TomTrev9's Collection

[TomTrev]

Seen as I've never actually posted a gallery of my boards, as soon as I had some spare time, I decided I should catalogue a few of them!
I've been in this hobby now for around 3 years, quietly collecting various boards, without much interaction here on DT. You may however have seen me on eBay under the alias of t4teeee.

This post serves primarily to archive what Ive got, and to get some photos of the more interesting stuff, however some things will be listed with a price, and everything is for sale, for a price of course.

Here Goes!

1. 1987 Square Badge IBM Model M
This is the first notable keyboard I got, and it has all the usual early Model M goodies. I fell in love with this one for its lack of lock lights. Its kitted out with a few GE keycaps at the minute, and is one of the best feeling boards I've personally tried. It is in exceptional condition and is yet to need a bolt mod despite its age.

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2. 1986 Square Badge IBM Model M
This is definitely one of my favourites that I've managed to get my hands on! This is Model Number 1388705 and is from 02-1986, with an internal assembly dating to 01-1986. It is a real early M, with a matte rainbow plate, foam inserts and larger birth certificate. I'm told this is a IBM 3161 Keyboard, and that this was the first ISO UK Model Number ever produced. Its serial number is 0000801, making it one of the earlier M I have ever seen. Originally it would have featured ASCII Numpad legends and a few other goodies, which unfortunately i don't currently possess. Almost all rivets are intact, and this board is not bolt modded.

Here is a photo of the 3161 System, along with a photo of the original ANSI version of the keycaps, and finally some photos of my board.

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And here's mine:

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3.1986 Square Badge IBM Model M
This is similiar to the last board, with some earlier goodies omitted. Its still a terminal model, and has an attached, and in this case pristine, cable. This board has been screw modded as it was in rather poor shape when I got it. I noted when I was modding it that the membranes are glued to the backplate, which is not something I had seen before. Its notable that at some pint someone has replaced many fo the keycaps, with a variety of interesting ones.

Here's a few photos:

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4. 1987 Square Badge IBM Model M
This is a standard ISO UK Square Badge, which I of course needed to complete the Square Badge M trinity; Locklightless ISO UK, Lock Light ISO UK, and Terminal. It's in pristine shape, and is totally original.
Few photos:

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5. IBM Model M4-1
This is my excellent condition ISO UK Beige M4-1, featuring IBM Buckling sleeves. Its a very nicely tactile keyboard, with a relatively acceptable layout and atrackpoint, of course. Just look at that cable!!
Photos:

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6. NIB Omnikey 101P White Alps
I was very lucky to get my hands on this keyboard, along with an excellent condition Model F XT a while ago. It was NIB with foam, and as such features some 10/10 early white alps. It is a joy to type on and is built like a tank. The layout is excellent, with a BAE enter, and split right shift, just as God intended. It had its original keycap puller and replacement caps too, allowing you to swap Ctrl and Caps Lock. Interestingly, the keyboards cable, which had been sat with it in it's box unused has somehow broken, and so it has a spare AT Cable currently. Also featured is a hama dust cover, which fits the board perfectly and is essential to preserving those wonderful Alps! Being the 'P' model the keyboard is also programmable, and as such the normal DIP switches found on the '101' model have been ommited. Sadly the box lacked any manual on how this feature works, but i note a single Yellow Alps Clone switch in the Up Arrow, which seems to be used to indicate the programming mode.
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And that concludes everything that DT may care for!
Few Notable Mentions:
1. Le Chiffre 34 Key MX Keyboard
https://imgur.com/a/u5qMyaL

2. Focus FK2002 White Alps
https://imgur.com/a/qVYtUVL

3.Ellipse F62
https://imgur.com/a/JgZgN5a

4.Wyse PCE
https://imgur.com/a/E4kfies

This post will be continually updated as I get better photos/ more boards.
Prices to be added soon.

[Muirium]

Sparkly Omnikey is sure sparkly! Beaut! Love a new in box with a box that also feels like a stolen historical artefact. Good time travelling!

An Ellipse made Kishsaver is something to crow about too, obvs. If I didn’t have the original, I’d have nabbed one, and grumbled about QC all the same! Unlike OG Kishies, though, his exist in this timeline!

[TomTrev]

Sparkly Omnikey is sure sparkly! Beaut! Love a new in box with a box that also feels like a stolen historical artefact. Good time travelling!

An Ellipse made Kishsaver is something to crow about too, obvs. If I didn’t have the original, I’d have nabbed one, and grumbled about QC all the same! Unlike OG Kishies, though, his exist in this timeline!

It's the best board I own for sure!!

This kishy is pretty sorted really, no real issues with QC. Still ,would love a real one all the same!

[Go-Kart]

All very nice. Looks like I sent my M to the right dude!

[Polecat]

Attached is a photo of the instruction sticker from my Avant Stellar, which is the same as the "P" (programmable) Northgates. That doesn't tell the whole programming story, but it will get you in and out of Macro mode. Be aware that the EEPROM on these models that holds the programming is known to have issues. That bug can be fixed by removing the chip, but that also kills the programming functions.

The 101P and the other programmable Northgates came at the end of the Northgate story, so those won't be the early white SKCM switches. More likely they're white SKBM (simplified Alps), but it's possible they're late SKCM. A photo will confirm that. We really don't know if the switches changed at the same time as the P series Northgates were introduced, but all the examples I've seen have had SKBM switches. Regardless it's a beautiful keyboard, and that's my favorite layout as well.

edit: here are some links with more info on the programmable Northgate and Avant keyboards:

http://lowendmac.com/2006/avant-prime-r ... -keyboard/

https://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordp ... -keyboard/

[TomTrev]

Attached is a photo of the instruction sticker from my Avant Stellar, which is the same as the "P" (programmable) Northgates. That doesn't tell the whole programming story, but it will get you in and out of Macro mode. Be aware that the EEPROM on these models that holds the programming is known to have issues. That bug can be fixed by removing the chip, but that also kills the programming functions.

The 101P and the other programmable Northgates came at the end of the Northgate story, so those won't be the early white SKCM switches. More likely they're white SKBM (simplified Alps), but it's possible they're late SKCM. A photo will confirm that. We really don't know if the switches changed at the same time as the P series Northgates were introduced, but all the examples I've seen have had SKBM switches. Regardless it's a beautiful keyboard, and that's my favorite layout as well.

edit: here are some links with more info on the programmable Northgate and Avant keyboards:

http://lowendmac.com/2006/avant-prime-r ... -keyboard/

https://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordp ... -keyboard/

Oh amazing!!
I'll have a play about at some point!
And with regards to the age ,that does make sense, I'll check and confirm at some point! Either way the Alps in it feel stellar!