[Find] Big IBM Beamspring loot + extras

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karlmartin95

19 Sep 2021, 02:01

Hi community! glad to write a post for you guys again!

This year is a very good one, I managed to get between last week and yesterday a good loot of IBM boards with terminals.

The loot has:
* IBM 3278 75-key with plastic top and bottom case.
* IBM 3278 75-key with metal top and plastic bottom case, a rare hybrid sold to a very good friend of mine.
* IBM 3278 75-key with metal top and bottom case.
* IBM 3278 87-key with APL orange key set and colored extended pad section, sadly it lacks two keys and the spacebar, luckly for me most important keys are present, metal top & bottom case.
* IBM 3278 87-key with APL black key set (rare?), metal top & bottom case.
* 2 IBM 3278 terminals.
* IBM 5251 terminal.
* IBM 5251 keyboard.
* IBM Model M Screen Reader/2 keyboard manufactured by Lexmark in USA.
* BTC 5100c (nobody cares :lol: )

Here some photos of the loot:

Keyboards:
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IBM 5251 terminal:
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IBM 5251:
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IBM 3278 terminals (sorry for the bad picture, I didn't have enough time to take them out of the box and take better pictures):
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IBM Model M Screen Reader/2:
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IBM 3278 87-key with APL orange key set and colored extended pad section:
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IBM 3278 87-key with APL black key set:
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IBM 3278 75-key all plastic (this one has more photos because I believe is less common?):
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IBM 3278 75-key all metal:
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BTC 5100c:
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That's all, will be appreciated if you can give me more information about those APL boards and also the plastic IBMs.

PD: For the moment I'll keep this boads, I have no plan of selling.

Thanks for read!

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Muramasa

19 Sep 2021, 02:18

Incredible find, thank you for sharing!

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sharktastica

19 Sep 2021, 03:35

Incredible find indeed! Congrats!

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Lalaland124

19 Sep 2021, 09:14

What a find - congrats!

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Palatino

19 Sep 2021, 11:43

Very nice indeed! Does the “Screen reader” (numpad) use the same detachable connecting cable as a regular Model M?

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Muirium
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19 Sep 2021, 14:27

Tripleshots… and red APL tripleshots… now there's a find! Whatever dragon you outfoxed to find these had good taste. 8-)

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Myoth

19 Sep 2021, 14:31

some people really never get tired of winning :lol: Great find!

I especially appreciate the Spanish layout APL. APL is incredible but APL in your own layout is magnitudes more special :)

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karlmartin95

19 Sep 2021, 17:27

Palatino wrote:
19 Sep 2021, 11:43
Very nice indeed! Does the “Screen reader” (numpad) use the same detachable connecting cable as a regular Model M?
Yes, it has the same SDL detachable cable.

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Palatino

19 Sep 2021, 17:43

Awesome. If you ever want to sell it, I’d be keen. Something about having more blank surface area than keys appeals to my warped mind.

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