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Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 18:50
by doomsday_device
Weezer wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 18:06
A dog actually peed on this keyboard. The smell is unconscionable.
ew, i prefer 40yo finger grime and sweat. salty.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 18:54
by Weezer
doomsday_device wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 18:50
Weezer wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 18:06
A dog actually peed on this keyboard. The smell is unconscionable.
ew, i prefer 40yo finger grime and sweat. salty.
Yum yum, delicious boomer grease.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 19:00
by Weezer
I also picked these guys up, and a pc/xt model F (not shown) with the Bezelmaster.

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Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 20:24
by invalid mr_a500
Weezer wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 19:00
I also picked these guys up, and a pc/xt model F (not shown) with the Bezelmaster.
When you picked that up, did you look like this?
IBM ad.JPG
Wow, that's the very first buckling spring. I wanted one, but the shipping would have cost 10 times more than the computer.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 20:31
by Weezer
I sure felt like I was listing like that lmao. That thing is lethally heavy. I swear it must weigh over 100lbs
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 20:38
by invalid mr_a500
But you were wearing a suit and tie, right?
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 21:03
by Weezer
Of course, I'm never caught without my business suit, tie and IBM business pin & cufflinks. Not when there's serious business going down.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 06 Jul 2022, 22:30
by Muirium
After office hours Kishsaver user giving the Bezelmeister a sufficiently wide berth.

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 02:45
by invalid mr_a500
I forgot I bookmarked this years ago:
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 10:36
by TNT
invalid mr_a500 wrote: 08 Jul 2022, 02:45
I forgot I bookmarked this years ago:
Great Stuff! hahahaha
I could totally see myself using that thing for writing down stuff, just for the fun of it. After all these years, that commercial still really sold it to me

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 15:05
by sharktastica
Weezer wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 18:33
Since there is almost no info about the Bezelmaster
The IBM 5324 Computer Service Manual has a section on the keyboard, including scancodes, pinouts and layout diagrams. Minus individual part numbers, most things you need to know about it are out there. If I happen to find a parts catalog, I'll share it.
https://www.nf6x.net/2014/10/ibm-system ... -volume-1/
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 15:52
by invalid mr_a500
TNT wrote: 08 Jul 2022, 10:36
Great Stuff! hahahaha
I could totally see myself using that thing for writing down stuff, just for the fun of it. After all these years, that commercial still really sold it to me
I like how they said "a computer that costs so little". It cost US $9,830 in 1981 (including printer). That's $1800
more than the average car price for 1981.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 15:56
by TNT
invalid mr_a500 wrote: 08 Jul 2022, 15:52
I like how they said "a computer that costs so little". It cost US $9,830 in 1981 (including printer). That's $1800
more than the average car price for 1981.
That's peanuts for a gal like Helen

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 08 Jul 2022, 16:01
by invalid mr_a500
At 0:39, another office woman looks on in jealousy with a look that seems to say, "I wonder who she slept with to get that."
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 00:26
by HKG
headphone_jack wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 17:16
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
International Boomer Machines
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 03:15
by Weezer
sharktastica wrote: 08 Jul 2022, 15:05
Weezer wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 18:33
Since there is almost no info about the Bezelmaster
The IBM 5324 Computer Service Manual has a section on the keyboard, including scancodes, pinouts and layout diagrams. Minus individual part numbers, most things you need to know about it are out there. If I happen to find a parts catalog, I'll share it.
https://www.nf6x.net/2014/10/ibm-system ... -volume-1/
Ooo someone's salty they don't have a bezelmaster!
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 03:22
by Weezer
Muirium wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 22:30
After office hours Kishsaver user giving the Bezelmeister a sufficiently wide berth.
Make way for the KINGboard amiright
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 03:23
by Weezer
invalid mr_a500 wrote: 08 Jul 2022, 16:01
At 0:39, another office woman looks on in jealousy with a look that seems to say, "I wonder who she slept with to get that."
Right? The commercial makes me laugh every time i see it
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 03:27
by Weezer
HKG wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 00:26
headphone_jack wrote: 06 Jul 2022, 17:16
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
International Boomer Machines
More like instant bitch magnet

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 11:22
by TNT
Instant

ussy Magnet
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 12:15
by Muirium
It means something different in Japan!

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 09 Jul 2022, 19:12
by Bjerrk
I just wanna say that I have watched that video an indefensible number of times and bothered friends and family with it. Thx. Also this is my first IBMoholics Anonymous meeting.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 12:09
by kelvinhall05
TNT wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 11:22
Instant

ussy Magnet
what is bussy can you please explain thanks
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 14:46
by depletedvespene
kelvinhall05 wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 12:09
TNT wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 11:22
Instant

ussy Magnet
what is bussy can you please explain thanks
This is obviously a typo. Clearly he means "Busey", as in "this will quickly attract the famous actor Gary Busey".
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 14:52
by tinnie
depletedvespene wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 14:46
kelvinhall05 wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 12:09
TNT wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 11:22
Instant

ussy Magnet
what is bussy can you please explain thanks
This is obviously a typo. Clearly he means "Busey", as in "this will quickly attract the famous actor Gary Busey".
Let's ask @Solsed to do a video of those! She can, in one fell swoop, show off her typing skills, her hands (of which we've only seen part of so far) AND the artisans she makes (with a cameo of the pink+blue cable, of course).

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 18:11
by TNT
depletedvespene wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 14:46
kelvinhall05 wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 12:09
TNT wrote: 09 Jul 2022, 11:22
Instant

ussy Magnet
what is bussy can you please explain thanks
This is obviously a typo. Clearly he means "Busey", as in "this will quickly attract the famous actor Gary Busey".
Thank you, that's obviously what I meant!

Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 18:30
by tinnie
TNT wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 18:11
depletedvespene wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 14:46
kelvinhall05 wrote: 10 Jul 2022, 12:09
what is bussy can you please explain thanks
This is obviously a typo. Clearly he means "Busey", as in "this will quickly attract the famous actor Gary Busey".
Thank you, that's obviously what I meant!
should join our telegram for more bussy posting uwu
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 20 Jul 2022, 18:22
by Weezer
Disassembly
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 20 Jul 2022, 18:26
by Weezer
Cleaned with a toothbrush and Dawn. Let the barrels sit in hot water for about 15 mins to disolve the tar on them. Then scrubbed with toothbrush.
Re: IBM Bezelmaster
Posted: 20 Jul 2022, 18:30
by Muirium
Barrel frame needs d o u b l e sink. Outer case won’t fit in kitchen.