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I did a little google search and found some links, i hope that they can help you.

Clicky keyboards recommends this adapter. Link The whole link has some really good information about the keyboards, it was a great read.

I also found this geekhack Link that has some suggestions.

You could also ...

You could grab yourself an extra usb port in order to get some USB spaces.

I found this .pdf and i thought i'd share it with you. It's about troubleshooting the selectric typewriter 2. I really hope it can help you out. Link

7bit wrote:The only one who ripped you off was the guy who sold you that crappy camera!

Alright, good to know. Thanks for all the help =).

The white insides are more rare. How would you have been ripped off? You bought a Model M on ebay and you got a Model M.
I didnt realise that the white insides are rarer. I thought i was ripped off because there is a different case and a different inside keyboard. You would feel the same if that ...

Hey Guys
Can i ask you something ? Did i just get ripped off ?
I opened the Model M to clean it and noticed something funny. The insides of the Model M where white instead of Black.

http://i.imgur.com/adR8P.jpg

I turned it over and there was a second birthdate sticker in the back of the steel ...

A good place to get replacement keycaps is clickykeyboards.com. They salvage them from original model Ms that they refurbish.
http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/categories.main/parentcat/10191
Thanks for the page they have the key caps available. I actually pm'd the seller of the keyboard ...

fossala wrote:Use no more nails tape to hold the pcb down.

Oh i now got what you meant. I had to google no more nails tape. Thanks, i will order some and hold the circuit down.

fossala wrote:Talk to a member called Ascaii, he sometimes has a few spare for sale.

Thank you my friend, i will send him a pm.

Thank you my friend, it seems that i am in the search of the key caps now :). I'm guessing it shouldn't be that hard to find some of them. I don't know what to do about the circuit, once i plug in the cable i can pull it slowly back out so it's not that bad, but as you can guess i would prefer if ...

Hey fossala, thank you for the fast reply.
1.It looks like they have mixed the keycaps with non-original ones.
Man that sucks, i was hoping that this wasn't the case.
2. Cotten buds (q-tips) and isopropyl alcohol.
Thanks i'll try it out
3. It should be secrured my plastic peg type things and ...

Hey guys, new member here.
I am really new to mechanical keyboards, i came across this forum searching for information about the keyboards so i decided to make a thread to ask you some stuff.
I recently bought a IBM Model M (Model number 1391401) from ebay. It arrived a few days ago and some of the ...