My 1993 3278 Model m

[devo343]

Hey guys new here thought i would show you guys my 1993 3278 Style soarers converted IBM Model M. I was born in the early 2000s so i have never been able to experience the model m in its hay day. But this is by far one of the best keyboards i have ever owned i also own a unicomp PC122. Currently 27 years old at the time of this post and looks brand new{Got it off of drake9800 which cleaned it}. I hope to keep using it for the rest of my life as my main keyboard. Hopefully parts will still be around in 20 years if i have to fix it again lol.

Picture Album link along with video

https://imgur.com/a/ewUv7qn

https://youtu.be/NFwXvLKbTK0

[Bjerrk]

Looks superb, gotta love those Ms. And nice to see the post-millenials enjoying some classic tech

[Yasu0]

Hey that isn't that old! I'm sure many DT users wish to be 27..

[kbdfr]

[…] my […] IBM Model M. I was born in the early 2000s […] I hope to keep using it for the rest of my life as my main keyboard. Hopefully parts will still be around in 20 years if i have to fix it again […]

• In a few years the current Model M hype will be over, and
• of course you’ll have to fix yours again, but
• as it was a mass product there will be parts available "for the rest of [your] life", which
• I wish you will be more than 20 years .

[Bjerrk]

[…] my […] IBM Model M. I was born in the early 2000s […] I hope to keep using it for the rest of my life as my main keyboard. Hopefully parts will still be around in 20 years if i have to fix it again […]

• In a few years the current Model M hype will be over, and
• of course you’ll have to fix yours again.

You must be fun at parties.

[kbdfr]

[…] my […] IBM Model M. I was born in the early 2000s […] I hope to keep using it for the rest of my life as my main keyboard. Hopefully parts will still be around in 20 years if i have to fix it again […]

• In a few years the current Model M hype will be over, and
• of course you’ll have to fix yours again.

You must be fun at parties.

Now that you mention it, it’s been quite a while since I was invited the last time

[Yasu0]

M is at the bottom of list as far keyboards to worry about not being able to find parts for.

[Phulax]

Unless you're looking for an M122 top case, haha! But you are right.

M is at the bottom of list as far keyboards to worry about not being able to find parts for.

[hellothere]

Unless you're looking for an M122 top case, haha! But you are right.

M is at the bottom of list as far keyboards to worry about not being able to find parts for.

Um. I do. Is there something special about those? Am I missing out on something?

[hellothere]

Hey that isn't that old! I'm sure many DT users wish to be 27..

Oh, god, no.

[Phulax]

I've been looking for a top cover for over a year, without luck. Might just be me though, haha

Unless you're looking for an M122 top case, haha! But you are right.

M is at the bottom of list as far keyboards to worry about not being able to find parts for.

Um. I do. Is there something special about those? Am I missing out on something?

[Rayndalf]

I've been looking for a top cover for over a year, without luck. Might just be me though, haha

Unless you're looking for an M122 top case, haha! But you are right.

Um. I do. Is there something special about those? Am I missing out on something?

Unicomp sells 122 cases for $20 or something. They don't have IBM badges though.

[Yasu0]

You can still get a complete 1st gen M122 keyboard at a reasonable price used.. Which means used parted out pieces should be affordable. Those boards haven't sky rocketed yet like the similarly big sized F version did. Or like Rayndalf said if you need the smaller late model 122 top case, try unicomp.

[devo343]

Me in 2070 when keyboards are obsolete and still using a 77 year old keyboard Lol.

[jmaynard]

The square badge/round top M122 cases are needed for the barrel and backing plates that went with them. The later, square top/oval emblem cases won't fit.