Great/Interesting Finds

[Madhias]

Industrial IBM Model M - 90 euro
http://tweakers.net/aanbod/699881/ibm-m ... ering.html

Now it's on bidding mode, starting from €90. It's a 1390655.

[Muirium]

I would suggest to buy at this price instead the recently added SSKs from Phosphorglow instead of this offer, perfectly bolt modded and wonderfully refurbished '91 models.

There's a new batch?

Seebart: I gotta agree with Madhias here. With Phosphor, you're know getting the best stuff, with all the hard work already done better than you can! You're paying a pretty penny for an SSK anyway. (Well, if you missed Cindy's… and I still expect a lot of work to do.)

[Hypersphere]

I would suggest to buy at this price instead the recently added SSKs from Phosphorglow instead of this offer, perfectly bolt modded and wonderfully refurbished '91 models.

There's a new batch?

Seebart: I gotta agree with Madhias here. With Phosphor, you're know getting the best stuff, with all the hard work already done better than you can! You're paying a pretty penny for an SSK anyway. (Well, if you missed Cindy's… and I still expect a lot of work to do.)

I would second this recommendation. An SSK with the Phosphor touch would be a much better board, unless you just have to have the industrial gray (or olive, or whatever the color actually is!).

[seebart]

oh I totally agree with you guys, Phosphor is in the USA right? Shipping from the US and german customs is a big turn off for me. German customs can be nasty, keeping you waiting for months or damaging items.

That ssk in Holland is pretty much at my bidding limit already, I know someone else is going to bid more anyway.

unless you just have to have the industrial gray (or olive, or whatever the color actually is!).

that´s way out of my range anyway.

Phosphor´s boards are sold, and have been for a while.

http://deskthority.net/f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f5 ... osphorglow

[dyger]

I think on Phosphor's homepage are still 2 SSKs available for 235$ each.

EDIT: Link for lazy http://phosphorglow.net/store/products/ ... ace-saver/

[Hypersphere]

IBM M13 Black on clickykeyboards:

clickykeyboards.com.m13black.jpg (514.38 KiB) Viewed 6774 times

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... /id/584011

[Muirium]

I think on Phosphor's homepage are still 2 SSKs available for 235$ each.

EDIT: Link for lazy http://phosphorglow.net/store/products/ ... ace-saver/

Nice one! I forgot all about Phosphor's own site. I'm always pointing people to his thread (as Seebart linked) but that page is the place to go.

@Seebart: Yeah, I'm with you on the trouble with customs. They're old keyboards, nothing to see here!

[webwit]

Kids these days. I had to haul my IBM's from Mars.

[dyger]

IBM M13 Black on clickykeyboards:

clickykeyboards.com.m13black.jpg

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cf ... /id/584011

It certainly looks nicer but the price is still a little steep compared to this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-IBM-Track ... 233afd8881 I think I read a few pages back that he auto accepts 50$.

[andrewjoy]

Is anyone going to go for this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-PC-Keyboa ... 27ea42ed2a

I am tempted to for spare parts if its cheap enough, if any of you guys want it for a full repair i will stay off it

I just placed a bid for this, still undecided if it will live again or sacrifice itself for the F terminal and AT repair.

[Kurk]

andrew,
if you get that model F will you be willing to sell me a foot? As long as it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, that is .

See this cobwebbed thread: http://deskthority.net/w-a-n-t-t-o-b-u- ... t5171.html

[Hypersphere]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-IBM-PC- ... 462676085c

[andrewjoy]

andrew,
if you get that model F will you be willing to sell me a foot? As long as it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, that is .

See this cobwebbed thread: http://deskthority.net/w-a-n-t-t-o-b-u- ... t5171.html

you can have a foot that is if its the right side it only has one

[facetsesame]

I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.

[Hypersphere]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vang-C-From-MAR ... 2a3cad7730
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-IBM-Per ... 486b904d90

[Kurk]

I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.

That would be great!

[facetsesame]

I think I have an intact spare pair of XT feet somewhere, and some keys. I'll look them out and get back to you.

That would be great!

Here are the 5150/5160 keyboard feet. Both appear to be servicable and largely intact, if not perfect.
The P/N of both is 1107917, though the first digit is missing from one.

XT_feet1.jpg (783.65 KiB) Viewed 6478 times

One has the base worn or even lightly filed(?!) in two places, creating marks and making it less rounded.
The other has yellowing on the exposed parts and some minor chips and scratching on the base.

XT_feet2.jpg (686.63 KiB) Viewed 6478 times

Most of the keys from an XT are also available:

Spoiler:

XT_spares_available.jpg (741.3 KiB) Viewed 6478 times

I'm not sure if you and andrewjoy want to fight it out over these, but I'll leave it up to you both.
Note: Invoking the Hypnotoad will be considered cheating!

[andrewjoy]

The xt i linked i am mainly getting for parts anyway, i possibly have another xt in better condition for keeps.

[facetsesame]

The feet have been claimed!

The keys are still available...

[andrewjoy]

DO you have any hammers and springs ? if i dont get the XT parts board i may be interested

[facetsesame]

Sorry, no, just the keys. It was all from someone else's salvage operation, I never got to see any more of the bits, just the stuff in the photo.

[chzel]

Anybody have any idea what kind of switches this has?
It is the keyboard from the Siemens T1200 Telex machine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MECHANICAL-VINT ... 2a3100e852

[foxtrott]

the switch is RAFI.. smoother than MX- RED. ... like this:

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/sieme ... t=teleperm

[M'er Forever]

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[mr_a500]

NIB IBM Model M 1370477, very low price at $100 (USD), similar to 1391401 except has 1-piece keys:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRAND-NEW-Seale ... 19f2df1190

Nice find. Cheap shipping to Canada too.

It looks like there are some here too (but a bit more expensive):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRAND-NEW-NIB-I ... 1586875854

[andrewjoy]

I won the trash for parts xt so once i am done with it people can pick over the remains there will probably be just case plate PCB XT modifiers and controller but people are welcome to them just pay for shipping

[Halvar]

The five old IBMs in Germany (of which four are Model Fs, one Model M) are back, still not sold -- and now the seller seems to be considering offers, too:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Funf-gebrauchte- ... 2594c5f68c



And who should buy them, if not DT users?

If anyone here is interested in any of them, please PM Seebart and/or me with which one you're interested in and maybe at what price. We are both thinking about taking one or two of them each if the price is right (= lower than it's now), but five of them are just too much, so we're looking for one or two more interested people...

[andrewjoy]

i am still down for the XT

[seebart]

then the XT is yours. Please PM Halvar or myself for the rest!

[Muirium]

Which ones are you and Halvar actually interested in? I'm just interested in your taste, not joining in myself. Still all spent out!

Frankly, the XT looks the most practical of the lot.