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Pardon the potato pics. I'll update them before officially adding the keyboard to my collection page.




I used black oxide screws to match the plate, and they're hex head for easier rotation. No way was I going to use Phillips for that many units.




Everything went together and worked on the first try. Beginners' luck. Not that I'm complaining. I even have a corporate t shirt.

Great model M variant and nice model M bolt-mod.

Here is the original IBM product literature mentioning the model M keyboards with Erase-Eaze option.

http://www.clickeykeyboards.com/model-m ... xmark-inc/

Hm, so the term "Erase-Eaze" was used by more than one manufacturer …

I have seen references to Compaq, Lexmark and NMB all using this technology in a few keyboards in the 1990s.
https://youtu.be/UTWxEeX-QTU?t=2m25s

Found this trademark info on US patent and trademark website
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?ca ... x=1&page=2

Luckily not patented by Mark Goldstein.

Very nice addition to your Lexmark collection ohaimark, your not going to keep posting that Lexmark shirt pic of yours much more are you?!

Daniel Beardsmore wrote: Hm, so the term "Erase-Eaze" was used by more than one manufacturer …

I did not enjoy the "Erase-Eaze" function on my BTC 8120.

removed

This is one of the neatest keyboards in my collection. Congrats on the find, the club is a little less exclusive now

But still super exclusive

Whoa I did not know Erase-Eaze was an option with Model M's. I thought it was unique to NMB keyboards. Congrats on this find.

taylorswiftttttt wrote: What type of stabilizers do the spacebar and erase eaze key use?

The small space bar chunk uses a thinner wire stabilizer, whereas the wide one uses a normal wire stabilizer. They both use traditional M stabilizer slots on the barrel frame.

Daniel Beardsmore wrote: Hm, so the term "Erase-Eaze" was used by more than one manufacturer …

It was also used in Alps keyboards, specifically the MGL series.