IBM 3178 C2 1984
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- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Model F77
- Main mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S
- Favorite switch: Alpaca V2
Look what arrived in mail today !
Tada!
Notice the Nav cluster. It originally came with a ridiculous block cluster, I immediately moved some keys around and I now have the perfect nav cluster. The gold label is the best badge I've seen on any keyboard till date.
The foam is immaculate...
Can't wait to get this to work ....
....Stay tuned
Tada!
Notice the Nav cluster. It originally came with a ridiculous block cluster, I immediately moved some keys around and I now have the perfect nav cluster. The gold label is the best badge I've seen on any keyboard till date.
The foam is immaculate...
Can't wait to get this to work ....
....Stay tuned
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
Neat thing about these boards, they all come with a solenoid!
You can see it in the last picture to the top right.
You can see it in the last picture to the top right.
- Coco
- Location: United States of America
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: G502
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
Nice! I haven't seen one with a gold badge. And it looks like the seller wrapped that keyboard quite well! I read that the back part of the board is somewhat fragile where it can break during the shipping process if not wrapped properly.
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
This is true, one of the 3178's I have is totally smashed. Never seen a worse condition model F case.
- Coco
- Location: United States of America
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: G502
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- User101
- Location: South California
- Main keyboard: IBM 3278
- Main mouse: Kensington pro trackball
- Favorite switch: BeamSpring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Monster-Toys
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F PC AT QWERTZ
- Favorite switch: IBM Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Quite some search led me to the conclusion that there is no golden badge. It is protective foil over a silver badge that changed color over the time. I was fooled by that, too, recently with a model f case i but was able to remove the foil in the end (it took quite some effort to find a starting point to peal it away but then all of a sudden was effortless ... the reward was a silver badge in outstanding condition^^).
- Wazrach
- Location: Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Main mouse: Razer Viper 8KHz/ Viper Mini
- Favorite switch: Buckling springs
- DT Pro Member: -
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
- Coco
- Location: United States of America
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: G502
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
Must be one heluva grade A quality foil! I don't think I can bear to remove it ... Would want to keep the silver badge as new as I can lol Would've been cool though if there was a golden badge, like the Omnikey.Monster-Toys wrote: ↑22 Jun 2019, 21:50Quite some search led me to the conclusion that there is no golden badge. It is protective foil over a silver badge that changed color over the time. I was fooled by that, too, recently with a model f case i but was able to remove the foil in the end (it took quite some effort to find a starting point to peal it away but then all of a sudden was effortless ... the reward was a silver badge in outstanding condition^^).
- zazxyz
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Unsaver
- Main mouse: G9x
- Favorite switch: Springs