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Are there SGI->PS/2 or USB converters for those 041-0136-001 ?

Complete IBM 3277: http://www.ebay.com/itm/262677127443

Lot of two M0116 (and three AppleDesign rubber-dome M2980) http://www.ebay.com/itm/322298695556

Darkshado wrote: Are there SGI->PS/2 or USB converters for those 041-0136-001 ?

I am not aware of any.

A few Model Fs:

Bigfoot 4176191 -- $100 BIN
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-Vin ... 2097741339?

XT 1503206 -- $95 BIN
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-F-458 ... 2287549054

And this final XT (4584656) is missing a few buttons, so you may get a really good deal, or $90 BIN:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-458 ... 2381523047

Those prices honestly aren't that great. A good price for an XT is like 60 bucks shipped.

BinaryHalibut wrote: Those prices honestly aren't that great. A good price for an XT is like 60 bucks shipped.

Please let us know if you see any XTs that are priced in this neighborhood.

BinaryHalibut wrote: Those prices honestly aren't that great. A good price for an XT is like 60 bucks shipped.

So I assume you'd be more than happy to sell me an XT of your own for, let's say 70 bucks shipped? Put your boards where your mouth is

I guess the difference comes from the location ...

Scarpia wrote:

BinaryHalibut wrote: Those prices honestly aren't that great. A good price for an XT is like 60 bucks shipped.

So I assume you'd be more than happy to sell me an XT of your own for, let's say 70 bucks shipped? Put your boards where your mouth is

He said good price, not everyday price.

Those prices aren't that good. 60 would be good, 90 not so much.

There was a NIB XT for 75 on ebay for multiple days a few months ago

I'd actually be pretty happy to sell one for something like 80-90 shipped (assuming you're in the US), considering USPS flat rate is 20 bucks and I need some sort of incentive to sell a board I wasn't planning on selling. That's still less than what these guys are asking, and this is a board I was going to keep.

Also, just off a cursory search:
XT, $83, offers enabled
XT with metal wrist rest thing, $100, with bidding at $50
XT, $100 with free shipping, 3 available
XT, $86, offers enabled (a lot of replaced keys though)
Bigfoot, $70, offers enabled
Bigfoot, bidding at $50

So yeah, I'd say $90 to $95 plus shipping is a pretty average price for an XT.


Also maybe my threshold for "great find" is a bit too high
In light of that:
$30 shipped, MX black IEPC Keyboard with German laytout, looks like a rebranded Wyse
more vintage MX black boards for $30 shipped
2x silver label M for $100 shipped] (refurbs though, so the internals might not be the thick-plate ones)
Funky looking MX black keyboard, $15 (I think these are from police in-car computers?)
Pile of Apple Design keyboards with two Standard keyboards, $50

BinaryHalibut wrote: I'd actually be pretty happy to sell one for something like 80-90 shipped (assuming you're in the US), considering USPS flat rate is 20 bucks and I need some sort of incentive to sell a board I wasn't planning on selling. That's still less than what these guys are asking, and this is a board I was going to keep.

Also, just off a cursory search:
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So yeah, I'd say $90 to $95 plus shipping is a pretty average price for an XT.

I stand corrected of course I'm not in the U.S., and model Fs are few and far apart in Northern Europe.

But I was stupid enough to pay for 3 model Fs (a bigfoot, a teensied XT, and a 50-key) in the berserkfan scam a few months ago, and like everyone else I never received any of it . So I now have a gaping hole in my wallet collection where at least two model Fs should have been.

So maybe I'm a bit too eager to get my hands on an F

What happened to berserkfan?

Berserkfan has, surprisingly, not been seen since his goodbye clusterfuck where he scammed multiple users of thousands of dollars. I personally got nil for my money as almost everything I got was destined for alh84001 and the rest was supposed to end up in Germany. The stuff I ordered was a) sold multiple times by berserkfan, b) has never surfaced c) was probably never shipped anyway.

I guess we all funded some part of his house construction that seemed to have gone horribly wrong at the time when he held his "sale". Hope I get at least a free stay if I ever visit Singapore.

Khers wrote: Berserkfan has, surprisingly, not been seen since his goodbye clusterfuck where he scammed multiple users of thousands of dollars. I personally got nil for my money as almost everything I got was destined for alh84001 and the rest was supposed to end up in Germany. The stuff I ordered was a) sold multiple times by berserkfan, b) has never surfaced c) was probably never shipped anyway.

I guess we all funded some part of his house construction that seemed to have gone horribly wrong at the time when he held his "sale". Hope I get at least a free stay if I ever visit Singapore.

When did this happen? I didn't catch any whiff of it by the looks of it.

IIRC, the sale took place in April with "shipping" done in the beginning of May and we realized we'd been screwed a couple of weeks later when the first parcels started arriving.

I'm short four keyboards because of this [keeping it family friendly / SFW]. I won't expand too much on it since this thread isn't quite the place, but there's plenty to read over on GH, with a thread or two here as well.

y11971alex wrote:
When did this happen?

Where were you for at least the first half of last summer?

This was the hot off-topic topic both here and on GH for a dozen weeks.

Like many others, I sent him a cash Moneygram and never received anything - not even an email.

I was sent another user's order, and never recieved what I actually bought. I dont think any of my stuff surfaced. Im out 300$.

fohat wrote:

y11971alex wrote:
When did this happen?

Where were you for at least the first half of last summer?

This was the hot off-topic topic both here and on GH for a dozen weeks.

Like many others, I sent him a cash Moneygram and never received anything - not even an email.

April and May? I was purchasing my 3101 from orihalcon and modding my Model F XT, if you mean the summer of 2016. And perhaps it's because I never visit the off-topic forum.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-M ... 2686877604



For all you "with a box" fans. Pretty cool to see one of these with its original box, even if the board is sunny-side up, if you know what I mean.

E3E wrote: For all you "with a box" fans. Pretty cool to see one of these with its original box, even if the board is sunny-side up, if you know what I mean.

I prefer my keyboards scrambled: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macally-Imediak ... Sw44BYCrtE

http://www.kijiji.it/annunci/computer-e ... 0/40143005
Can't find any info about the pc model number, wondering if that's a rubber dome rebranded Olivetti keyboard.

This fellow is selling what seems to be a very large stash of several varieties of NIB late Lexmark/Unicomp-manufactured IBM Model Ms:



1370477: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-1370477-BUC ... 2291574624
1397135: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-1397135-BUC ... 2259508319
1391412 (ISO): http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-buckling-sp ... 2291326945
61G3975 (Brazilian layout): http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-BUCKLING-SP ... 2259497880

Curiously, Unicomp is also selling NIB 1370477s and 1397135s. And sure enough, the photos in the listings and on Unicomp's site are exactly the same:

Listing photos: Unicomp photos: The seller appears to be based in Georgetown, KY. A Unicomp employee, perhaps?

In any case, getting these off of eBay will net you the better deal because they all have free shipping and the seller takes offers too.

Rebranded FK-9000 with maybe the most unhelpful description ever seen on eBay.

"Comes with item seen in picture".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEY-PRO-FSQ4V ... 1962115907

lancre wrote: "Comes with item seen in picture".

That's brilliant. Just like "we'll give you what we got".

lancre wrote: Rebranded FK-9000 with maybe the most unhelpful description ever seen on eBay.

"Comes with item seen in picture".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEY-PRO-FSQ4V ... 1962115907

The shipping's $45.45 within the US.

emdude wrote:

lancre wrote: Rebranded FK-9000 with maybe the most unhelpful description ever seen on eBay.

"Comes with item seen in picture".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEY-PRO-FSQ4V ... 1962115907

The shipping's $45.45 within the US.

I get $30 shipping to Texas for that one.

emdude wrote:

lancre wrote: Rebranded FK-9000 with maybe the most unhelpful description ever seen on eBay.

"Comes with item seen in picture".

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEY-PRO-FSQ4V ... 1962115907

The shipping's $45.45 within the US.

LOL, it's only $40 to the UK .

P.S. it won't work :p .