SSK-w-N ... Sw88RbGZKv

I think this guy also did some Model-F restores with vegas-styled lighting in the past, but I could be wrong....

green-squid · 26 Jun 2018, 10:52

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-G81-800 ... SwvDpbIDEB

Cherry G81-8000 Black Doubleshot caps for $25

HansMaulwurf · 26 Jun 2018, 16:09

fohat wrote: ↑
waldorf120 wrote: ↑Also untested square badge 85 Model M (terminal?) For $71 shipped.

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Nice! Very early date and bar code label. Good chassis for modification.

ALIEN!

Bass · 26 Jun 2018, 17:54

Elrick wrote: ↑Just spotted this nicely restored SSK;

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-SSK-w-N ... Sw88RbGZKv

I think this guy also did some Model-F restores with vegas-styled lighting in the past, but I could be wrong....

That's definitely him, he goes by just_add_coffee on DT and is probably most recently known for this rather lovely F122 restoration:

photos-videos-f64/black-ibm-model-f122- ... 18820.html

Blaise170 · 26 Jun 2018, 17:57

The work he does is really quite amazing when he doesn't try to bling it out.

Noobmaen · 26 Jun 2018, 20:10

A model F XT, 4 minutes remaining, currently at 334€. I wonder why people are bidding so highly on this: https://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-vi ... 3276994331

depletedvespene · 26 Jun 2018, 20:18

It just ended. 58 bids and 334,35€ final — a nonsensical price for an F XT. I can only imagine the kind of... er... Richard-swinging there must have been between the bidders for such a final price (and that's not assuming the keyboard contains a certain piece of whatever contraband there may be... although that is probably a better reason for this result).

JP! · 26 Jun 2018, 20:19

Noobmaen wrote: ↑A model F XT, 4 minutes remaining, currently at 334€. I wonder why people are bidding so highly on this: https://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-vi ... 3276994331

In the US when I click that link it doesn't go to a listing for a Model F XT. No way a vanilla XT is gong for that price unless folks in Germany are really hard up for XT and if so I will become an exporter

JP! · 26 Jun 2018, 20:22

depletedvespene wrote: ↑It just ended. 58 bids and 334,35€ final — a nonsensical price for an F XT. I can only imagine the kind of... er... Richard-swinging there must have been between the bidders for such a final price (and that's not assuming the keyboard contains a certain piece of whatever contraband there may be... although that is probably a better reason for this result).

That's crazy. I bought an XT from Germany and had it shipped to the states for less than a third of the price.

depletedvespene · 26 Jun 2018, 20:50

I see your overpriced F XT and raise you a Symbolics. https://www.ebay.com/itm/153076474354/

Should we run bets as to how much this one will be sold for?

Drclick · 26 Jun 2018, 21:02

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tracor-Norther ... SwUiJakbQY
Cherry Doubleshot? But missing a keycap.

chip chop · 26 Jun 2018, 21:59

depletedvespene wrote: ↑Should we run bets as to how much this one will be sold for?

Can tell you what it was bought for...http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/c666086426 same scratch on the palm rest. I fired 45,000 Yen at it but got blown away. It's the ITW version as well, which is nice.

ZedTheMan · 27 Jun 2018, 04:45

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-MODE ... 3323446197?

Model F XT for $50 shipped Buy It Now.

The seller says it doesn't work when plugged in but I have my doubts they would have a proper XT-Protocol machine working to test it.

depletedvespene · 27 Jun 2018, 04:47

Gone already. Refreshing to see an F XT at a moderate price, after that other one.

ZedTheMan · 27 Jun 2018, 04:52

Damn, that went fast.

It looked to be in pretty good physical condition externally, in any case.

As far as refreshing XT deals go, I did manage one with a cut cable for $46 about two weeks ago. Still need to get onto converting that one.

//gainsborough · 27 Jun 2018, 05:21

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Zenith ... SwbShbMv-p

pretty well priced ZKB-2!

Elrick · 27 Jun 2018, 06:22

Blaise170 wrote: ↑The work he does is really quite amazing when he doesn't try to bling it out.

Agreed, he even captures my attention when he doesn't go all 'Vegas Lighting' on any of his keyboard restores.

Just has to learn, he gets more attention to his work when he leaves the lights off every time

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hanonator · 27 Jun 2018, 09:45

60$ Vintage IBM Model 1394167

https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/Vintage-IB ... SwcOVa~0YZ

mike52787 · 27 Jun 2018, 15:35

pretty bad price if I have to say so

m122s are usually like 20 bucks

depletedvespene · 27 Jun 2018, 15:41

This particular battlecruiser's main feature of note is how late it is — IBM UK produced IBM-branded keyboards until December 1999 (at that time, the US plant was already Unicomp), and this one is from August of that year. The latest one I've ever spotted in the wild (i.e.: eBay) is from late October 1999.

IamFist · 27 Jun 2018, 20:28

Anyone looking for a Skidata?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/SKIDATA-PS-2-MU ... SwzgRWxucZ

Norman_ · 27 Jun 2018, 20:45

Wow, looks i need to sell my XT. Got some serious cash laying around and i didn't even know it.

fohat · 27 Jun 2018, 20:47

I wish I still had one or more of them. Until a couple of years ago they were hard to unload even in the $35 range.

Blaise170 · 27 Jun 2018, 21:50

IamFist wrote: ↑Anyone looking for a Skidata?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/SKIDATA-PS-2-MU ... SwzgRWxucZ

Oi, that's one of those boards that I've been interested in for a long time, but not at that price point. I'd consider $100, but not $200+ after shipping.

Chyros · 27 Jun 2018, 23:56

Blaise170 wrote: ↑
IamFist wrote: ↑Anyone looking for a Skidata?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/SKIDATA-PS-2-MU ... SwzgRWxucZ
Oi, that's one of those boards that I've been interested in for a long time, but not at that price point. I'd consider $100, but not $200+ after shipping.

Pretty sure it's the same peddler who's been selling them for years now. He got back from whatever break he was on. They've always been expensive.

I probably would've bought one ages ago if the price got into the affordable range.

kbdfr · 28 Jun 2018, 10:26

Chyros wrote: ↑
Blaise170 wrote: ↑
IamFist wrote: ↑Anyone looking for a Skidata?

https://www.ebay.de/itm/SKIDATA-PS-2-MU ... SwzgRWxucZ
Oi, that's one of those boards that I've been interested in for a long time, but not at that price point. I'd consider $100, but not $200+ after shipping.
Pretty sure it's the same peddler who's been selling them for years now. He got back from whatever break he was on. They've always been expensive.

I probably would've bought one ages ago if the price got into the affordable range.

Oh, before he realized how much money he could make with them, he sold them for way less,
here's a listing of his which ended 23. Nov. 2012 and curiously enough still can be seen on eBay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/271109363545
He also had some without a trackball - they were cheaper

Chyros · 28 Jun 2018, 13:04

kbdfr wrote: ↑Oh, before he realized how much money he could make with them, he sold them for way less,
here's a listing of his which ended 23. Nov. 2012 and curiously enough still can be seen on eBay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/271109363545
He also had some without a trackball - they were cheaper

Tbh, the trackball definitely rounds up the product nicely.

It's a shame that this guy's been the only source of these for so long, and at such a high cost! xD