Mallards IBM 4978 "beamship" keyboard

[Jacobalbertus1]

HI I got this IBM 4978 beamship for 575 shipped in emaculet condition

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I plan to do more posts on this as time goes for the new controller

[fricked]

not a horrible price for that keyboard

[headphone_jack]

learn to spell before flexing

nice board though

[John Doe]

that's my next chasing, so jealous!!!

[Jacobalbertus1]

that's my next chasing, so jealous!!!

LMAO I could not buy it any faster for this price this is cheap for a beam spring in general

[John Doe]

LMAO I could not buy it any faster for this price this is cheap for a beam spring in general

finally you got the affordable beam spring, like bio saying.

[Weezer]

Yo dude, I'm salty af but congrats on that. That's one hell of a keyboard. Where'd you find it for sale?

[Jacobalbertus1]

Yo dude, I'm salty af but congrats on that. That's one hell of a keyboard. Where'd you find it for sale?

you'd kill me but someone posted a screencap of the listing as a joke and I tracked it down on FBMP

[Weezer]

Yo dude, I'm salty af but congrats on that. That's one hell of a keyboard. Where'd you find it for sale?

you'd kill me but someone posted a screencap of the listing as a joke and I tracked it down on FBMP

Broooo that's crazy. I know you wanna keep it, but lmk if you ever decide to flip it, I'll give you $4000.

[darkcruix]

Jealous .... soooo jealous. Can't believe you found one... Congrats

[Jacobalbertus1]

Yo dude, I'm salty af but congrats on that. That's one hell of a keyboard. Where'd you find it for sale?

you'd kill me but someone posted a screencap of the listing as a joke and I tracked it down on FBMP

Broooo that's crazy. I know you wanna keep it, but lmk if you ever decide to flip it, I'll give you $4000.

Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

[Riptide666]

Respect, brother.

you'd kill me but someone posted a screencap of the listing as a joke and I tracked it down on FBMP

Broooo that's crazy. I know you wanna keep it, but lmk if you ever decide to flip it, I'll give you $4000.

Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

[Jacobalbertus1]

Respect, brother.


Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

LMAO what I paid 600 bucks I can afford to keep this thing and use it to SPITE everyone I'm gonna daily it like I do my 5251 for a while.

[depletedvespene]

Respect, brother.


Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

LMAO what I paid 600 bucks I can afford to keep this thing and use it to SPITE everyone I'm gonna daily it like I do my 5251 for a while.

I'll be less envious of you if you actually daily-drive it.

That said, you totally need to collect a few switches and 1U caps and make the F-rows live to their full potential.

[Jacobalbertus1]

Respect, brother.


Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

LMAO what I paid 600 bucks I can afford to keep this thing and use it to SPITE everyone I'm gonna daily it like I do my 5251 for a while.

I'll be less envious of you if you actually daily-drive it.

That said, you totally need to collect a few switches and 1U caps and make the F-rows live to their full potential.

That is FAR too expensive for me to get all of those switches hell I only got the thing because it was a cheap beam spring keyboard 575 bucks, that's a no brainer of a buy for any beam spring keyboard especially in this good of condition

[depletedvespene]

LMAO what I paid 600 bucks I can afford to keep this thing and use it to SPITE everyone I'm gonna daily it like I do my 5251 for a while.

I'll be less envious of you if you actually daily-drive it.

That said, you totally need to collect a few switches and 1U caps and make the F-rows live to their full potential.

That is FAR too expensive for me to get all of those switches hell I only got the thing because it was a cheap beam spring keyboard 575 bucks, that's a no brainer of a buy for any beam spring keyboard especially in this good of condition

Then enjoy, enjoy, ENJOY your beamship in its current condition.

[Weezer]

you'd kill me but someone posted a screencap of the listing as a joke and I tracked it down on FBMP

Broooo that's crazy. I know you wanna keep it, but lmk if you ever decide to flip it, I'll give you $4000.

Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

Figured as much. Enjoy your find!

[Jacobalbertus1]

Broooo that's crazy. I know you wanna keep it, but lmk if you ever decide to flip it, I'll give you $4000.

Not realy wanting to sell I want to use it

Figured as much. Enjoy your find!

yeah at the price I paid for it I don't have to care about every tiny thing ima use this thing a lot it's not going to be sitting on a shelf it will defiantly be one of my top 2 boards

[Weezer]

Well... I would still worry about taking care of every tiny thing. It's a very rare and special keyboard. I use a beamspring every day as my daily driver and they need to be cleaned out every once in a while because dead skin and other debris gets built up inside. Definitely enjoy the keyboard, but my recommendation is to don't forgo taking care of the details.

[Jacobalbertus1]

Well... I would still worry about taking care of every tiny thing. It's a very rare and special keyboard. I use a beamspring every day as my daily driver and they need to be cleaned out every once in a while because dead skin and other debris gets built up inside. Definitely enjoy the keyboard, but my recommendation is to don't forgo taking care of the details.

Yeah but I'm not goi g to go OH MY GOD THIS THING IS SLIGHTLY SCRACHED ima use the dam thing no point in letting g it sit if I can be literally the only one who daily's a beamship I will be

[//gainsborough]

Well, not literally, right? I mean, at the very least, people used these at work all day in the late 70s and early 80s, yeah?

=)

[Jacobalbertus1]

Well, not literally, right? I mean, at the very least, people used these at work all day in the late 70s and early 80s, yeah?

=)

Yep and I will be doing work on this IDGAF how rare it is it's not NOS so I'm going to use it