Bright green IBM stabilizers

[elecplus]

I pulled the caps for an order; the buyer did not want the whole keyboard. I have not seen bright green stabilizers before!

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[seebart]

Just like this Greenock indy M that sold recently look:

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Ind ... 7675.l2557

[fohat]

I have a few bright green and bright blue ones.

[Tuntematon]

Just like this Greenock indy M that sold recently look:

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Ind ... 7675.l2557

Hasn't sold, I just haven't relisted yet.

$80USD + shipping takes it, if anyone's interested

[XMIT]

(shrug) I always dismissed this as the factory just using up whatever spare plastic they had that day, I don't give too much thought to the color of the stabilizers. I guess the off white ones are the most "authentic"? I never see them, so I don't care too much, some collectors might.

[seebart]

Just like this Greenock indy M that sold recently look:

s-l1600.jpg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-Model-M-Ind ... 7675.l2557

Hasn't sold, I just haven't relisted yet.

$80USD + shipping takes it, if anyone's interested

$80USD is a fair price.

(shrug) I always dismissed this as the factory just using up whatever spare plastic they had that day, I don't give too much thought to the color of the stabilizers. I guess the off white ones are the most "authentic"? I never see them, so I don't care too much, some collectors might.

Agreed, I just really cannot see any relevance in the color of these stabilizers. Reminds me of the rarish beige barrels.

[Wodan]

These colored stabilizer inserts have a very dangerous potential to trigger some peoples obsession ...

Quick, someone come up with STRIPED-GREEN inserts

[seebart]

These colored stabilizer inserts have a very dangerous potential to trigger some peoples obsession ...

Quick, someone come up with STRIPED-GREEN inserts

Not until you got the lilac-purple ones!

[andrewjoy]

(shrug) I always dismissed this as the factory just using up whatever spare plastic they had that day, I don't give too much thought to the color of the stabilizers. I guess the off white ones are the most "authentic"? I never see them, so I don't care too much, some collectors might.

i was under the impression there where two types ( vertical and horizontal), and the different colours denote that per board

[fohat]

i was under the impression there where two types ( vertical and horizontal), and the different colours denote that per board

That is the way that Unicomp sells them today: white = horizontal and black = vertical.

[daedalus]

The vertical and horizontal ones are not interchangeable - that was very much a lesson learned the hard way

[Flammberger]

The vertical and horizontal ones are not interchangeable - that was very much a lesson learned the hard way

Hehe I recently repaired a M122 (fairly late one from 1997) with brocken plastic dots / messed up springs...
I had to rescrew the layers like 3 times, until I got everything working again.

It also came with green stabs for horizontal and white ones for vertical Keycaps. One earlier M I had once, used white and very light grey onces. I guess they switches to more colorful stbas for obvious reason.