NIB IBM M4 Keyboard in Super High Res Photosynth

litster · 26 Aug 2011, 04:50

Just received a NIB IBM M4 from iMav. To my surprise, there is a separate numpad in the box. Instead of taking regular pictures, this time I took a bunch of close-up pictures and processed them with photosynth.net. Here is the link:

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=8f2 ... 163acecd05

When you are there, click the full screen button (highlighted with the red square) to go full screen. Then use your mouse wheel to zoom all the way in and out to see all the details from every part of the keyboard.

Works for me with IE9, FF6, Chrome on Win7. I think it needs Microsoft Silverlight.

Enjoy!

ripster · 26 Aug 2011, 05:17

Needs a watermark.

litster · 26 Aug 2011, 05:25

Adding watermark would screw up cloud point matching. But would be nice to have one on the full photosynth.

ripster · 26 Aug 2011, 05:30

j/k

Webwit would remove it anyway. This is NOT his favorite compact keyboard.

csm725 · 26 Aug 2011, 10:00

Nice.

JBert · 26 Aug 2011, 20:02

litster wrote:Works for me with IE9, FF6, Chrome on Win7. I think it needs Microsoft Silverlight.

Indeed, it doesn't work on Linux.

Couldn't they have used HTML 5 ?!?

Matuka · 26 Aug 2011, 20:35

Silverlight...
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

The Solutor · 26 Aug 2011, 20:37

JBert wrote:Couldn't they have used HTML 5 ?!?

Poor guys at MS are still trying to force people to use their proprietary pointless "technologies"

ripster · 26 Aug 2011, 21:04

Photosynth and the logo make me think of Dutch weed.

nathanscribe · 26 Aug 2011, 21:54

JBert wrote:
litster wrote:Works for me with IE9, FF6, Chrome on Win7. I think it needs Microsoft Silverlight.
Indeed, it doesn't work on Linux.

Fine on Safari 5.1 (OSX 10.6.8).

Konrad · 28 Aug 2011, 09:30

Works for me on basic (Win7 integrated) IE8 with no Silverlight nor any other MS addon crap installed. Yet not viewable in my beefed up FF6.

Is the apparent defect on the ]} key surface a physical imperfection or an artifact of the Photosynth process?

ripster · 28 Aug 2011, 18:13

I blame Microsoft any time there is a booger in my pictures.

litster · 28 Aug 2011, 18:16

Just took a look at the keyboard. It is just a speck of dust. It is gone now

Konrad · 29 Aug 2011, 03:17

Matuka wrote:Silverlight...
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

I can't tell if that's just a little picture of a disapproving face holding a firearm ... or if it's it a message written in some Asian pictographic language I can't even identify. Either way, it seems to convey what you are saying about Silverlight.

ripster · 29 Aug 2011, 05:00

Without Silverlight I wouldn't have Netflix Watch Now.

I love Netflix Watch Now. Just wish it had more porn.

litster · 29 Aug 2011, 05:07

Thanks ripster, you just reminded to cancel netflix as new school year and new prime time shows are starting next month. We won't have time to watch netflix for quite some time.

Jim66 · 31 Aug 2011, 00:20

Interesting... I'm in the market for an M4, how much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking?

litster · 31 Aug 2011, 00:43

I bought it from iMav over at GH for $82 shipped. I think he still has one to sell here: http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?2106 ... -from-iMav

Looks like he still has 2 M4-1 and 1 M4 for sale. They are new but not NIB.

Jim66 · 31 Aug 2011, 00:56

Thanks, I have sent him a PM.

Jim66 · 05 Sep 2011, 22:35

I PMed, he hasn't replied..

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